Our Vision
To serve as Canada’s central hub of microscopy expertise, empowering innovation, discovery and understanding from the microscopic to the atomic scale, and making the microscopic world accessible to all.
Our Mission
To cultivate, support, and celebrate a thriving microscopy community across Canada. We achieve this by fostering national and international scientific exchange through conferences, hands-on training, and workshops. We are committed to engaging students, recognizing excellence, and providing support, while also educating the public through outreach and knowledge dissemination. By facilitating the development of cutting-edge technologies and tools, we aim to train the next generation of microscopists and fortify the Canadian microscopy community for the future.
The MSC is member of the following international member organisation of the IUMAS:
At the MSC-SMC, our goal is to bring together all Canadian Microscopists and promote multidisciplinary approaches.
Some of what we do includes:
- Organizing conferences,
- Organizing annual national meetings,
- Providing multiple networking opportunities to all members,
- Providing travel fellowships for graduate students,
- Offering a free job posting platform to facilitate the recruitment process for talented microscopists.
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