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Before the pandemic hit, long-term care was far removed from the nation’s recurring headlines. Perhaps many of us thought long-term care had nothing to do with us, felt it was a part of a distant future, or it had never crossed our minds at all. COVID-19 has exposed the unfortunate vulnerabilities of our elderly population…

More than half a million Canadians currently live with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias – affecting one out of every four Canadians over the age of 85. Before COVID-19, this number was expected to nearly double within the next 10 years, and the pandemic is likely speeding that growth, creating an even more urgent health crisis. Research…

Canada is home to some of the best researchers and scientists in the world, and has a vibrant life sciences sector. However, there remain great opportunities to accelerate innovation and move our nation from the middle of the pack to the top in international competitiveness in life sciences. As a leading healthcare company, Roche Canada…

I am going to go out on a limb and predict what issues and what group of voters will determine the outcome of the current federal election. After all, there’s no fun in sitting on the sidelines, especially when the race is becoming so close! One thing is for sure: whichever party wins, minority or…

During the past 18 months, Canadians have gained significant clarity on the need to address our health innovation challenges such as the funding and expertise gap to move scientific discoveries from the laboratory to preclinical development and clinical trials. As a result, Canada cannot take advantage of the many investments it has made in discovery…

COVID-19 threatens to erase years of progress in our fight against cancer. The time to act is now. Prior to the pandemic, death rates in some types cancer had started to stabilise or even decrease as patients increasingly took a more active role in their own care, while cancer services improved, and more treatments became…

In Election 2021, our collective priorities seem to be meshing like never before. We are all living through a once in a century pandemic which has killed millions, made hundreds of millions ill, and devastated our individual sense of safety. Intertwined throughout all of this is the mental health toll literarily every household in the…

A robust health innovation ecosystem is critical for improving the health security and protecting the well-being of Canadians. As part of the national effort towards pushing the boundaries of One Health, GlycoNet is a globally unrivaled innovation engine built on a strong foundation of Canadian expertise in glycomics – the study of carbohydrates in viruses,…

Nearly three years ago, Betty and Frank McKenney, at ages 89 and 90 respectively, attended a family reunion in Thunder Bay. Unfortunately, this one did not go so well. Betty slipped and fell while going down the patio stairs. “I was lying on the ground in pain. I could move my arms, head and shoulder,…

It’s finally official—Canada is going back to the polls, just under two years after the last federal election that resulted in a Liberal minority government. And once again, Research Canada is hitting the ground running with the launch of the Your Candidates, Your Health 2021 Federal Election Campaign and Website to provide our Members, Supporters…