January 11, 2008, Halifax (NS) – The media are invited to the opening of the Biomedical MRI Research Laboratory at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, in conjunction with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC).
Dignitaries include the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, on behalf of the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for NRC, Dr. Pierre Coulombe, NRC President, Ms. Anne McGuire, President and CEO, IWK Health Centre, and Dr. Patrick McGrath, Vice President, Research, IWK Health Centre.
Date: Monday, January 14, 2008
Time: 11 :00 a.m. AST
Place: Goldbloom Research and Clinical Care Pavilion
IWK Health Centre
5850/5980 University Avenue
Halifax,NS
In addition to a lab tour, there will be media availability with Minister MacKay and the IWK and NRC research team following the event.
For more information, please visit the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca, or contact:
Kelly Morrisey
IWK Public Relations
Tel.: (902) 470-6740
Valerie McPherson
National Research Council Institute for Biodiagnostics
Tel.: (204) 984-4890
Deirdra McCracken
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Jim Prentice
Minister of Industry
Tel. : 613-995-9001
