Archives: Partners

Mitacs builds partnerships between academia, industry and the world — to create a more innovative Canada. As a national, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs for 20 years, Mitacs works with more than 100 post-secondary institutes, 6,000 companies, and both federal and provincial governments. Mitacs includes all research disciplines and has expanded in response to industrial and university needs, including programs in R&D management, professional skills development and international research training.

The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) provides the infrastructure and support that facilitates collaboration amongst Canada’s top dementia researchers.

By accelerating the discovery, innovation and the adoption of new knowledge, the CCNA positions Canada as a global leader in increasing understanding of neurodegenerative diseases, working towards prevention and improving the quality of life of those living with dementia.

350+ clinicians and researchers throughout Canada form the CCNA and are accelerating progress in age-related neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular dementia, Frontotemporal dementia and Lewy body dementia. Based on their area of specialization, CCNA’s researchers are divided into 20 teams throughout Canada, and are working in the areas of prevention, treatment and quality of life.

The CCNA’s combined expertise will be used to strengthen understanding of:

• How these diseases develop.
• Their impact on the individual, families, and the community as a whole.
• What can be done to slow their progression and cope with them, if not prevent the diseases altogether.

By doing this, the CCNA will positively impact the quality of life and the quality of services for individuals living with neurodegenerative diseases.

Research has the power to change lives. As Canada’s health research investment agency, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) collaborates with partners and researchers to support the discoveries and innovations that improve health and strengthen the health-care system.

CIHR was created in 2000 under the authority of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Act. It is an independent agency and is accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Health. 

Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to health researchers and trainees across Canada. Its mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to enable its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health care system.

At BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR), our researchers save and transform children’s lives through discovery, innovation, and excellence. Together with our generous and visionary partners, funders, and donors, and the families who participate in our research, we are at the forefront of child and family health in British Columbia and around the world.

BCCHR is located on the BC Children’s Hospital campus in Vancouver, the only hospital in BC devoted exclusively to pediatric patients. Our institute is the largest of its kind in terms of people, productivity, funding, and size in Western Canada.

In the lab, clinic, and community, our clinicians and scientists are:

• Improving treatments and finding cures
• Developing breakthrough technologies
• Advancing knowledge of child health and development
• Informing health policy and practice

We are academically affiliated with the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and a program of the Provincial Health Services Authority. BCCHR is supported by the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.

AGE-WELL NCE (Aging Gracefully across Environments using Technology to Support Wellness, Engagement and Long Life NCE Inc.) is Canada’s technology and aging network.

AGE-WELL is dedicated to the creation of technologies and services that benefit older adults and caregivers. It aims to help older Canadians maintain their independence, health and quality of life through technologies and services that increase their safety and security, support their independent living and enhance their social participation.

Launched in 2015 through the federally-funded Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program, AGE-WELL addresses a wide range of complex issues in technology and aging through receptor-driven transdisciplinary research, training programs, partnerships, knowledge mobilization and the commercial development of technologies.

AGE-WELL is funded through the NCE program from March 2015 to February 2020.