NEAHR Member Centres
Atlantic Aboriginal Health Research Program, Halifax
The program fosters community-generated indigenous research in three broad areas: social determinants of health; intervention research; and, health services
Website: www.aahrp.socialwork.dal.ca
Telephone: 902-897-9199 ext 120
Email: carla.moore@dal.ca
Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research, Montreal
NAMHR developed in December 2001 as a partnership between Aboriginal communities and academic researchers. It is a network of researchers from across Canada with extensive experience in Aboriginal health and related areas. The priority of the Network is to develop research capacity. To that end, the emphasis is on networking and training for existing researchers and conducting a series of pilot projects that provide a basis to seek funding for larger scale projects from other sources including regular CIHR competitions, federal and provincial programs and Aboriginal organizations.
Website: www.namhr.ca
Telephone: 514-340-8222 ext. 5244
Email: tracee.diabo@mail.mcgill.ca
Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments, Peterborough
The Nasivvik Centre provides training and education opportunities, and is conducting multi-disciplinary research on environmental change and influences on Inuit health; environmental public health surveillance and monitoring; and Inuit scientific knowledge in environmental health research.
Website: www.nasivvik.ulaval.ca
Telephone: 705-748-1011 ext. 7242
Email: kristeenmctav@trentu.ca
Anisnabe Kekendazone NEAHR, Ottawa
Initial health research priorities at this network (previously the Ottawa ACADRE facility) are: perinatal health; youth at risk and resilience; and knowledge translation i.e. communicating health research knowledge to Aboriginal communities in a way that is readily understood. For more information please visit the website.
Website: http://akneahr.ciet.org/
Telephone: 613-562-5393
Email: cietcanada@ciet.org
Indigenous Health Research Development Program, Six Nations
Research themes guiding IHRDP include: prevention and control of chronic diseases; mental health of women and children; and culture, health and healing.
Website: www.ihrdp.ca
Telephone: 519-445-0023 ext. 236
Email: vobrien@mcmaster.ca
Manitoba First Nations – Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg
Primary research themes addressed by this NEAHR include: population health; health services; child health and development; and ethical issues in Aboriginal health research.
Website: www.umanitoba.ca/centres/cahr
Telephone: 204-789-3250
Email: cahr@umanitoba.ca
Indigenous Peoples’ Health Research Centre, Regina
A collaboration between the University of Regina, First Nations University of Canada, and the University of Saskatchewan, with broad support from various health boards and Aboriginal health organizations. IPHRC is supported by the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health (IAPH), one of the institutes of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF). Funding provided to IPHRC is primarily focused on building capacity in health research among Aboriginal people through trainee support, and promoting research into areas of Aboriginal health: (1) Chronic Diseases, nutrition and life style, (2) Indigenous healing: addiction (includes FAS), mental health, and the judicial system; (3) Health delivery and control (includes ethics, community development and governance); (4) Prevention and environmental health.
Website: www.iphrc.ca
Telephone: 306-337-2461
Email: Marissa.Desjardins@uregina.ca
Their research has evolved in a responsive manner through collaborative community partnerships and research requests. Three research themes have evolved from community requests that will guide and enhance the work of the Alberta Network over the next three years: traditional knowledge and ethics; northern community environmental health; and community access to health services.
Website: www.neahr.ualberta.ca
Telephone: 780-492-1827
Email: alberta.neahr@ualberta.ca
Kloshe Tillicum (NEAHR BCWA), Vancouver
Kloshe Tillicum is one of 9 Aboriginal health research centres in Canada.The intention is to build aboriginal capacity in health research by linking the academics, students and communities that were conducting aboriginal research. By developing such a network, these researchers could share their findings, collaborate on projects and encourage new health research from aboriginal students and communities themselves. The four key themes are (1)Indigenous Knowledge including traditional medicine, (2)complex interactions – determining the health of populations, (3)infectious disease and (4)Aboriginal research ethics.
Website: www.kloshetillicum.ca
Telephone: 604-827-5464
Email: sharon.thira@ubc.ca