#892: Reg Joseph: Merck for Mothers

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Alberta Innovates has partnered with Merck for Mothers to help improve the health of women in Alberta’s indigenous communities.
Merck for Mothers is a global, non-profit organization started by the pharmaceutical company Merck.
Communities participating in the two year project for mothers include Maskwacis, Little Red River, and  Edmonton’s inner city Boyle-McCauley district.
Reg Joseph is Vice President of Health at Alberta Innovates.
REG JOSEPH   In any community um having strong mothers demonstrates the resiliency of that community.  Mothers are the ones who look after the community, look after their children and often look after the elderly.  So the programming  is really saying what are the capacities that we need to build in the community to support mothers in terms of their ability to feed their communities, and to maintain the health, both in terms of physical and mental health, of their community.  
According to Reg Joseph, one goal is to ensure pregnant woman can give birth in their home communities, rather than having to travel to acute care hospitals in the city.
Thanks today to ALBERTA INNOVATES

FOR INNOVATION ANTHOLOGY
I’M CHERYL CROUCHER

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Alberta Innovates

Alberta Innovates is a provincially funded Corporation with a mandate to deliver 21st century solutions for the most compelling challenges facing Albertans. We do this by building on our province’s research and technology development strengths in the core sectors of health, environment, energy, food and fibre and platforms such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and omics. We are working with our partners to diversify Alberta’s economy, improve our environmental performance and enhance our well-being through research and innovation. 

The Alberta Innovates system has roots stretching back almost 90 years

In March, 2016 the consolidation of Alberta Innovates was announced and on November 1, a single, integrated innovation powerhouse, Alberta Innovates, was formed. Two applied research subsidiaries – Innotech Alberta and C-Fer Technologies –  serve public and private sector interests.

The Alberta Innovates system was first created in January 2010, as part of an overall innovation framework developed within the Alberta Research and Innovation Act. At that time, four corporations were established:

  • Bio Solutions
  • Energy and Environment Solutions
  • Health Solutions
  • Technology Futures.

The Alberta Innovates system has a 90-year legacy. Our expertise is built on the successes of:

  • Alberta Institute for Agriculture
  • Forestry and the Environment
  • Alberta Agricultural Research Institute
  • Alberta Forestry Research Institute
  • Alberta Life Sciences Institute
  • Alberta Ingenuity
  • Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
  • Alberta Research Council
  • iCORE
  • nanoAlberta
  • Alberta Water Research Institute (AWRI)
  • Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI)
  • Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA).

 

Program Date: 2017-08-15