January

• Government of Canada invests in research to help prevent violence
  Three new regional research centres that will study violence and ways to prevent it will receive almost $6 million over five years from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, made the announcement today at a national roundtable that brought together leading Canadian researchers on violence, gender and health research.
  
  
  
  From left to right: Dr. Joy Johnson, Scientific Director of the Institute of Gender and Health; Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health; Dr. Alain Beaudet, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; and Dr. Neil Andersson, Executive Director of CIET Canada
  
  
• Centres for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Addictions
  • $2 million invested to fund Centre for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Violence Across the Lifespan: Preventing Gender Violence
  • $2 million invested to fund a new CIHR Centre for Intercultural Research on Prevention of Gender Violence: Preventing Gender Violence
  • Close to $2 million invested to fund Centre for the Study of Gender, Social Inequities and Mental Health: Reducing social inequities and improving mental health