Innovation Anthology #729:

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How do children and youth cope after a natural disaster like the High River Flood of 2013?

That’s one of many questions Dr. Julie Drolet and her team are addressing in a new study called the Alberta Resilient Communities Project.

As Julie explains, one of the three streams of investigation looks at how youth can have a say in community preparedness and resiliency.

DR JULIE DROLET:  This stream acknowledges that youth are positioned as active social actors and experts in their own lives.  And in this process, youth will be actively engaged in contributing to community resilience by being involved in a number of activities.  Some of them are media based. And so they’re be working directly with the academic researchers and community based reseachers to inform them about what their needs are and what they would like to see.  This will be conducted through a social innovation lab process that Dr. Robin Cox of Royal Rhodes University is actively involved with.  

According to Dr. Julie Drolet, the project will also look at the role of key community influencers and the problems young children face.  

Thanks today to Alberta Innovates Health Solutions.

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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: 2015-11-03