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Love builds brains: integrating cultural knowledge with brain science
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/love-builds-brainsEarly childhood is a critical stage of development. The things we learn and experience at this time set the stage for our later success and fundamentally shape us as people. It is clear that past and present colonial realities have given way to disruptions in parenting and traditional child-rearing...
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Lucia Jadon opens new pathways for ALS research
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/lucia-jadon-opens-new-pathways-for-als-researchMeet the students who received the 2022 ALS Canada – Brain Canada Doctoral Awards. PhD student Lucia Meng Qi Jadon (previously Liao) is the recipient of a $75,000 ALS Canada – Brain Canada 2022 Trainee Award. She will use the funding to investigate whether a newly discovered tag on TDP-43 might have...
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Magnetic resonance imaging to compare the abilities of non-selective and selective huntingtin suppression technologies to prevent brain pathology in Huntington disease
https://braincanada.ca/funded-grants/magnetic-resonance-imaging-to-compare-the-abilities-of-non-selective-and-selective-huntingtin-suppression-technologies-to-prevent-brain-pathology-in-huntington-diseaseHuntington disease (HD) is an inherited disorder that causes brain cells to die and impacts approximately 1 in 7000 Canadians. Project Overview Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited disorder that causes brain cells to die and impacts approximately 1 in 7000 Canadians. A person with HD experiences...
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Major $2M investment in next generation of Canadian neuroscientists
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/major-2m-investment-in-next-generation-of-canadian-neuroscientistsBrain Canada's 2020 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Brain Canada awards 20 grants to up-and-coming researchers to fund game-changing ideas and push innovation forward For a second year in a row, Brain Canada is joining forces with private foundations to award $100,000 each to 20...
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Major boost for brain health in Canada
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/major-boost-for-brain-health-in-canadaThe 2019 Azrieli Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Twenty neuroscientists in Canada have been awarded $100,000 each in research funding, as part of Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Program. Anchored by a $5M gift from the Azrieli Foundation, this novel funding model...
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Major boost to brain research with new $4M grant to help advance the field of neuroscience
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/major-boost-to-brain-research-with-new-4m-grant-to-help-advance-the-field-of-neuroscienceBrain Canada is pleased to announce the awarding of a $4,275,000 2019 Platform Support Grant (PSG) to Dr. Yves De Koninck and team members from across the county for the Canadian Optogenetics and Vectorology Foundry, a consortium of research sites that aims to accelerate the development and...
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Major grant to support the development of a state-of-the-art imaging facility
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/major-grant-to-support-the-development-of-a-state-of-the-art-imaging-facilityBrain Canada is pleased to announce the awarding of a $3,326,912 2019 Platform Support Grant (PSG) to Dr. Sheena Josselyn and team at the Hospital for Sick Children for the SLAP-CAN In Vivo Imaging Facility. This funding will go towards building a platform that will use emerging imaging...
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Major investment in ALS research
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/major-investment-in-als-researchEarly-career ALS researchers receive critical funding through ALS Society of Canada and Brain Canada partnership, with support from Fondation Vincent Bourque. The ALS Society of Canada (ALS Canada) and Brain Canada are powering innovative discoveries and treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
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Major Investment in Brain Research in Ontario
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/major-investment-in-brain-research-in-ontarioOntario is reinforcing its leadership as a centre of excellence in brain research, with four new Brain Canada–supported platforms that will accelerate discoveries and improve care for people living with neurological disease, mental illness, and childhood brain conditions. Platforms in Toronto,...
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Major new funding to make a powerful new technology available to the brain research community across Canada
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/major-new-funding-to-make-a-powerful-new-technology-available-to-the-brain-research-community-across-canadaBrain Canada is pleased to announce the awarding of a 2021 Platform Support Grant (PSG) to Dr. Trevor Pugh from the University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Together with the Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Brain Canada is awarding $5.15M to support the Brain Single Cell...
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