Innovation Anthology #728:

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In recent years, Alberta has experienced a number of catastrophic tornadoes and floods.

Disaster social work is the research interest of Dr. Julie Drolet.

With funding from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions, over the next three years, Julie and her team will look at how social agencies can better respond to natural disasters.

It’s called the Alberta Resilient Communities Project.  

DR JULIE DROLET:  This project aims to better understand some of the factors that contribute to resiliency among children and youth, as well as to empower them and the adults and community service providers in their lives to think about how we can build resilience in this populations group.   And for us in our project, our understandingof resilience,  recognizes that some people might be more vulnerable than others.   We also acknowledge some of the structural vulnerabilities that people face through their position in society. – factors such as gender, ethnicity, race or social status,

Dr. Julie Drolet says the Alberta Resilient Communities Project will focus on the 2013 flood in High River and southern Alberta .

Thanks today to ALBERTA INNOVATES HEALTH SOLUTIONS

FOR INNOVATION ANTHOLOGY
I’M CHERYL CROUCHER

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Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates (formerly Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions)

As the newly formed Alberta Innovates corporation, we still fund top quality, internationally competitive health research and innovation activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Albertans. We provide leadership for Alberta’s health research and innovation enterprise by directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting research and innovation.

Working with our many partners  in the health system, we ensure that research achieves innovation in care, policy and practice, and that the needs of patients and clinicians influence research.

Our background

Alberta Innovates consolidation was launched November 1, 2016.

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions was established as part of the Alberta Innovates system by an Act of Legislation of the Government of Alberta. It is a agency  of the Government of Alberta. We receive a yearly allocation from the Ministry of Health and report through the ministry to the people of Alberta.

Our Mandate and Roles document reflects our role and responsibilities and outlines the government statues and regulations with which we comply.

Alberta’s Health Research and Innovation Strategy (AHRIS) sets out Alberta’s health research agenda for the coming decade to ensure our considerable investments in research align with our priority—to improve the health of Albertans.

 

 

Program Date: 2015-10-29