CIHR has launched the 2018 IAB membership renewal of its thirteen Institute Advisory Boards (IABs). The number of members on an IAB is between eight and 14. Selection criteria and composition of the IABs is available under the IAB Selection Criteria. Consult the CIHR Institutes web pages to review their specific areas of focus. Application forms received after April 9, 2018 will be stored in the database and considered for
Month: March 2018
Health Canada Revising Canada’s Food Guide – Report Now Available
As part of the Healthy Eating Strategy, Health Canada is revising Canada’s Food Guide to reflect new evidence and meet the needs of various audiences who use the healthy eating recommendations. In the summer of 2017, over 6700 stakeholders and Canadians provided input to the second consultation for the revision of Canada’s Food Guide. The What We Heard Report presents the results from the consultation. The report
Watch our most recent webinar! Bringing Rare Disease Drugs to Canada Opportunities, Challenges, and More Challenges
About the Webinar: The slides for this webinar are available on our Slideshare account. This webinar was an interactive live webcast from the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders’ Rare Disease Day event in Ottawa. The session was moderated by 3Sixty Public Affairs’ Bill Dempster, who was joined by several Canadian experts in pharmaceutical access, including a former director of the Ontario Public Drug Programs. This discussion