Science and Research committee  The EU's was targeted initially on specific science questions but is now expanding to build the infrastructure for research. It's a valuable lesson. I think we have a lot to contribute. We presented to the International Brain Initiative, where all these countries were present.

Science and Research committee  That is a really good question. At a national strategy level, we're really focused on what will help the entire ecosystem, but we have different national strategies to ask the specific science questions. We have a national dementia strategy. We have a national autism strategy b

Science and Research committee  To compare to other countries, the U.S., of course, is a natural comparison. They had their BRAIN initiative from 2014 to 2024, and it's been extended. As of last January—just over a year ago—they had invested $2.4 billion in their BRAIN initiative, and it will be more than $5 bi

Science and Research committee  I really—

Science and Research committee  I am not as familiar with that area. However, in the lab I worked in at MIT, we focused on Alzheimer's disease, but we also had somebody in the lab studying brain injury. We could see that there were some similarities in how the brain was reacting in the immune response, for exam

Science and Research committee  Thank you for that really excellent question. You have brought up a number of challenges around ownership of intellectual property and things like that that come out from open science. I'll address your point about industry first. Open science does not preclude commercializat

Science and Research committee  Biogen and Roche are funding a multiple sclerosis trial in Canada.

Science and Research committee  I don't know the details of this exact legal agreement. Basically what they have allowed is.... They are collecting a data set on a number of patients and following them over a long number of years. That data is open. They get first access to look at the data, and then it becomes

Science and Research committee  Thank you for that really great question. There are a number of challenges that are brought up by open science. In Canada, we do have this culture of collaboration and sharing, despite the competition. However, there are often barriers for people who want to share their data. It

Science and Research committee  Thank you for your question. Please accept my apologies, but I'm still learning French.

Science and Research committee  It is a really excellent question. This is why a national research strategy for the brain will work. It's because all of these disorders are related to one another. Some of the briefs submitted by organizations in our coalition have presented some data on this. Having a basic,

Science and Research committee  To summarize the six areas, what we're really talking about is investing in people and, as Dr. Blais mentioned, having stability and flexibility in funding. It's not about just targeting a specific scientific question but about raising up the entire ecosystem. It's investing in o

Science and Research committee  That's a really great question. There are a number of different therapies. As we get more data on the brain, we're seeing that it's not just one disease; it shows up differently in different people. Having a brain stimulation approach might work for some people, or having a drug

Science and Research committee  That is a very tricky question, but I appreciate that. I'm aware that some colleagues in our coalition are working on this answer. The Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation, CABHI, is proposing dementia zero by 2050. I think it is something we can aim for. I think the as

Science and Research committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's a very good question. I've studied Alzheimer's disease for a long time. What's amazing is that we are finally starting to make progress in that. For a very long time, people thought it would be too late by the time we could discover it, but having t