Message from the President of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience, Keith Murai
Dear Colleagues
Spring is finally here and I am pleased to provide an update about the Association and our upcoming events.
We are thrilled to announce that we have received the highest number of poster submissions ever for the upcoming meeting in Montreal and we are planning for our biggest meeting ever. We are excited about the support and engagement of our research community and international partners who have contributed outstanding scientific content for this year’s meeting. We are also very grateful to our sponsors and exhibitors who have helped to make the meeting possible. This year, we were able to offer a record number of travel awards thanks to support from the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and BrightFocus Foundation. Congratulation to all of the travel award winners to this year’s meeting!
The CAN meeting continues to be a great networking opportunity for the Canadian neuroscience community, and we really hope that you will join us in Montreal in May. I encourage you to register today, as the early-bird registration deadline is March 30, 2023.
We recognize not all scientists follow a linear career path, and we are therefore excited to invite you to attend the “Life and Neuroscience” session at the CAN meeting, which will bring together Flora Vaccarino, Sheena Josselyn, Ole Kiehn, Maja Jagodic, Hugo Bellen and Dana Small to discuss their experiences, including barriers they may have faced during their careers, and share their insight and advice for the audience. Organized by Jibran Khokhar and the CAN EDI Committee, this event aims to put science in perspective, and will be a great opportunity to highlight how diverse life experiences contribute to science.
I also invite you to register for one of the satellite meetings taking place in advance of the CAN meeting. These independently organized events offer our members an opportunity to network with Canadian experts in specific fields, which can be especially useful for trainees.
I am also happy to announce the appointment of Dr. Liisa Galea as Co-Chair of the CAN Advocacy Committee. Liisa is a long-time member of the CAN Advocacy Committee, and a very committed advocate, and we are grateful she has accepted the position. This year, we look forward to an informative and engaging CAN advocacy training lunch at the CAN meeting. This event organized by Karun Singh, Liisa Galea and the CAN Advocacy Committee will offer insight on how neuroscientists can work to increase funding for research in Canada. In addition to CAN’s commitment to advocate for support for fundamental research through Canada’s Tri-Agency (CIHR, SSHRC and NSERC), this session will address the growing momentum for a Canadian Brain Moonshot Program. We look forward to sharing more information about this session very soon.
Lastly, we are excited to launch a new round of CAN elections to identify new CAN Executives and Board Members. I highly encourage our regular members to vote and to consider running in the upcoming elections. CAN is a very dynamic and active association, and we are looking for highly motivated individuals who want to support our community and help represent and respond to the needs of Canadian neuroscientists. Please consider joining the CAN team! I look forward to the opportunity to welcome you at our next meeting, in one of our special sessions, or as a member of the CAN Executive or Board of Directors.
I wish you a successful Spring and let’s stay connected!
Keith Murai
President of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience
CAN elections – Call for Nominations: CAN Vice-President-elect, CAN Secretary-elect, CAN Board members
CAN will be holding elections for the following Board of Direction positions:
- Vice-President (President elect)
- Secretary-elect
- 2 board members
We are now sending a call for nominations for these positions. Please note that only members in good standing can submit nominations.
To submit a nomination, we invite you to reach out to potential candidate that are representatives of the strength and diversity of our community. We also aim to have geographical representation from across Canada.
View current members of the CAN Board of Directors
Nomination deadline is: April 1, 2023
Documents required:
- CV (any pdf format – a link will be shared on the candidate profile page)
- Nomination letter from a CAN member
- Picture (headshot) for the candidate presentation page
- Short text (max. 250 words) for the candidate presentation page (motivation, qualification).
All documents should be sent to the CAN Secretary, Leigh Anne Swayne, via the form available here
Consider becoming part of the CAN team!
CAN Meeting
Register and Book your accommodations today!
We look forward to welcoming you to the Canadian Neuroscience Meeting May 28 t0 31 at the Montreal Bonaventure Hotel. With a record number of posters submitted, it will likely be the biggest CAN meeting ever. Register and book your room early! Early-bird registration rates apply until March 30.
Life and Neuroscience session
Please mark your calendars for a panel discussion on Life and Neuroscience with invited speakers at CAN 2023, planned for Tuesday, May 30 at 6:30PM, right after the Keynote lecture. This will be an informal 45 minute panel discussion, hosted by trainee members of the EDI Committee, in which plenary speakers will discuss their experiences, including barriers they may have faced during their careers, and share their insight and advice for the audience..
