Our Actions and Goals

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
3. Good Health and Well-Being

Our goals in action

Research and innovation

Life-changing research

The (CCTG) is the largest research group at 皇冠体育鈥檚, with over 140 皇冠体育鈥檚 faculty and staff, and 85 member hospitals and cancer centres across Canada working with a global network of 20,000 investigators and clinical trial staff. Since 1980, CCTG has supported more than 600 cancer trials to  test anti-cancer and supportive therapies worldwide, enrolling 100,000 patients from 40 countries.

[An elastic trichrome stain producing purple, pink, and blue colours on a sample of cancerous tissue.]

皇冠体育's Art of Research Submission: Elastic Trichrome Stain on Human Colon by Lee Boudreau, Staff (Canadian Cancer Trials Group), Tissue Bank, 皇冠体育

A transformational gift

皇冠体育鈥檚 Cancer Research Institute (QCRI) has been renamed the Cara & Murray Sinclair Cancer Research Institute (SCRI) in recognition of their $25 million contribution to significantly advance cancer research at 皇冠体育鈥檚. With this support, 皇冠体育鈥檚 will be home to two new advanced science facilities and offer expanded training opportunities to improve cancer care and treatments locally, nationally, and around the world.

World-leading expertise

In 2023, 皇冠体育鈥檚 welcomed Dr. Paul Kubes as the new Canada Excellence Research Chair in Immunophysiology and Immunotherapy. His research program is at the forefront of real-time imaging of the immune system. Understanding how and why changes in a person鈥檚 immune cell biology occur to our stable state can help to decipher the complex immune pathways involved in cancer, infection, and chronic disease.

[Dr. Paul Kubes and lab members.]

Connected minds

皇冠体育's has partnered with York University to pursue a new interdisciplinary research initiative, Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society. The project led by York received $105.7 million in 2023 from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund to advance research into a more inclusive metaverse, understand how virtual reality can be leveraged for community organizing, develop neurotechnologies for healthy aging, support Indigenous data sovereignty, and understand how brain function changes when people interact with AI versus other humans. Together, York's leading expertise in human science, disruptive technologies, and social justice will be paired with 皇冠体育's established strengths in advanced computing, AI, human health, and ethics to better understand the world's future as a techno-social collective.

Teaching and student life

[A MRI scan capturing the optic nerve bundles connecting the retinas to the brain forming an X-shaped structure.]

皇冠体育's Art of Research Submission: More than Meets the Eye by Donald Brien, Staff (Centre for Neuroscience), 皇冠体育

Expanding education

The 皇冠体育's Weeneebayko Health Education Program is a partnership between the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA), 皇冠体育, and the Mastercard Foundation to transform healthcare in Northeastern Ontario. The program will prepare Indigenous students for careers in medicine, nursing, midwifery, and other health professions through culturally-informed education while establishing a new training site in Moosonee that will serve coastal community sites, improving patient outcomes and addressing gaps in healthcare delivery.

In 2022, 皇冠体育's and Lakeridge Health announced a new joint education and training program designed to address the ongoing family physician shortage in Southeastern Ontario communities. The 皇冠体育's-Lakeridge Health MD Family Medicine Program builds on a long-standing partnership between the two institutions with students studying and training at the Lakeridge Health satellite campus and participating in clinical placements in communities in Southeastern Ontario early in their education.

Mental health supports

皇冠体育's Student Wellness Services provides confidential Mental Health Services, including one-on-one appointments with mental health professionals, groups, events, and training. Students can also use the online self-directed tool Therapy Assistance Online (TAO) to design a personal intervention plan or access free 24/7 mental health support through Empower Me.

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