Canada needs a research institute on environment, health, and well-being

Canada needs a new trans-disciplinary Institute on Environments, Health and Well-being to research links between environmental change, human behaviour, societal organization and health. The institute must engender innovative, evidence-informed actions that not only reduce harm, but improve the natural and built environment by addressing the drivers of environmental change.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured. Canada needs a CIHR Institute on Environments and Health to fund research to assess these threats and to develop solutions. Our response needs to be broader and more holistic, write Trevor Hancock, Richard van der Jagt, Chris Buse, and Meg Sears. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TREVOR HANCOCK, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, CHRIS BUSE, AND MEG SEARS

July 5, 2023

It is almost 25 years since the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) was created. CIHR began with—and still has—13 institutes, covering topics such as aging, cancer, genetics, Indigenous Peoples’ health, and population and public health, but there has never b...

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