News & Updates

Brain Canada, Weizmann Canada, and the Weizmann Institute of Science are pleased to announce the selection of five recipient teams for the Brain Canada & Weizmann Institute of Science Team Grants.

The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada and Brain Canada Foundation are thrilled to relaunch the Personnel Awards for qualifying Masters, Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows.

The Barbara Turnbull Foundation for Spinal Cord Research and Brain Canada are pleased to launch the 2026 Turnbull-Tator Award in Spinal Cord Injury and Concussion Research.

We are pleased to announce the 2025 Turnbull-Tator Award in Spinal Cord Injury and Concussion Research has been awarded to Dr. Miriam Beauchamp.

Mark mobilized his personal networks and pitched the idea of forming a working group to connect researchers, clinicians, health system leaders, and people with lived experience. Shortly after, in March 2025, the New Brunswick Parkinson’s Working Group was established. He serves as its Chair. 

Canadian Brain Bee Champion Emma Rees travels to Spain and uncovers the key ingredient to a meaningful career in science - connection 

Despite growing awareness, mental health conditions continue to carry some of the highest levels of stigma of any health condition in Canada – 60% of people with a mental health problem or illness won’t seek help for fear of being labelled.

Brain Canada and The ALS Society of Canada (ALS Canada) are proud to announce the recipient of the 2026 ALS Canada–Brain Canada Clinical Research Fellowship.

Depression often rears its head for the very first time during adolescence and young adulthood — a period when people are building their identity, relationships, education and future. Dr. Anthony Gifuni is committed to identifying biological markers associated with depression severity, suicide risk and treatment response.

The Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program encourages innovative, unorthodox, and exploratory research that may be in the early and conceptual stages of project development but has potential for significant impact on our understanding of the brain.

Dr. Benicio Frey, a researcher and clinician at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, is pioneering the development of a new platform that will accelerate the pace of mood disorder research in Canada.

Twenty-six early-career scientists will each receive $100,000 to pursue bold high-risk ideas in brain and mental health research, from eating disorders to chronic pain to neurodegeneration.