What’s New?

October 10, 2025

October 10, 2025

Happy to share our scoping review has been accepted for publication in CJC Open.

October 9, 2025

October 9, 2025

Thank you to the management and staff at Kiknu (which means “our home” in Mi’kmaq), Nova Scotia’s first long term care home in a First Nation community, for the warm welcome. We had a wonderful time visiting your home and hope that there...

October 7, 2025

October 7, 2025

We are grateful for the guidance from Advisor Catherine Martin as we navigate sharing circles in Millbrook First Nation as part of our CIHR-funded project studying Food as Medicine for Indigenous residents in long-term care homes across...

October 6, 2025

October 6, 2025

We are excited to be in Halifax, Nova Scotia with our Food as Medicine research team colleagues to engage in a series of sharing circles with Elders, Chief and Council, and community members at Millbrook First Nation.

October 4, 2025

October 4, 2025

Pleased to share that our protocol paper for our Brain-Heart Interconnectome-funded participatory action research project undertaken in partnership with the Archipel and Great River Ontario Health Teams has been published in BMJ Open.

October 3, 2025

October 3, 2025

We are pleased to support medical student Perla Nabhan as she presents the findings from her project with CCAER as part of the University of Ottawa's Medical Summer Student Research Program (MSSRP). Thank you to MSSRP organizers for...

October 3, 2025

October 3, 2025

I am delighted to contribute to the leadership of Theme 4: Innovative Health Systems and Tailored Models of Care of the Brain-Heart Interconnectome in collaboration with co-leads Dr. Sharon Johnston and Dr. Malcolm King.

September 27, 2025

September 27, 2025

It was an honour for the research team to participate in Sinkunia's 2025 Harvest Festival. We dug potatoes, picked beans, danced, and ate and ate and ate! We thank the Sinkunia team from the bottom of our hearts for the warmest welcome...

September 26, 2025

September 26, 2025

The ACB research team had a busy day of observations, field notes, interviews, kitchen table talks and helping the Sinkunia team pack up a row of food hampers for their clients.