Welcome

The Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre (IPHRC) is a partnership between the University of Regina, First Nations University of Canada and the University of Saskatchewan, with broad support from various health boards and Aboriginal health organizations. IPHRC is supported by the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health (IAPH), an Institute of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Provincial Government. Funding provided to IPHRC is primarily focused on building capacity in health research among Aboriginal people, communities and institutions through trainee support, and promoting research into areas of Aboriginal health.

Our focus is on:

  • Health services & policy
  • Complex interaction of factors that determine the health of populations
  • Mental Health and addictions
  • Ethics & research governance
  • Chronic disease

News

The Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre is pleased to announce that in August 2007, IPHRC received notice of its successful application to the Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research (NEAHR) competition. Through this new opportunity funding to IPHRC will continue through September 2010.

Funding for the grant is made possible by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health (IAPH) in partnership with CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research.