In 2013, Sinai Health System researchers were awarded a prestigious Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) grant to research and inform the development of an evidence-based National Seniors Strategy. Their comprehensive, national and evidence-informed plan identifies and addresses the most pressing needs of Canada’s ageing population under four overarching pillars:
Spearheaded by Dr. Samir Sinha, the evidence-based National Seniors Strategy garnered a lot of attention from politicians, think tanks, media organizations and advocates ahead of the 2015 federal election and has become a useful resource that is now helping guide the current government towards making more evidence-informed policy decisions to better address the issues facing older Canadians and help Canada to become the best country to grow up and to grow old in.
The newly established National Institute on Ageing (NIA) now serves as the academic home for the National Seniors Strategy which aims to remain an evolving evidence-based policy document that can be useful for generations to come.
To learn more about the National Seniors Strategy, visit www.nationalseniorsstrategy.ca or contact Michael Nicin, NIA Executive Director, by email at michael.nicin@ryerson.ca