More than a financial investment, CCNA’s Partner Organizations share the vision of leading in the prevention, treatment, and management of the neurodegenerative diseases of aging. CCNA is a Government of Canada initiative, also supported by several national, provincial and nonprofit organizations.
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research
(CIHR) is the Government of Canada’s health research investment agency. CIHR’s mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to enable its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened health care system for Canadians. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 13,000 health researchers and trainees across Canada.
Partner Organizations
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Alzheimer Society of Canada |
| Established in 1978, the Alzheimer Society of Canada is the leading nationwide health charity for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, their caregivers and families. Active in communities across Canada, the Society offers help for today through a wide range of programs and services, and hope for tomorrow by funding innovative research into the cause and cure. The Society also works to raise public awareness, reduce stigma and advocate for policy change. Our vision is a world without Alzheimer’s disease. | |
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Alberta Innovates |
| Alberta Innovates solves some of the biggest industry challenges in the province and supports the growth of business while stimulating the start-up community to build new technology and drive new ideas. They aim to build a bright future for all Albertans. | |
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Brain Canada Foundation |
| Brain Canada Foundation is a national registered charity headquartered in Montreal. For two decades, Brain Canada has made the case that the brain is a single, complex system with commonalities across fields, diseases, and disorders. As a funder, the foundation strives to support projects and research that helps us to understand the brain, in health and illness, to improve lives and achieve societal impact. | |
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Canadian Nurses Foundation |
| Vision: Excellence in Nursing Care Mission: To advance nursing knowledge and improve health care by providing scholarships, awards, and research grants to nurses and nursing students in Canada. |
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The Consortium for the early identification of Alzheimer’s disease – Quebec |
| The Consortium for the early identification of Alzheimer’s disease (CIMA-Q) gathers more than 90 Quebec based researchers and clinicians who share the common ambition of advancing knowledge on Alzheimer’s disease. More specifically, the aim is to develop tools to detect the very first signs of the disease. Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease greatly increases the chances of success of any type of interventions, thus improving the quality of life of seniors afflicted with this terrible disease. | |
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The Centre For Aging and Brain Health Innovation |
| The Centre for Aging & Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) is a solution accelerator focused on driving innovation in the aging and brain health sector. CABHI’s mandate is “To accelerate: development, validation, commercialization, dissemination and adoption of innovative products, services and best practices to support brain health and aging.” CABHI facilitates collaborations among innovators, healthcare providers, private sector partners, government and consumers. CABHI helps global innovators gain access to key user groups to test, develop, validate, and accelerate solutions in the field of aging and brain health. | |
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Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé |
| The mission of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS), is to develop and support health research in order to foster the well-being of the population, to reinforce the health and social services system and to contribute to the knowledge-based society in Quebec, Canada, and internationally. | |
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Canadian Association for Retired Persons (CARP) |
| CARP is Canada’s largest advocacy association for older Canadians. Today CARP has more than 300,000 members aged 50 plus across Canada. As a non-profit and non-partisan association, CARP is committed to working with all parties in government to advocate for older Canadians. Its mission is to advocate for better healthcare, financial security, and freedom from ageism. CARP members engage in polls and petitions, email their elected representatives, connect with local chapters and share stories and opinions on urgent issues. | |
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New Brunswick Health Research Foundation |
| The New Brunswick Health Research Foundation was created in July 2008 with a mandate to co-ordinate, support and promote health research in New Brunswick. Our vision is a healthy and prosperous New Brunswick through excellence in health research and innovation. Our mission is to provide leadership and support to build health research capacity, improve the health of New Brunswickers and advance the knowledge economy. | |
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Hypertension Canada |
| Hypertension Canada is Canada’s only national non-profit organization dedicated solely to the prevention and control of hypertension and its complications. Powered by a professional volunteer network of the nation’s leading multidisciplinary experts, Hypertension Canada pursues its mission through research, professional and public education, and advocacy for healthy environments. | |
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Ontario Brain Institute |
| Our task at the Ontario Brain Institute is to draw researchers together into seamless, convergent partnerships with clinicians, industry, patients and their advocates. The goal: to facilitate the kind of continual interaction and discovery among these players that delivers innovative services and products for brain-related health care. The Institute is a government-funded, not-for-profit initiative whose scope spans the entire continuum of brain science and treatment. As a virtual research centre, we have no labs and conduct no research of our own. Instead, our projects and programs are focused on bringing actors and elements together and enabling their interaction. In doing so, we’re turning Ontario’s world caliber brain science into:
Our work is in support of a single vision: Ontario as a world leader in brain discovery, commercialization and care. |
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Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation |
| The Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) is the provincial agency responsible for funding, facilitating and promoting innovative, collaborative health research in Saskatchewan. SHRF works as a catalyst, driver, and leader to: build and broaden the province’s research capacity; expedite the production and sharing of knowledge; increase stakeholder engagement; generate new and diverse funding partnerships; and measure the impact of health research on our Saskatchewan communities. | |
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Women’s Brain Health Initiative |
| It was frightening to learn that women suffer from depression, stroke and dementia twice as much as men as they age, and an astounding 70 percent of new Alzheimer’s patients are women. Yet research still focuses on men. We want to correct this research bias. Women’s Brain Health Initiative is a charitable non-profit organization with a mandate to provide education and fund research to combat brain-aging diseases that affect women. | |
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