BHCIA Knowledge Mobilization

Knowledge mobilization is an umbrella term that includes a wide range of activities related to both the production and use of research results. Our goal is to make BHCIA-funded research accessible, understandable, and useful for the research community, community groups, our partners, decision makers, health care professionals and older adults and caregivers. In the table below you will find stories, research results and other information from BHCIA-funded research.

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These 16 BHCIA Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization grants showcase the latest research on promoting brain health and reducing the risk of age-related cognitive impairment in Canada. Each project helps make existing knowledge more accessible and actionable for communities, caregivers and policy makers.

Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization Grants: Brain Health and Reduction of Risk for Age-related Cognitive Impairment, part of the BHCIA Research Initiative, in partnership with the Institute of Gender and Health (CIHR-IGH), the Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH), the Azrieli Foundation (including the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence) and the Weston Family Foundation.

2025-06-20

Read how research is being put into action to help reduce the risk of dementia in this Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) knowledge mobilization story.

Lead author and PhD candidate, Surim Son, received funding from the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging to share practical ways to lower dementia risk based on the latest research.

Here are the leading controllable factors that contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, as reported by the CBC: Exercise, weight loss and 10 other ways to avoid dementia, according to London scientists.

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, part of the BHCIA Research Initiative, CIHR Institute of Aging.

The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), is supported by IA

 2025-06-20

Dr. Mark Bayley and his team at University Health Network highlight the need to support caregivers of people with brain injuries and identified evidence-based recommendations to improve their health and make caregiving EASIER (empower-advocate-support-improve-educate-research).

Learn more in this Policy Report [ PDF (912 KB) - external link ] and Infographic [ PDF (6.0 MB) - external link ] on the Neurotrauma Care Pathways website.

Learn more about the BHCIA Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization Grants research teams.

Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization Grants: Brain Health and Reduction of Risk for Age-related Cognitive Impairment, part of the BHCIA Research Initiative, in partnership with the Institute of Gender and Health (CIHR-IGH), the Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH), the Azrieli Foundation (including the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence) and the Weston Family Foundation.

 2025-06-19

Dr. Tatyana Mollayeva and her team at University Health Network are exploring how social, economic, and cultural factors affect brain health outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury.

Learn more in this flip booklet that includes progress on the project and an overview of traumatic brain injury.

Learn more about the BHCIA Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization Grants research teams.

Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization Grants: Brain Health and Reduction of Risk for Age-related Cognitive Impairment, part of theBHCIA Research Initiative, in partnership with the Institute of Gender and Health (CIHR-IGH), the Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH), the Azrieli Foundation (including the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence) and the Weston Family Foundation.

 2025-06-19

Trajectories of care for Quebecers living with a major neurocognitive disorder

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, part of the BHCIA Research Initiative, CIHR Institute of Aging

 2025-01-27

The Quebec Alzheimer Plan Provides Evidence for the Debate on Primary Care in Dementia Care, with Global Interest

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, part of the BHCIA Research Initiative, CIHR Institute of Aging

 2025-01-22

Let’s Talk Science STEM Storytime – When Brains don’t Work

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, part of the BHCIA Research Initiative, CIHR Institute of Aging

 2025-01-20

International Consensus Meeting: Sex and Gender in Cognitive Aging – Where Are We and What's Next?

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, part of the BHCIA Research Initiative, CIHR Institute of Aging

 2025-01-15

Louise Snowball, Room #237 - a multisensory, mixed media art installation about dementia and long-term care

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, part of the BHCIA Research Initiative, CIHR Institute of Aging

 2025-01-13

Rural Primary Health Care Memory Clinics Provide Assessment and Post-diagnostic Support Close to Home

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, part of the BHCIA Research Initiative, CIHR Institute of Aging

 2024-12-06

“Chaos Around the Head”: A display of body maps from women with subjective cognitive decline and a performance on shifting caregiving relationships

Wilfred and Joyce Posluns' Chair in Women's Brain Health and Aging, part of the BHCIA Research Initiative, is a partnered initiative between the Posluns Family Foundation, Women's Brain Health Initiative, the Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation, the Ontario Brain Institute, and CIHR

 2024-10-07

Biomedical researchers engage people with lived experience in the search for effective treatments for dementia

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, part of the BHCIA Research Initiative, CIHR Institute of Aging

 2023-08-15
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