Confirmed participants in this panel discussion include:
- Sheena Josselyn
- Ole Kiehn
- Flora Vaccarino
- Maja Jagodic
- Hugo Bellen
- Dana Small
Hearing this group of highly successful researchers discuss their paths in life and science aims to bring EDI-related topics to the main stage with the goal of highlighting the importance of these issues for everyone.
Learn more about this session on our website
Satellite Meetings
We invite you to consult the program of the satellite events taking place in advance of the CAN meeting.
8th Annual Canadian Neurometabolic Meeting – CAN satellite meeting
Date and time: May 28, 2023, 8:30AM to 4:00PM
Location: Montreal Bonaventure Hotel
Organizers: Alfonso Abizaid, Thierry Alquier, Laura Corbit, Stephanie Fulton, Margaret Hahn, Maia Kokoeva
Registration, Abstract submission and Program: https://event.fourwaves.com/cncmeeting/registration
Brief description of event:
The Canadian Neurometabolic meeting is a unique event that brings together scientists studying CNS controls of energy balance, neural cell metabolism, the impact of metabolism on behavior, and the interaction between metabolism and brain disorders. This meeting provides a valuable platform for research trainees in the field to share their latest findings and network. Our last event gathered over 100 participants coming from 17 labs, 12 research institutes connected to 8 Canadian universities. The 2023 meeting is free and will take place on Sunday, May 28 at the Hotel Bonaventure in Montréal, Québec as a satellite of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience.
Neural Stem Cells function and dysfunction – CAN Satellite meeting
Date: May 28, 2023, All day
Location: Montreal Bonaventure Hotel
Organisers: Armen Saghatelyan (University of Ottawa), Karun Singh (Krembil Research Institute)
Brief description of event:
The 5th satellite meeting on Neural Stem Cells (NSCs) will bring together experts and trainees in the field of embryonic/postnatal stem cells, neurodevelopmental disorders and brain tumors to exchange ideas and discuss recent data. The speakers from multiple institutions across Canada and all career stages will discuss recent advances in the field of stem cell biology and provide insights on how NSC dysfunction may lead to distinct pathological states. The speakers will cover topics spanning from the mechanisms underlying NSCs maintenance and function (session 1) to how NSCs dysfunction leads to brain tumors and various neurodevelopmental disorders (session 2). We hope that this meeting will further catalyze the interactions between Canadian neural stem cell researchers.
Canadian Cerebellar Research Network Satellite – CAN Satellite
Date: May 27, 2023, 9AM – 5PM
Location: McGill University
Organisers: Alanna Watt (McGill University), Lu-Yang Wang (University of Toronto), Amy Smith-Dijak (McGill University)
Brief description of event:
The cerebellum has a well-established role in motor coordination. However, new studies have revealed novel roles for the cerebellum in processes that include reward and social behaviour. This expanding understanding of the cerebellum has led to a renaissance of cerebellar research. The symposium will bring together both new and established cerebellar researchers from the Canadian and international neuroscience community, providing opportunities for networking for both trainees and PIs in the cerebellum community.
Registration information coming soon
Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Knowledge Exchange – CAN Satellite
Date: May 28, 2023
Location: Montreal Bonaventure Hotel
Organiser: Catherine Ferland, Chief Research and Programs Officer, Brain Canada Foundation
Brief description of event:
As a key scientific meeting for the neuroscience research community, the 16th Canadian Neuroscience Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, presents an ideal opportunity for Brain Canada to bring together researchers funded through one of its flagship programs – the ‘Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research’ program. Three cohorts of 20 early-career researchers each have been funded through the program, and Brain Canada is planning to convene them for an in-person event as an opportunity to connect, network, and present their research. It is our hope that providing early-career researchers with a forum to meet in person and exchange updates on their research projects will help facilitate collaborations and build a cohesive community of Brain Canada-funded researchers, tackling some of the most pressing brain research questions of today.
Congratulations to all travel award winners
We are very pleased to announce we offered a record number of travel awards this year, thanks to an ongoing partnership with IBRO, a new partnership with BrightFocus, and CAN’s continuing commitment to help support trainee participation in the meeting.
