With the Fall 2026 Project Grant competition now underway, I would like to share several updates about some targeted changes we’re making for this competition. These changes aim to strengthen peer review by ensuring peer review committee mandates are clear and growing the pool of quality reviewers.

The Citizen Science project allows the public to participate in health research.

Join us for a CGEM Seminar on April 15th featuring Dr. Jillian Banfield - don't miss out!

We are testing a new tool that measures the impact of engaging people with lived and living experience and caregivers in research.

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Co-Created by Dawn Richards and Jim Kempster with input from CIHR-IMHA PERA members Graphics created by Tianna Magel   Scientific […]

Learn about best practices for patient partnership in health research with a focus on genetics.

ResearchNet is an innovative web portal that will provide a virtual meeting place for the research community, providing a single point of contact to share information, collaborate, and conduct busines...

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.

Together, patients, researchers and organizational leaders will explore strategies, address barriers & strengthen partnerships in research.

A Blog and Checklist for Patient Partners/People with lived experience By Anna Samson, Chantale Thurston, Don Wood, Trinity Lowthian, Dawn […]

Arizona scientist wants more transparency and equity from researchers in the handling of Indigenous DNA

Millions paid to give away their most personal data. At least in return they found out more about their earwax, says academic and author Adam Rutherford

Explore the key themes and insights gathered from SPOR communities across Canada as part of the 2023-24 engagement process. This document outlines strengths, challenges, and emerging needs in patient-...

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Institutions must value patient partners in research with fair and transparent compensation policies, or their commitments to equity will be hollow, write Amy Price and Dawn P Richards A conflict ar...

Children start learning about race and racism as early as preschool. Talking about race early, however difficult, will help them become more antiracist

Patient engagement in research is gaining traction as an international standard, and often requirement, of many health research funding agencies. Drivers of this increase include patient interest, inc...

Abstract: People deserve to have input on the decisions that affect them. Patient partnership is a way that patients can actively contribute to health care research. The Institute of Genetics (one of ...

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"     William Shakespeare     Romeo and Juliet, Act II, ...

Dalhousie’s Dr. Christine Chambers and her colleagues at Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) are working with hospitals to adopt Canada’s first Pediatric Pain Management Standard.