CBC.ca
“The University of Calgary is receiving $12 million from the National Football League for research into how to reduce concussion rates in young players …”
TAGS: concussions, research funding, youth, NFL
Globalnews.ca
“A $3-million innovation grant fund at the research institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is hoping to provide scientists with the …”
TAGS: innovation grant, research funding, health research
CBC.ca
“Alberta became the first province Thursday to commit to fully implementing Jordan’s Principle, an agreement intended to end funding squabbles over …”
TAGS: Indigenous, children, Jordan’s Principal, access to health care, Alberta
Red Deer Express
“Ground has been broken on a new Alberta Health Services (AHS) building in Red Deer to house the Protection of Children Abusing Drugs (PChAD) …”
TAGS: substance abuse, addiction, youth, treatment, prevention
The Sudbury Star
“Having hospital privileges, which allows the doctors to see their own patients at Health Sciences North, is an important attribute of practising in the …”
TAGS: northern and rural, health care, physicians
News@UofT
“says Andras Nagy, a senior investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Sinai Health System and a professor in the department of …”
TAGS: Research, Medicine by Design, stem cell treatments, regenerative medicine
Macleans.ca
“Vanessa Ambtman-Smith stands inside the Mshkikii Gamik medicine lodge that will loom large in her graduate research over the next four years.”
TAGS: Indigenous, scholars, young researchers, Health Research, Carrie Bourassa
CTV News
“For the first time in its eight years, the SIM Expo made its way to Calgary to showcase technological advancements designed to assist medical …”
TAGS: medical simulation technology, SIM Expo, learning, practitioners, students
CBC.ca
“One study considered by leading geneticists including Roderick McInnes, former institute director in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, as a …”
TAGS: Indigenous, genetic data, precision medicine, Laura Arbour
Globalnews.ca
“NDP leader Jagmeet Singh calls on the federal government to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for their role in the opioid crisis.”
TAGS: opioid crisis, NDP, pharmaceuticals