2023 IBRO Travel Award
The IBRO US-Canada Regional Committee provides travel awards to encourage the participation of Canadian trainees from underrepresented groups in the CAN meeting. The underrepresented groups targeted for inclusion include: aboriginal people (including Status Indians, Non-status Indians, Métis, and Inuit); visible minorities; LGBTQ community; persons with disabilities; students at a smaller university/college (non U15 university).
| Name | Supervisor name | Affiliation | Province |
| Al-Chami, Aycheh | Hongyu Sun | Carleton University | ON |
| Bellavance, Justin | Michael Hildebrand | Carleton University | ON |
| Blaney, Abby | Michelle Ploughman | Memorial University of Newfoundland | NL |
| Bora, Ambica | Alexandre Fisette | Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) | QC |
| Bravo Jimenez, Maria Astrid | Soheila Karimi-Abdolrezaee | University of Manitoba | MN |
| Desai, Naaz | Robert E Chen | University Health Network Research Centre | ON |
| Fu, Selena | Richard Dyck | University of Calgary | AB |
| Han, Muchun | Graham Collingridge | University of Toronto | ON |
| Ihidoype, Marina | Christophe Proulx | Université Laval, CERVO Research Center | QC |
| Luft, Carolina | Charlis Raineki | Brock University | ON |
| Marroquín, Arturo | Benoit Labonté | Université Laval, Centre de recherche CERVO | QC |
| Neapetung, Joseph | Veronica Campanucci | University of Saskatchewan | SK |
| Patwardhan, Aishwarya | Katrina Choe | McMaster University | ON |
| Saghian, Rayan | Lu-Yang Wang | University of Toronto and SickKids Research Institute | ON |
| Stone, Adiia | Jennifer Murray | University of Guelph | ON |
| Sun, Zhenyang | Maurizio De Pitta | University of Toronto; Krembil Research Institute | ON |
| Williams, Olivia | Melissa Perreault | University of Guelph | ON |
| You, Haifei | Leigh Anne Swayne | University of Victoria | BC |
| Yuli, Sissi | Jacob Berry | University of Alberta | AB |
BrightFocus Travel Awards – New partnership for 2023
BrightFocus funds ground-breaking research in an urgent effort to discover cures for Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration and glaucoma, and provides expert information about these diseases. CAN is pleased to announce a new partnership with BrightFocus to support trainee participation in the CAN meeting for travel fellowships, including diversity fellowships.
Bright Focus Diversity Awards
| Name | Supervisor name | Affiliation | Province |
| Abrar, Fatima | Dale Martin | University of Waterloo | ON |
| Akbarian, Niki | Linda Mah | University of Toronto, Rotman Research Institute | ON |
| Ash, Alyssa | Jason Snyder | University of British Columbia, DM Centre for Brain Health | BC |
| Bandeira Binder, Luisa | Caroline Menard | Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research | QC |
| Barron, Jessica | Matthew Parsons | Memorial University of Newfoundland | NL |
| Davies, Don | Steven Connor | York University | ON |
| Eswaran, Akhila | Anna Phan | University of Alberta | AB |
| Garden, Jessicca | Richard Brown, Ian Weaver | Dalhousie University | NS |
| Kane, Erica | Shawn Whitehead | University of Western Ontario | ON |
| Karimi Abadchi, Javad | Majid H Mohajerani | University of Lethbridge | AB |
| Kropf, Erika | Margaret Fahnestock | McMaster University | ON |
| McCabe, Lauren | Aristotle Voineskos | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | ON |
| Minary, Alexa | Fuat Balci | University of Manitoba | MN |
| Petropavlovskiy, Andrey | Shaun S. Sanders | University of Guelph | ON |
| Pietraszkiewicz, Paula | Julie Lefebvre | University of Toronto | ON |
| Power, Saige | Evelyn Lambe | University of Toronto | ON |
| Robinson, Danika | Robert McDonald | Lethbridge University | AB |
| Rusu, Bianca | Brian Kalish | University of Toronto | ON |
| Sepahvand, Tayebeh | Qi Yuan | Memorial University of Newfoundland | NL |
| Sharma, Sorabh | Craig Brown | University of Victoria | AB |
| Teasell, Elizabeth | Arthur Brown | Western University, Robarts Research Institute | ON |
Bright Focus Travel Awards
| Name | Supervisor name | Affiliation | Province |
| McKeever, Paul | Janice Robertson | University of Toronto | ON |
| Mishra, Pranav | Benedict C. Albensi | University of Manitoba | MN |
CAN Travel Awards
| Name | Province | Supervisor | Affiliation |
| Andisseryparambil Raveendran, Vineeth | ON | Melanie A Woodin | University of Toronto |
| Basha, Diellor | QC | Igor Timofeev | Université Laval |
| Black, Tallan | SK | John Howland | University of Saskatchewan |
| Carew, Samantha | NL | Craig Moore | Memorial University |
| Cote, Sandrine | ON | Simon Chen | University of Ottawa |
| Enns, Kaesy | MN | Mark Fry | University of Manitoba |
| Hazrati, Reza | QC | Yves De Koninck | Université Laval |
| Kinman, Adrienne | BC | Mark Cembrowski | University of British Columbia |
| Lavoie, Ewen | AB | Craig Chapman | University of Alberta |
| Peña Sánchez, Marisol | Alina Gonzalez-Quevedo Monteagudo | Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute, Cuba | |
| Press, Eric | BC | Douglas Altshuler | University of British Columbia |
| Rodriguez Aller, Raquel | QC | Abid Oueslati | Laval University |
| Sack, Anne-Sophie | BC | Terrance P. Snutch | University of British Columbia |
