Over the past year, the University of Ottawa’s LIFE Research Institute (LRI) has continued to promote healthy living and healthy aging and look critically at life trajectories in all their complexity. Our membership has now grown to 156 members across all nine faculties at the University of Ottawa.
The LRI has been involved in numerous activities and initiatives. The following are some key examples:
Events
- Launch of the film Dementia: You Can Make A Difference / Démence: Vous pouvez faire une difference.
- Joint event with the uOBMRI: “Research Spotlight on Alzheimer’s Research”
- 5-Day Wellness Challenge
- Five organized talks and conferences
Funding received
- CIHR Planning and Dissemination grant
- OVPRI Knowledge Mobilisation Grant
Funding calls
- EntourAge Scholarship
- This year, the scholarship was granted to Nathalie Todam Nguepnang.
- Collaborative seed funding
New commitments:
- Intergenerational engagement initiative: Mindful Aging course
- Collaboration with the Brain Heart Interconnectome
- Launch of periodic newsletters to keep our members updated on our initiatives