The Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health (CIHR-IAPH) is pursuing ambitious goals to improve the health and well being of aboriginal people in every part of Canada by stimulating aboriginal health research, creating new knowledge, forming research partnerships with organizations in Canada and abroad and respectfully involving aboriginal communities in every project undertaken.
The Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health (IAPH) was established in June 2000, along with the twelve other Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Its role is to lead a national advanced research agenda in the area of aboriginal health and promote innovative research that will serve to improve the health of aboriginal people in Canada.
Vision: CIHR-IAPH will strive to improve the health of First Nations, Inuit and Metis people by supporting innovative research programs based on scientific excellence and aboriginal community collaboration.
Mission: CIHR-IAPH will play a lead role in building research capacity in the First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities, and will support partnerships and alliances between aboriginal communities and non-aboriginal health research organizations/institutes at the local, regional, national and international levels.
CIHR-IAPH supports health research that respects aboriginal cultures, while generating new knowledge to improve the health and well being of aboriginal people.
Values: At all times, CIHR-IAPH is guided by the highest ethical and moral standards and its core set of values:
- Present health research results to aboriginal people in a way that is accessible, appropriate and easily understood
- Maintain ethical standards by adhering consistently to prescribed values and principles
- Act in an honest, fair and just manner
- Aim to include aboriginal people in all health research activities
- Share new knowledge with all research partners
- Conduct all activities and business in a transparent manner
We encourage aboriginal communities and organizations that have an interest in health research to investigate the programs that we have to offer. Either look us up on the Internet or contact us at (416) 946-8057.