| Sheppard, Paul | ON | Timothy Bussey | Western University |
| Stevens, Elise | ON | Neil Magoski | Queen’s University |
| Tian, Ai | ON | Julien Muffat | SickKids Hospital |
| Willis, Ashleigh | BC | Freda Miller | University of British Columbia |
Advocacy
Read CAN’s submission to the Minister of Finance pre-budget consultations
The Minister of Finance of Canada, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, held consultations in advance of the 2023 budget. CAN made the following recommendations to these recent consultations:
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience recommends the following:
Recommendation 1: That the government of Canada increase investments in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for the benefit of all Canadians. We urge the government to adopt a four-year plan to double the budgets of the three main federal funding agencies (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC) starting with a 25% increase in the next budget. This recommendation aims to bring Canadian investment in scientific research to a level commensurate to that of other G7 countries.
Recommendation 2: That the government of Canada increase its support for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows by 50% for graduate scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships to increase both value and number awarded in the next budget. In conjunction with recommendation 1, this recommendation will ensure our next generation of scientists have the means to participate fully in Canada’s knowledge economy.
Recommendation 3: That the government of Canada make research on the Brain and Mental Health a national priority by investing in research to understand the brain through well-established and trusted organizations in the field.
Read our full submission here (PDF)
The House of Commons Finance committee (FINA) had held similar consultations in the Fall, and recently submitted their report to the governement. The full report is available here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/441/FINA/Reports/RP12208633/finarp10/finarp10-e.pdf
We applaud their recommendations to increase funding for trainees
Recommendation 88 Increase funding to the three granting councils to enable them to:
- Increase the value of the master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral awards offered by 25%;
- Double the number of graduate and postdoctoral fellowships offered by the three Councils in their master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral fellowship competitions;
- Beginning in 2023, provide tri-agency grant holders with the means to increase the value of master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships offered to students and postdoctoral fellows from their research funds by 25%; and
- Develop or strengthen mechanisms to help students get involved earlier in their studies by offering them opportunities to participate in the world of research as early as the undergraduate level (for example, research internship scholarships and scholarships for participation in scientific conferences, etc.).
Recommendation 89 Invest in future researchers by increasing the amount of funding support for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to adjust for inflation and index the value of these funds to the consumer price index.
Still, CAN maintains that the Government needs a plan to double the budgets of the granting agencies, CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC, starting with a 25% increase in this budget.
2023 Budget announcement
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, announced today that the government will table its 2023 budget on March 28, 2023, in the House of Commons, at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET.
Budget 2023 will outline the next steps in the government’s plan to build a stronger and more resilient economy for everyone.
CAN submits a brief to the House of Commons permanent committee on Science and Research on “International Moonshot Programs”
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience joined its voice to a large coalition of Canadian stakeholders calling for the Canadian government to invest in a Canadian Brain Research Initiative, to make Brain and Mental Health Research a National Priority in Canada.
Read our brief, along with those of many other stakeholders, on the House of Commons website
https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/SRSR/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=11835988
Canadian Neuroscience Seminars – Post-doctoral Series Schedule
The CNS-PDS committee is delighted to announce the seminar series line-up for the year ahead. The series will take place on the first Thursday of every month at 12pm PT/3pm ET and will showcase the work of talented postdocs in Canada and Canadian postdocs abroad.
The series launched on March 2, with talks by
- Synapse-specific opioid regulation of GABA release in the prefrontal cortex
Ryan Alexander, University of California, San Francisco - The role of keratinocytes and PDGFR-ß signaling in peripheral opioid tolerance
Luca Posa, Boston University
We congratulate the speakers on giving great talks, and thank all participants for making this a successful event.
