Commissioned Research Projects and Related Activities

Health Institutes Design Grants

In June 1999, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation awarded 20 Health Institutes Design Grants to teams of investigators. They were invited to prepare position papers on how to integrate various aspects of the social sciences, humanities, nursing, and health services research into the proposed Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

On September 16 and 17, more than 100 people from the social sciences, nursing and health research communities gathered in Aylmer, Quebec, with members of the Interim Governing Council (IGC) of the proposed CIHR. They presented models, explored ideas, and provided advice on the design of the institutes. The full text of the papers is accessible by clicking on the links below.

Modernity, Suffering and Psychopathology
Gilles Bibeau
Université de Montréal
  • Position Paper
PDF - 128 KB
A Canadian Institute on the Disability Process
Karen Blackford with Patrick Fougeyrollas
Université de Montréal
  • Position Paper
PDF - 299 KB
Institut canadien de recherche sur le processus de handicap (ICRPH)
Karen Blackford with Patrick Fougeyrollas
Université de Montréal
  • Position Paper (in French)
PDF -   15 KB
The Canadian Institute on Aging
Neena L. Chappell
University of Victoria
  • Position Paper
PDF - 115 KB
Location in Health Care: Sites, Roles, Rights and Responsibilities
Peter C. Coyte
University of Toronto
  • Position Paper
PDF -   55 KB
Consciousness, Health and Well-Being: A Transdisciplinary Approach
Maurice Dongier
McGill University
  • Position Paper
PDF - 229 KB
New Directions - New Dimensions for Environmental Health Research in Canada
John D. Eyles
McMaster University
  • Position Paper
PDF - 101 KB
Integrating the Social Sciences and Humanities in the Canadian Institutes for Health Research
Karen R. Grant
University of Manitoba
  • Position Paper
PDF - 191 KB
CIHR 2000: Sex, Gender and Women's Health
Lorraine Greaves
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
  • Position Paper
PDF - 501 KB
Integrating Health Services Research into CIHR
Jeremiah Hurley
McMaster University
  • Position Paper
PDF -   88 KB
An Agency for Integration and Innovation in the CIHR
Gregory Kealey
Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • Position Paper
PDF -   77 KB
Canadian Institute for Research on Nursing and Caregiving
Katharyn May
University of British Columbia
  • Position Paper
PDF -   79 KB
Integrating a Focus on Aboriginal Health Research in the Development of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
John D. O'Neil
University of Manitoba
  • Position Paper
PDF - 188 KB
Institut de recherche en santé publique (IRSP)
Raynald Pineault
Université de Montréal
  • Position Paper (in French)
PDF -   97 KB
Rural Health Research in the CIHR
Raymond Pong
Laurentian University
  • Position Paper
PDF -   87 KB
Integrating Bioethics and Health Law Into the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Sherwin Susan
Dalhousie University
  • Position Paper
PDF - 556 KB
Towards a Canadian Health Research Institute on Addictions
Eric Single
University of Toronto
  • Position Paper
PDF - 120 KB
An Institute for the Integration of Ethics, Law, Society, Culture and Health
Janet Storch
University of Victoria
  • Position Paper
PDF - 131 KB
Mental Health Institute Design
Heather Stuart
Queen's University at Kingston
  • Position Paper
PDF - 117 KB
Inégalités et Santé vers une intégration des efforts de recherche
Michel Tousignant
Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Position Paper (in French)
PDF - 143 KB
The Place of Child Development Research in the Canadian Institute of Health Research
Richard E. Tremblay
Université de Montréal
  • Position Paper
PDF -   48 KB
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