Government of Canada is committed to improving health equity in Canada and around the world – Photo Gallery

On August 30, 2011, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced that 11 new research programs will benefit from more than $21 million investment from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Speaking at the University of Manitoba, Aglukkaq announced projects which will help improve health equity in Canada and in the world. She was joined by Dr. Patricia Martens, Professor and CIHR-funded researcher, University of Manitoba, Dr. Jeff Masuda, Advisory Board Member of the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health, Dr. Digvir Jayas, Vice-President of Research, University of Manitoba, Dr. Brian Postl, Dean of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Debbie Brown, CEO of the Manitoba Heart and Stroke Foundation, Ms. Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan – St. Paul, Dr. Frank Plummer, Chief Science Officer, PHAC and Dr. Jan Trumble Waddell, Senior Advisor, Chief Public Health Officer, PHAC.

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Dr. Digvir Jayas, Vice-President of Research, University of Manitoba

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health

Dr. Patricia Martens, Professor and CIHR-funded researcher, University of Manitoba

From left to right: Debbie Brown, CEO of the Manitoba Heart and Stroke Foundation, Dr. Patricia Martens, Professor and CIHR-funded researcher, University of Manitoba, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and Ms. Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan – St. Paul, Manitoba.

Audience at the Brodie Centre of the University of Manitoba while Dr. Digvir Jayas is presenting his closing remarks.

From left to right: Dr. Jeff Masuda, Dr. Digvir Jayas, Ms. Joy Smith, Dr. Frank Plummer, Minister Aglukkaq, Dr. Brian Postl, and Dr. Patricia Martens.

Minister Aglukkaq, left, and Dr. Jeff Masuda, Advisory Board Member of the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health, right, talk following the funding announcement.

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