Short Shrift and Health Research

Health research: Thats unfortunate because it is a compelling story. All Nova Scotians should hear about an industry that brings into Nova Scotia over $80 million a year, develops and exports new commercializable products and services, attracts immigrants to, and retains students in the province, improves the productivity of thousands across the province, and contains costs in the sector of our province that is gobbling up almost half of our government expenditures, according to The Chronicle Herald. Nova Scotias health research is creating new businesses such as: There is much to commend in Now or Never: An Urgent Call to Action, but the commission on the new economy did not mention health research. Health research in Nova Scotia is a partnership between the health system and the university system and is supported by health-related businesses, the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation and federal agencies such as Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The generosity of donors to the IWK Foundation and the QE II Foundation is also critical. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.