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Dr. Sarah Funnell and I have made it to Inuvik, Northwest Territories. One more flight to our final destination. It is cold here!

Making our way up North to conduct field work for our Canadian Institutes of Health Research Catalyst grant studying how we can better support local food champions working to address climate related food insecurity in their communities. I...

Right back to work after the holidays! In Toronto to meet with senior leadership at the Ministry of Health and Ontario Health about our ongoing collaboration to improve brain-heart health for Ontarians.

Congratuations to Master of Public Health student Sophia Kara on being recognized by the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine with the Award in Excellence in Graduate Studies and the Graduate Studies Wellness Champion Award. Sophia...

Huge congratulations to Master of Public Health student Kirstin Moreau for winning best Capstone project inspired by her engagement in CCAER's work on traditional foods for Indigenous palliative care patients. We are so proud of you!

Happy to share our work re-FRAMEing discussions about mental health in cardiac spaces with colleagues at Bruyere Health Research Day.

We are grateful for the opportunity to profile summer Master of Public Health student Sophia Kara's work developing a self-management guide for people with interconnected heart failure and mental health conditions. This guide is a key...

Metis student researcher Kirstin Moreau as she prepares to lead our second sharing circle with members of several First Nations communities. We feel honoured and humbled to have community members share their memories, experiences, and...

Waiting eagerly to begin our first community sharing circle for our new Canadian Dietetics Research Foundation funded project on how to improve food for Indigenous palliative care patients. Excited to be co-facilitating this circle with...