In only four years, with 31 participating universities and some 800 researchers involved, the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research has become a crucial focus for understanding and exploring health issues within the military and among the hundreds of thousands of Canadian veterans of the World Wars to the most recent returnees from Afghanistan.
The Institute is based in the city of Kingston, home to Queen’s University, the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), and the military base CFB Kingston, and focuses on using access to research to help members of the Canadian military, veterans, and their families.
Thanks to its work both the academic community and the larger Canadian community has become more aware of the particular issues facing military personnel and veterans.
RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda spoke to the Institute’s Director, Dr Alice Aiken about the Institute and its work. Dr Aiken also teaches at the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen’s.
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Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research website – www.cimvhr.ca
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