CBRS Publications

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Canada Must Act Now to Address the Brain Health Emergency

Dickson, L., Reynolds, J., Sekuler, A.B., Borthwick, L. (2024). Canadian Science Policy Centre. Brain Health Editorial Series.


Canada’s Moment: Building a National Brain Research Strategy

Young, J.Z., Linkenhoker, B., Borthwick, L. (2024). Canadian Science Policy Centre. Brain Health Editorial Series.


Braiding Indigenous Knowledges into Brain Health Research: A Holistic Perspective

Mamaateshiins (Manitowabi, A.A.), Young, J.Z. (2024). Canadian Science Policy Centre. Brain Health Editorial Series.


Why Brain and Mental Health Research Can be Canada’s Next Innovation Engine

Hill, D.M., Bisson, C., Borthwick, L. (2024). Canadian Science Policy Centre. Brain Health Editorial Series.


Canada must Rethink How it Trains and Retains Brain Researchers

Ménard, C., Hashmi, J., Borthwick, L. (2024). Canadian Science Policy Centre. Brain Health Editorial Series.


Network effect: Elevating Brain Research Through Greater Collaboration with People with Lived Experience

Kwan, K., Gallson, D., Young, J.Z. (2024). Canadian Science Policy Centre. Brain Health Editorial Series.


Brain Science is the Foundation of the Brain Economy Transformation

Eyre, H., Ibanez, A., Destrebecq, F., Platt, M.L., Karageusian, J. (2024). Canadian Science Policy Centre. Brain Health Editorial Series.


The International Brain Initiative: Enabling collaborative science

Quaglio, G., Toia, P., Moser, E. I., Karapiperis, T., Amunts, K., Okabe, S., Poo, M.M., Rah, J.C., De Koninck, Y., Ngai, J., Richards, L., Bjaalie, J. G. (2021). The International Brain Initiative: enabling collaborative science. The Lancet. Neurology20(12), 985-986.
doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00389-6


An Indigenous Lens on Priorities for the Canadian Brain Research Strategy

Perreault, M., King, M., Gabel, C., Mushquash, C., De Koninck, Y., Lawson, A., . . . Illes, J. (2021). An Indigenous Lens on Priorities for the Canadian Brain Research Strategy. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques, 1-9.
doi:10.1017/cjn.2021.501


From Vision to Action: Canadian leadership in ethics and neurotechnology

Illes J, Lipsman N, McDonald PJ, Hrincu V, Chandler J, Fasanoe A, Giacobbei P, Hamani C, Ibrahim GM, Kiss Z, Meng Y, Sankar T, & Weise L (2021). From Vision to Action: Canadian leadership in ethics and neurotechnology. International Review of Neurobiology, 159: 241-273
https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.irn.2021.06.012


The Canadian Brain Research Strategy: A Focus on Early Career Researchers

Menard C, Siddiqui TJ, Sargin D, Lawson A, De Koninck Y, & Illes J. (2021). The Canadian Brain Research Strategy: A Focus on Early Career Researchers. Can J Neurol Sci. 2021 Apr 27:1-3.
doi: 10.1017/cjn.2021.81.


Establishing a comprehensive search strategy for Indigenous health literature reviews

Harding, L., Marra, C. J., & Illes, J. (2021). Establishing a comprehensive search strategy for Indigenous health literature reviews. Systematic Reviews, 10(1), 115. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01664-y


A marathon, not a sprint – neuroimaging, Open Science and ethics

Beauvais, M. J. S., Knoppers, B. M., & Illes, J. (2021). A marathon, not a sprint – neuroimaging, Open Science and ethics. NeuroImage, 236, 118041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118041


Neuroethics to form foundation of multi-pillar Canadian Brain Research Strategy (CBRS)

Illes, J., Weiss, S., Bains, J., Chandler, J. A., Conrod, P., De Koninck, Y, Fellows, L. K., Groetzinger, D., Racine, E., Robillard, J. M., & Sokolowski, M. B. (2019). A Neuroethics Backbone for the Evolving Canadian Brain Research Strategy. Neuron, 101(3), 370–374.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.12.021


The Canadian Brain Research Strategy – A roadmap to a neuroscience-driven nation

Canadian Brain Research Strategy (2019) Transforming the future through brain science: A roadmap to a neuroscience-driven nation.