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Harper Government Announces Funding for Brain Research

Mai 8, 2012

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, has announced last Thursday (May 03, 2012) that the Harper Government will invest heavily in neuroscience research by creating the Canada Brain Research Fund. The research fund will provide up to $100 million to the Brain Canada Foundation, which will then raise a matching fund through private donations and charitable contributions, effectively doubling the Government’s initial investment. The funding will go towards research to explore different brain disorders and determine what they may have in common.

Webinar on Ethics of Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Metis Peoples of Canada taking place on May 10.

Mai 4, 2012

Key Issues in Chapter 9: Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Metis Peoples of Canada
May 10, 2012, 12:00 noon ET to 1:30 p.m. ET

During this 90 minute webinar, Laura-Lee Balkwill, Policy Analyst and Dr. John M. H. Kelly, co-director of the Centre for Indigenous Research, Culture, Language and Education (CIRCLE) at Carleton University, will focus on key issues in Tri-Council Policy Statement 2 (TCPS 2) Chapter 9 including community engagement, complex authority structures, capacity building, and research agreements.

NeuroDevNet-funded autism research indicates unanticipated number of high-functioning girls with the disorder.

Mai 3, 2012

A team of top Canadian autism researchers, led by NeuroDevNet principal investigator Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum has published a study in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. "Sex Differences in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Identified Within a High-Risk Infant Cohort" was published online March 28.

INCF Canadian Neuroinformatics Workshop - A satellite symposium of the CAN 2012 meeting

Mai 1, 2012

The International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) and NeuroDevNet are jointly hosting a satellite symposium on Canadian Neuroinformatics on May 24th, immediately following the Canadian Neuroscience Meeting at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver, BC.

NeuroDevNet is funded by the Network of Centres of Excellence, a federal program to advance science and technology.

NeuroDevNet est financé par les Réseaux de centres d’excellence, programme du gouvernement fédéral pour avancement de la science et de la technologie.