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- CAN Vice-President Adriana Di Polo welcomes the speakers
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- Luca Posa, Boston University
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- Ryan Alexander, UCSF
Find zoom links to the talks on Twitter @CNS_PDS
CNS-PDS Annual Schedule
April 6th 2023
- Interaction of sleep, cognition and proteostasis in knock-in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease
Christopher Daniel Morrone, University of Toronto - Brain endothelial CD2AP depletion impairs cerebrovascular function in the context of Alzheimer’s disease
Milene Vandal, University of Calgary
May 4th 2023
- Functional parcellation of the common marmoset’s cerebral cortex with movie-driven ultra-high field fMRI
Alessandro Zanini, University of Western Ontario - Sensory predictions are embedded in cortical motor activity
Jonathan A. Michaels, University of Western Ontario
June 1st 2023
- Learning brain organization from multiple datasets reveals a fine-grained, symmetrical functional atlas of the cerebellum
Caroline Nettekoven, University of Western Ontario - A cross-species neuroimaging study of sex chromosome dosage effects on the human and mouse brain
Elisa Guma, National Institute of Mental Health
July 6th 2023
- Loss of neuronal heterogeneity in epileptogenic human tissue impairs network resilience to sudden changes in synchrony
Scott Rich, Krembil Brain Institute - Functional and molecular architecture of the healthy and diseased human brain
Larissa Kraus, University of British Columbia
August 3rd 2023
- Reduced temporal precision in neural activity of schizophrenia
Annemarie Wolff, University of Ottawa - Cannabis differentially disrupts neural circuit oscillatory dynamics and sensory filtering in rats: implications for schizophrenia
Bryan W. Jenkins, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
September 7th 2023
- Axonal dysfunction in a mouse model of ARSACS
Amy Smith-Dijak, McGill University - Fast motoneurons are not just ‘big’ slow motoneurons: roles for active properties in maintaining the orderly recruitment of motoneuron subtypes
Simon A Sharples, University of St Andrews
October 5th 2023
- Role of cell adhesion molecules in oligodendrocyte-T cell interactions in MS
Haritha Desu, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre - Inflammation-induced impairments in LTP are rescued by L-type calcium channel antagonism
Samantha Carew, Memorial University of Newfoundland
November 2nd 2023
- Delayed motor learning in a 16p11.2 deletion mouse model of autism is rescued by locus coeruleus activation
Xuming Yin, University of Ottawa - Neurogliaform cell synaptic transmission and GABAergic signaling alteration in the hippocampal circuit of animal model of Rett syndrome
Azam Asgarihafshejani, University of Toronto
December 7th 2023
- Multi-spectral neurophysiological slowing in patients with neurodegenerative disorders
Alex Wiesman, McGill University - Development of a novel optogenetic based model of alpha-synuclein aggregation to study Parkinson’s disease
Razan Sheta, University of Laval
January 11th 2024
- Microglial adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) regulates neuroinflammation and diet-induced obesity
Josephine Robb, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre - Endocannabinoid CB1 receptor regulates neuromuscular junction denervation and reinnervation following nerve injury
Roberta Piovesana, University of Montreal
Partner news
IBRO opportunities
IBRO-CBH Summer Research Internship Awards for Canadian Indigenous Undergraduate Students
The International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), in partnership with the Centre for Brain Health (CBH) at the University of British Columbia (UBC), is pleased to announce the launch of our 2023 awards program to offer Canadian Indigenous undergraduate
students access to cutting-edge research experiences in the field of neuroscience. These awards will cover the student salaries of $8,000 for full-time, 14-week internships in neuroscience labs at the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria, and
the University of Lethbridge during the summer of 2023. We are seeking enthusiastic and talented undergraduate students who have a keen desire to acquire hands-on experience in a neuroscience research, with potential interest in future graduate studies or careers in this field.
Eligibility: Indigenous students, who are currently registered in, or entereing a bachelor’s degree program in the fall of 2023 at the three participating universities, or other UBC campuses. Questions about award eligibility may be addressed to Dr. Kurt Haas (kurt.haas@ubc.ca) for UBC, Dr. Leigh Anne Swayne (lswayne@uvic.ca) for the University of Victoria, and Dr. Majid Mohajerani (mohajerani@uleth.ca) for the
University of Lethbridge.
