This year, during Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging is pleased to announce that recruitment for its signature clinical study – COMPASS-ND – is nearing 50%. By the end of May 2020, 1650 Canadians between the ages of 50 and 90 who...
“Through our consultations, we heard from stakeholders, people living with dementia, as well as their family or friend caregivers. Many expressed a need for collaboration and partnership, information sharing, scaling up of best practices, and measures that address stigma. I am...
Our researchers were featured in a Radio Canada 5-part documentary series, “Do what is best for me”. Inspired by her mother’s experience, Marie-France Bazzo explores the evolution of Alzheimer’s and its impact on those who are diagnosed and their care partners. We invite you t...
On May 14-15, 2018 select members of the CCNA’s leadership participated in the National Dementia Conference: Inspiring and Informing a National Dementia Strategy for Canada. Among other key priorities – i.e. support, care, stigma reduction, and education – they emphasized the ...
There are over 564,000 Canadians living with dementia, and a further 25,000 diagnosed each year. Fortunately, the number of Canadians who are proactively managing their health and working to reduce their risk of developing dementia is also growing. On September 30, 2018 the Ca...
MEDIA ADVISORY With the number of Canadians living with dementia doubling from 564,000 to close to one million by 2031, access to affordable and relevant dementia risk reduction strategies will ensure that Canadians can be proactive in managing their health. To inform Canadian...
On May 14-15, 2018 select members of the CCNA’s leadership participated in the National Dementia Conference: Inspiring and Informing a National Dementia Strategy for Canada. Among other key priorities – i.e. support, care, stigma reduction, and education – they emphasized the ...
“Our Call for Action is one which aims at developing an evidence-based and a public health orientated approach to the looming problem of dementia,” explains Howard Chertkow, Chair of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) for Health working group. The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP...
The members of the CCNA Trainee Society Executive Committee would like to invite CCNA-affiliated trainees to join the newly formed CCNA Trainee Society. If you’re interested in cultivating opportunities for partnership and growth among CCNA trainees or in issues of concern to ...
On June 12, CCNA Research Executive Committee member Dr. Sandra E. Black received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo and addressed convocation. A distinguished clinician scientist, Dr. Black is known around the world for her contributions to b...