OUR
history

NeuroScience Canada grew out of the NeuroScience Network, established in 1990 by the Government of Canada as part of its national Networks of Centres of Excellence Program. In 1998, the NeuroScience Network Centre of Excellence lost its federal funding and was subsequently transformed into a charitable organization called the NeuroScience Canada Foundation, and an affiliated non-profit organization called the NeuroScience Canada Partnership, now known collectively as NeuroScience Canada.

Honourary Chair of the Partnership (2006-present); Former Chair of the Board (2003-2006)

“I am proud of my involvement with NeuroScience Canada during its transformation from a fully government-funded organization to one that is supported by a broad public and private base.  The model of leveraging every dollar donated with partnered funding is proving enormously successful.  The signature research program, the Brain Repair Program, is enabling Canada’s world-class researchers to work collaboratively, across disciplines and institutions.  This approach has already proven to accelerate the pace of discovery, and led to some key breakthroughs in our understanding of a range of brain disorders.”
-Michael H. Wilson, Canadian Ambassador to the United States; Chair, NeuroScience Canada Foundation (1999-2003); Chair, National Brain Repair Fund Campaign (2001-2006)