Timeline of Canadian research on Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases causing dementia

The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), a major pan-Canadian research initiative, is funded.

The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), Call for an Expression of Interest, a major pan-Canadian research initiative, is launched.

CIHR joins the EU Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research. Canada is the first country out of the European Union to join.

CIHR partners with the National Science Foundation of China to fund team grants.

CIHR partners with the US NIH to fund Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Trial Sites.

CIHR partners with European countries to fund Centres of Excellence in Neurodegeneration Research.

CIHR signs a co-operation agreement with France and Quebec on diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with Alzheimer's disease.