MONTREAL — Brain Canada, a national non-profit organization supporting brain research, and Bell Let’s Talk today announced the new Bell Let’s Talk-Brain Canada Mental Health Research Program to accelerate Canadian brain research while helping to address the impacts of Covid-19 on mental health care.
Funding for the program includes a $2-million donation from Bell Let’s Talk matched by the federal government through the Canadian Brain Research Fund (CBRF).
“We’re proud to partner with the federal government and Brain Canada to invest in timely research that will make a major contribution to effective, sustainable and accessible mental health care now and over the long term,” said Mary Deacon, chair of Bell Let’s Talk, in a press release. “The Bell Let’s Talk-Brain Canada Mental Health Research Program supports novel and transformative research that aims to accelerate the integration of emerging scientific knowledge into developing and improving mental health care.”
“This research program comes at an important juncture,” added Brain Canada CEO and president Dr. Viviane Poupon. “The next wave of the pandemic will be the mental health crisis. We must ensure our health care system is equipped to meet the rising demand for mental health resources, services and treatment options. To make advances in this space, we need to utilize new and emerging knowledge and find ways to implement it to achieve meaningful outcomes for Canadians.”
Bell Let’s Talk Day is Thursday, January 28.
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