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December 11, 2024

December 11, 2024

Thrilled to meet fellow uOttawa researcher, Tamara Donnelly, who is also working alongside Indigenous advisor Celina Wolki, and in collaboration with Sonia Wesche and Tiff-Annie Kenny, to do food insecurity research in Paulatuk in the...

December 11, 2024

December 11, 2024

Excited and grateful to have been nominated to sit on the Scientific Council guiding the Brain Heart Interconnectome as the new Theme 4 Co-Lead. Looking forward to helping this diverse and inspiring team accomplish great things that will...

December 10, 2024

December 10, 2024

Cannot wait to begin work on the new Heat Smart project led by Bill Hogg and Sharon Johnston. We will be looking at how primary care can play a role in preventing adverse health outcomes connected to extreme heat events. Glad to be part...

December 10, 2024

December 10, 2024

Our poster documenting Phase 1 of our Change Champions project gathered a lot of interest at ArcticNet 2024. It is inspiring to see such a push for community-led research in the North and such a diversity of work being undertaken on...

December 9, 2024

December 9, 2024

Preparing for an exciting week learning about Northern research at the 2024 ArcticNet conference being held in downtown Ottawa. Looking forward to seeing some our community partners in person and making new research connections.

December 2, 2024

December 2, 2024

We reached an important milestone today in holding the first Indigenous Advisory Circle meeting for our new CIHR-funded project looking at how to bring culturally safer foods to Indigenous residents of long-term care homes. This is a...

December 1, 2024

December 1, 2024

Today we celebrate Alex Lee for winning the University of Ottawa's UGME Collaborator Competency Award. This award is presented annually to the undergraduate medical student who has demonstrated a high level of collaboration in their...

November 29, 2024

November 29, 2024

There is nothing better than an opportunity to touch base with our patient partner advisors. We are grateful to have spent the morning learning more about what it is like to make the decision to transition from one's home, to a retirement...

November 28, 2024

November 28, 2024

The CCAER team is out in full force at the 2024 Bruyere Health Annual Research Day. This marks the 2-year anniversary of our research team and we celebrated with 4 snapshot presentations, 10 posters, and crazy applause for all of our...