Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH)
Who We Are
The best way to learn about who we are is to understand our vision for Canadians, our mission, and the values of our Institute.
Our Vision: To be recognized as an organization that creates knowledge, and facilitates its application, to ensure the best start in life and to optimize reproductive and child health, growth, and development.
Our Mission: To promote and support research that improves the health and development of mothers, infants, children, youth, and families in Canada and throughout the world.
Our values and principles that guide our decisions, strategies and actions:
- Leadership
Mobilize commitment and influence future research directions.
- Innovation
Create an environment favourable to the emergence of new ideas, approaches and solutions.
- Excellence
Support research, researchers and research trainees of the highest international standard.
- Transdisciplinarity
Embrace the multiple disciplines required by IHDCYH's mission and research priorities; create research initiatives and projects that encourage transdisciplinary approaches.
- Ethics, integrity, and respect
Be ethical, transparent, and respectful in all our actions and programs, and in all our relationships and dealings with researchers, partners, other stakeholders, children, youth, families, and communities.
- Knowledge translation
Support knowledge exchange between investigators and users of research at all stages of the research cycle; support the application of research findings to improve health products, practices, services, behaviours, and policies.
- Capacity building and nurturing
Attract, train and retain investigators in the domains of IHDCYH's mandate; build and strengthen links among researchers and within and across research communities; support research initiatives with strong career development potential.
