Resources and Links

	Canadian Paraplegic Association To assist persons with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities to achieve independence, self reliance and full community participation.
	Homepage of Vancouver General Hospital
	ICORD and its International Spinal Cord Injury Research Centre ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discovery) represents a new research initiative focused on discovering solutions to promote full functional recovery and improved quality of life after spinal cord injury. Conceived through a founding partnership between the Rick Hansen Institute, the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, and directed by BC Leadership Chair, Dr. John Steeves, ICORD is a unique, interdisciplinary collaboration that integrates discovery research with clinical, rehabilitation, and community-based research and practices. More about ICORD
	Rick Hansen Foundation The Rick Hansen Foundation is a registered charitable organization that works to create more accessible and inclusive communities for people with a spinal cord injury, and supports the search for a cure. Through Rick's leadership, the Foundation has generated over $200 million for spinal cord injury related programs and initiatives. Spinal Cord Injury Solutions Network The Spinal Cord Injury Solutions Network is a Canada-wide collaboration of people with spinal cord injuries (SCI), researchers and service providers, along with their respective organizations, all committed to addressing priority needs and generating solutions for Canadians with SCI.
Canadian Universities
	Dalhousie University - Community Health and Epidemiology The Department of Community Health and Epidemiology is part of the Faculty of Medicine and has made very good progress over the past number of years.
	McMaster University - Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics The Faculty of Health Sciences has a strong foundation in the development and application of rigorous health care/health services research methods, and in the evaluation of the quality of health care/health services research, particularly with respect to the strengths and weaknesses of the methodologies employed. It is structured to emphasize collaboration in the pursuit of excellence in education, research and practice.
	McGill University - Epidemiology & Biostatistics The Department has a tradition of excellence in teaching at the graduate level and is home to over 50 dynamic and active faculty members whose fields of inquiry include clinical epidemiology, respiratory epidemiology, biostatistical methods, pharmaco-epidemiology, population and public health, infectious disease epidemiology, women's health, reproductive epidemiology and maternal and child health, occupational health, and cancer epidemiology.
	Queens University - Community Health The misson of the Department is to acquire, advance and promulgate knowledge relevant to community health and epidemiology and to participate in the application of this knowlege to the solution of health problems.
	University of Alberta - Department of Public Health Sciences The Department of Public Health Sciences offers graduate training and research opportunities in Health Policy and Management, Health Technology Assessment, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Population and International Health.
	University of British Columbia - Department of Health Care and Epidemiology The Department of Health Care and Epidemiology is a vital research and teaching department, central to the mission of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. University of Calgary - Spine Program The University of Calgary Spine Program is a multidisciplinary program dealing with the care of individuals affected by conditions and diseases of the spine and spinal cord.
	University Laval - Departement de Medecine sociale et preventive La mission du Departement de medecine sociale et preventive est de contribuer ?l'amelioration des conditions de sant?des populations par la formation de praticien/nes, chercheur/es, gestionnaires et decideur/es de sant?publique et par le developpement de connaissances sur les problemes de sant? leurs determinants et les interventions efficaces. L'emphase est mise sur la promotion de la sant? la prevention des maladies evitables et de la mortalit? prematuree et une plus grande equit?envers les segments vulnerables de notre societ?
	University of Manitoba - Spinal Cord Research Centre The Spinal Cord Research Centre consists of 21 principal investigators from seven Departments or Schools of the University of Manitoba. These investigators are joined by over sixty research associates, post-doctoral fellows, students and support staff.
	University of Ottawa - Faculty of Epidemiology and Community Medicine
	University of Toronto - Public Health Sciences Major developments in public health are underway at the University of Toronto. On July 1, 1997 a new "Department of Public Health Sciences" was created by a merger of the Department of Behavioural Science and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics. The creation of this new Department will strengthen the University's programs in public health, community health and population health . Ten new tenure-stream faculty positions will be added to the Department: six funded by the University's Academic's Priorities Fund and four by the Faculty of Medicine. Our vision is to be a world class, top tier school of public health, with academic excellence and community impact locally, nationally and internationally.