IBRO 2023 World Congress
Submit your abstract and apply for a travel grant to IBRO 2023
Happening in Granada, Spain, on 9-13 September, the IBRO 2023 World Congress is accepting abstracts until 28 March 2023. Travel grants for scientists from all over the world are available and applications will also be accepted until 28 March 2023.
Be part of IBRO 2023: https://ibro2023.org/
Save the date: “Crafting a Successful IBRO Grant Application”
If you are planning to apply for IBRO funding soon, IBRO is preparing something for you: a webinar on how to draft a successful IBRO grant application. The IBRO team will be there to answer all your questions on 30 May 2023, 16:00 CEST. Registration will open soon – a recording will be uploaded to IBRO’s YouTube channel if you are unable to attend or would like to watch it again. Stay tuned for more details on IBRO’s website and social media. In the meantime, help us to create an informative session – send the question(s) you would like to see covered during the webinar here: https://form.jotform.com/230723171898058
The Brain Prize winners announced March 23, 2023
The world’s largest brain research prize is Danish and is awarded and founded by the Lundbeck Foundation. Each year, they award 10 million DKK (approx. 1,3 million€) to one or more brain researchers who have had a ground-breaking impact on brain research. The Brain Prize winners of 2023 will be announced March 23 – 4PM (CET) on the Lundbeck Foundation website.
Visit the website to view the announcement: https://lundbeckfonden.com/en/the-brain-prize
New opportunities from the CIHR Institute of Aging
CIHR has launched two new funding opportunities as part of the Federal Budget 2022 funding announcement supporting research in brain health and cognitive impairment in aging.
The operating grants total $9M, enough to fund approximately twelve (12) grants. This amount may increase if additional funding partners participate. The maximum amount per grant is $250,000 per year over three (3) years, for a total of $750,000 per grant. They are being offered by the CIHR Institute of Aging (CIHR-IA), in partnership with the Institutes of Infection and Immunity (CIHR-III) and Genetics (CIHR-IG), as well as the Azrieli Foundation and its Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence (CCCE).
The knowledge synthesis and mobilization grants total $2.0M, which is enough to fund approximately twenty (20) grants, with a maximum amount of $100,000 per grant per year, for one (1) year. They are offered by CIHR-IA, in partnership with the Institutes of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH), Gender and Health (CIHR-IGH), CIHR-IG, the HIV/AIDS and STBBI Research Initiative, as well as the Azrieli Foundation and its CCCE and the Weston Family Foundation.
These funding opportunities are aimed at creating new knowledge and understanding about brain health and cognitive impairment, as well as fostering knowledge mobilization and collaboration between relevant stakeholders. The funding stems from the 2022 Federal Budget announcement committing $20M over five years for CIHR to heighten efforts to learn more about dementia and brain health, to improve treatment and outcomes for persons living with dementia, and to evaluate and address mental health consequences for caregivers and different models of care.
Canadian Brain Research Strategy
Dr. Jennie Z. Young, the Executive Director of the Canadian Brain Research Strategy (CBRS), was invited to appear before the House of Commons of Canada Standing Committee on Science & Research (SRSR Committee) on January 31st, 2022. Dr. Young spoke on the enormous societal challenge and urgent need to understand the brain – in health, development, disease, and resilience – as imperative moonshot that will be critical to Canada’s success and well-being in the 21st century. You can read Dr. Young’s full statement on the House of Commons website.
Fifteen health charities, non-profits, and science organizations supporting research and services for brain disorders submitted briefs in alignment with this call. The brief submitted by the CBRS can be downloaded here. All submissions to this study are available on the House of Commons website.
The CBRS also submitted briefs to the pre-budget consultations by the House of Commons FINA committee and the Minister of Finance.
More on the Canadianbrain.ca website
Neurojobs
Recently posted job and fellowship opportunities – from the #neurojobs webpage: https://can-acn.org/neuro-jobs/
- Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa 2023/03/03
- Chair, Associate/Full Professor, Department of Psychology – University of Northern British Columbia 2023/03/03
- Professor in neuroinflammation – Université de Sherbrooke 2023/02/28
- Post Doc – Preclinical Studies of GABAergic control on Stress Regulation 2023/02/24
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Translational Rodent to Human Pain Models 2023/02/08
- Post Doctoral Scholar – experimental detection of ultra-weak photon emission from biological systems 2023/02/05
- Research professional – CERVO Brain Research Centre, Quebec city 2023/01/25
CAN membership
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