CASTL Elevate: Powering Canada’s Biomanufacturing Future
Canada’s biomanufacturing sector is on the rise—yet faces a looming shortage of 16,000 skilled workers by 2029.1 CASTL’s Elevate program is helping to turn this...
CASTL and STERIS to Deliver Second Applied Cleaning Validation Master Class
Montreal, QC –August 14, 2025. The Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL) is proud to announce the return of its popular Applied Cleaning...
CASTL Launches Fully Funded Bioscience Reskilling Program to Connect BC Youth with In-Demand Careers
Richmond, BC – August 14, 2025 — The Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL) is now accepting applications for the CASTL Elevate BC...
New Online GMP Course: A First-of-Its-Kind Collaboration Between CASTL and NIBRT
Charlottetown, PE, July 30, 2025 – CASTL is proud to announce the launch of Foundations of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), the first-ever course co-developed with...
CASTL Launches Training Program to Prepare Co-op Students for Biomanufacturing Coop Placements
Pictured, left to right: BIOVECTRA Process Development Senior Scientist, Kathryn Lewis; Trainee Neeraj Vedantam; and Hardik Upadhyay, CASTL Biomanufacturing Trainer...
Elevate: An Entirely Canadian Experience
Elena Gamanyuk considers CASTL’s Elevate program to be absolutely unique.
“In my experience, there’s no other country in the world that offers a program like...
New Report: Navigating the Talent Landscape: Labour Market Information Shaping the Biomanufacturing Workforce
The Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL), in partnership with BioTalent Canada and Future Skills Centre (FSC), recently conducted an...
Future-Ready: Developing Key Competencies for Canada’s Biomanufacturing Workforce
The Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL), in partnership with BioTalent Canada and Future Skills Centre (FSC), recently conducted an...
A Purpose-driven Life: Contributing to Global Human Health through Biomanufacturing
When Hajira Ahmed Hotiana wakes up in the morning, she knows she will be making a difference in somebody’s life. In addition to a busy family life, Hajira has...
The Elevate Experience: A Broader Perspective of Biomanufacturing
When Diae el Azhari enrolled in CASTL’s Elevate program in September 2024, she had already been working in the pharmaceutical industry for nearly a decade. But when...