Related Organizations
	American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) The mission of ASIA is: (a) to promote and establish standards of excellence for all aspects of health care of individuals with spinal cord injury from onset throughout life. (b) to educate members, other healthcare professionals, patients and their families as well as the public on all aspects of spinal cord injury and its consequences in order to prevent injury, improve care, increase availability of services and maximize the injured individual's potential for full participation in all areas of community life. (c) to foster research which aims at preventing spinal cord injury, improving care, reducing consequent disability, and finding a cure for both acute and chronic SCI. (d) to facilitate communication between members and other physicians, allied health care professionals, researchers and consumers. International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) The Objective of ISCoS: (1) Serve as an international impartial, non-political and non-profit making association whose purpose is to study all problems relating to traumatic and non-traumatic lesions of the spinal cord. This includes causes, prevention, basic and clinical research, medical and surgical management, clinical practice, education, rehabilitation and social reintegration. This society will function in close collaboration with other national and international bodies, thereby encouraging the most efficient use of available resources. (2) Provide a scientific exchange among its members and others by collecting and disseminating information through publications, correspondence, exhibits, regional and international seminars, symposia, conferences and otherwise. (3) Advise, encourage, promote and when requested, assist in efforts to co-ordinate or guide research, development and evaluation activities related to spinal cord lesions throughout the world. (4) Advise, encourage, guide and support the efforts of those responsible for the care of patients involved and when requested, correlate these activities throughout the world. (5) Advise, encourage, guide and support the efforts of those responsible for the education and training of medical professionals and professionals allied to medicine and when requested, correlate these activities throughout the world. The International Spinal Cord Society shall work in collaboration with national and international bodies, thereby encouraging the most efficient use of available resources worldwide. See ISCoS homepage (side menu): 'International Standards and Data Sets' (Core Data Sets - PDF)
	Canadian Health Network CHN is a national, non-profit, bilingual web-based health information service. CHN's goal is to help Canadians find the information they're looking for on how to stay healthy and prevent disease. CHN does this through a unique collaboration - one of the most dynamic and comprehensive networks anywhere in the world. This network of health information providers includes Health Canada and national and provincial/territorial non-profit organizations, as well as universities, hospitals, libraries and community organizations.
	Canadian Institute For Health Information CIHI is an independent, pan-Canadian, not -for-profit organization working to improve the health of Canadians and the health care system by providing quality reliable and timely health information
	Canadian Institutes of Health Research Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health.
	Canadian Institute for Advanced Research The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR) has been fuelling Canada’s knowledge base for almost two decades, allowing Canada to think ahead, not follow the rest of the world in the development of new technologies and insights. We accomplish this by bringing together the most distinguished thinkers from across Canada and around the world, and by providing them with the research time and networking opportunities they need to respond to the scientific and social challenges of tomorrow.
	Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics The Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB) is a Canadian organization founded in 1990 for the purpose of fostering epidemiology and biostatistics research in Canada. The Society facilitates communication among epidemiologists and biostatisticians, and assists faculty or schools of medicine and public health to improve training in these disciplines. Our organization brings together individuals working in research, students, health care professionals, statisticians, and biostatisticians from across the country and from other parts of the world. biostatistics research in Canada
	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health CAMH is Canada's largest health sciences centre devoted to mental illness and addiction. We have a clinical role caring for people with severe mental illness and addiction, with an inpatient capacity of more than 600 beds and extensive hospital and community-based outpatient services. As well, we have research, education and health promotion mandates.
	Centre for Health Evaluation The Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHEOS) is an inter-disciplinary research collective founded to pursue excellence through the evaluation, interpretation and dissemination of health outcome information. CHEOS strives to contribute to preserving and enhancing the health care system and creating a healthier society.
	Consumer Health Organization of Canada The Consumer Health Organization is a non-profit organization committed to making people aware of the "holistic" or "alternative" approach to health. We emphasize the prevention of disease through nutrition, whole foods, dietary supplements, herbs and other healing modalities. Practicing prevention creates a healthy individual, and when the individual is healthy, the whole of society benefits.
	Health Canada Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health.
	Health Information Research Unit - McMaster The Health Information Research Unit (HIRU) at McMaster University conducts research in the field of health information science and is dedicated to the generation of new knowledge about the nature of health and clinical information problems, the development of new information resources to support evidence-based health care, and the evaluation of various innovations in overcoming health care information problems.
	Institute for Clinical Evaluation Sciences Established in 1992, ICES is an independent, non-profit organization that conducts research on a broad range of topical issues to enhance the effectiveness of health care for Ontarians. Internationally recognized for its innovative use of population-based health information, ICES research provides evidence to support health policy development and changes to the organization and delivery of health care services.
	Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation Working to reduce the incidence, prevalence and impact of neurotrauma
	The Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario The Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario is an organization of approximately 30 members who practice epidemiology in Ontario's public health units. APHEO's first meeting was in 1991. In 1997, the association was expanded to include affiliates - those who have an interest in epidemiology and who may work for other health agencies. The group meets quarterly to discuss matters related to public health epidemiology.