Leads: Jennifer Walker and Pamela Roach
The Indigenous Cognitive Health program (ICH) is an initiative within the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging to build up capacity within the network to support healthy, respectful, dementia research partnerships between Indigenous communities and/or organizations and researchers. The ICH, led by Jennifer Walker and Pamela Roach, will support CCNA team liaisons to develop a foundational understanding of collaborative research with Indigenous populations. Through ongoing support and mentorship of CCNA investigators, the ICHP will: provide foundational knowledge on developing relationships and engaging with Indigenous communities and health organizations; provide resources and opportunities to learn about culturally safe approaches to research; and explore Indigenous data sovereignty principles.
Grant writing resource:

Indigenous Brain Health and Aging Research in Context: Perspectives from the MIND Care and WISE Care Projects
Culturally Safe Indigenous Health Research Partnerships in Practice
Understanding and Honouring Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Speakers
Moderator
For more information about the Indigenous Cognitive Health Program, please contact Kassandra Loewen at loewenk@mcmaster.ca, or visit our website.