Media advisory: Canada’s Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor to make Indigenous health research announcement

From: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Victoria, British Columbia – July 15, 2019 – The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Canada’s Minister of Health, will announce a major investment in Indigenous health research. In light of this announcement, the Minister will participate in an Indigenous research roundtable alongside Dr. Carrie Bourassa, the Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health.

Media are invited to participate in a media availability with the Minister. Researchers will also be available to speak to the media about their work.

Date

July 16, 2019

Time

11:30 a.m. PDT

Location

First Peoples House
University of Victoria
Victoria, B.C.
V8P 5C2

Contacts

Media Relations
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
613-941-4563
mediarelations@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Thierry Bélair
Office of Ginette Petitpas Taylor
Minister of Health
613-957-0200

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