AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business with a primary focus on the discovery, development and commercialization of primary and specialty care medicines that transform lives. Our primary focus is on three important areas of healthcare: Cardiovascular and Metabolic disease; Oncology; and Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity. For more information: www.astrazeneca.ca.
It’s a very exciting time to be part of the biopharmaceutical sector. The scientific innovation we are seeing, and helping to drive, is revolutionizing how certain diseases are diagnosed, treated and in some cases, cured. Precision medicine and breakthrough science including antibody-drug conjugates, immunotherapy and monoclonal antibodies are transforming how patients with chronic and fatal diseases are being treated around the world.
Diabetes Canada is the registered national charitable organization that is making the invisible epidemic of diabetes visible and urgent. Diabetes Canada partners with Canadians to End Diabetes through:
Diabetes Canada is urging candidates in all parties to support the Diabetes 360° strategy to help urgently address the diabetes epidemic. For more information, visit diabetes.ca/strategy.
Canada continues to be without a nation-wide strategy to address the diabetes epidemic. The longer we delay implementing coordinated efforts with targeted outcomes, the more diabetes prevalence will increase and the more Canadians will experience its tragic complications. We urge all parties to support Diabetes 360˚ so Canada can be a world leader in the fight against this disease.
Innovative Medicines Canada is the national voice of Canada’s innovative pharmaceutical industry. We advocate for policies that enable the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative medicines and vaccines that improve the lives of all Canadians. We support our members’ commitment to being valued partners in the Canadian healthcare system.
The member companies of Innovative Medicines Canada have a strong history of success in discovering, developing and delivering medicines and vaccines that Canadians need to live healthy and productive lives. We have, over time and as a country, prioritized innovative health research within the health care system, with the effect of creating an environment that allows our best and brightest to do their complex and important work. We want to work with all levels of government will continue to support life sciences research in Canada through effective and thoughtful public policy. This includes developing policies and programs that ensure Canadians have access to new medicines, when they need them.
As Canada’s leading mental illness research facility, CAMH aims to inspire hope through our groundbreaking discoveries. CAMH is working to revolutionize the understanding of the brain, use evidence to drive social change and optimize care, and inspire hope for those with mental illness. CAMH’s research programs and centres of innovation are leading studies that will help millions of people recover from depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dementia, addictions and more.
As Canada’s leading mental health research centre, CAMH aims to revolutionize the understanding mental illness. Through research, and continued investment in research, we want to do for mental illness what others have done for epilepsy, heart disease and cancer. We want to help people see mental health for what it really is—health.
The Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS) produces the high-quality evidence needed to make informed changes to the health care system. Bridging the gap between data, research, and care, CHÉOS is a collaboration between cross-disciplinary scientists and expert research staff evaluating the effectiveness of health interventions at the population level. From assessing the cost effectiveness of a new drug or treatment option, to informing policy decisions that change how care is delivered, CHÉOS seeks to improve health outcomes for all with a focus on our most vulnerable populations.
Evidence is the most powerful tool in advancing health care, and to spark change we must connect research and real-world impact. That’s why at CHÉOS, we produce the high-quality evidence needed to create better health outcomes for Canadians. We must continue to work together, asking the relevant questions to address current gaps in knowledge while training the next generation of health researchers to push innovation even further.
Children’s Healthcare Canada is a national association representing health service delivery organizations serving children and youth across the continuum of care. Our membership includes tertiary acute care centres (children’s hospitals), rehabilitation and community hospitals serving children, home care and palliative care provider agencies. Through purposeful partnerships, we advance excellence and innovation in health systems caring for children and youth.
The Pediatric Chairs of Canada represent the Departments of Pediatrics within the seventeen Canadian medical schools. The Pediatric Chairs provide national leadership in research and education to promote the health and healthcare of children and youth in Canada.
Federal investments in health research not only contribute to a healthy vibrant population, they are drivers of Canada’s economy, fueling innovation and commercialization from coast to coast. Today in Canada, we understand that a limited portion of all health research dollars are targeted towards advancing health outcomes for children and youth who may suffer from rare disease, pediatric cancers, neurodevelopmental disabilities, or childhood asthma. The Pediatric Chairs of Canada and Children’s Healthcare Canada believe that investments in children’s health and health research are urgently required to reverse alarming trends in the health and wellbeing of children and youth in Canada.
Concordia University is one of North America’s highest ranked universities founded in the last 50 years. Highly innovative, nimble and forward-thinking, Concordia defines and delivers next-generation teaching and research. Our community is a dynamic mix of faculty and students who research, create, teach, and engage across and beyond disciplines, making Concordia an international destination for leading thinkers. Deeply connected to Montreal and the world at large, we are a popular choice for more than 50,000 students across all major disciplines. Find out more at concordia.ca.
It is with great pleasure that Concordia University is participating in Research Canada’s Your Candidates, Your Health initiative. As a next-generation university committed to innovation and excellence in health research, we share Research Canada’s core values about the importance of promoting health research in all areas.
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalized healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. @RocheCanada
Roche continues to grow its footprint in Canada with the establishment of four global hubs at our Mississauga site. This expansion is a testament to our skilled and talented workforce and offers tremendous opportunity to solidify Canada’s reputation as a life sciences hub.
Shift Health brings a science mindset to strategy consulting for the health research and innovation ecosystem. We blend scientific depth, sector leadership and global perspective, tackling our clients’ most challenging questions with curiosity, rigour and courage. Delivering sharp insights and customized solutions, we’re helping to create the future of healthcare.
Canada is a nation of innovators. On a per capita basis, Canada boasts the fourth-largest science and technology workforce in the world—and nowhere is our heritage richer and our potential greater than in health research.
For more than 50 years, the Canadian Nurses Foundation has helped nurses learn, investigate and advance nursing best practices. CNF awards scholarships to promising nursing students and nurses across the country at all educational levels, and funds nursing research that enhances the quality and efficacy of patient care.
CNF believes that with the significant trends and pressures in our health care system, it becomes paramount that nursing research continues to be undertaken by nurses in collaboration with other health professionals to improve quality of life and care of Canadian patients, families, and communities. Investigating and advancing innovative health-care, while providing the groundwork for future practice-based research studies, is essential for a healthy Canada.
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The Lady Davis Institute (LDI) is the research arm of the Jewish General Hospital, with strong academic ties to McGill University. The Institute has earned an international reputation for its research programs in cancer, clinical epidemiology, molecular and regenerative medicine, and the psychosocial aspects of disease. Since its founding in 1969, LDI scientists have pursued the mission of bringing benefits to the health and well-being of patients.
Research represents hope for everyone who ever has faced, or ever will face, the prospect of a major illness. Our objective at the Lady Davis Institute, which we share with Research Canada, is to advance science in order to improve the quality of life and outcomes for patients. Our researchers and clinicians work in a continuous feedback loop to translate knowledge from the bench to the bedside and back in furtherance of those objectives.
