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Embracing Peer Networks in Cultural Care for Addictions

By Lindsay Herman for SHRF Rates of addictions and substance use disorder in Saskatchewan are a present and growing concern. Due to a...

Neurosurgeon and team bring virtual care strategy to Saskatchewan

By Lindsay Herman for SHRF Elements of this article were repurposed from a piece by the University of Saskatchewan. Read the full piece...

SHRF and Partners to Offer New Solutions Focus Areas for 2022-23

SHRF Solutions Program will be offering three calls this year, SHRF Focus Areas, Partnered Focus Areas and Collective Impact Focus Area....

USask-led multi-disciplinary team helping to develop strategy for virtual care

Contributed by the University of Saskatchewan (see original post) “Virtual care has greatly improved patients’ access to their doctors...

Supporting solutions to Saskatchewan's growing addictions problem

By Greg Basky for SHRF Addiction is a growing problem in many parts of Canada and around the world. On the prairies, stress, boredom, and...

SHRF investing $900,000 in innovative solutions to growing addictions problem in Saskatchewan

With rates of addictions on the rise in this province – driven in part by the global COVID pandemic – the Saskatchewan Health Research...

Tapping experiences of SK speech-language pathologists, audiologists to identify gaps, opportunities

By Greg Basky for SHRF Saskatoon audiologist Charlotte Douglas says it isn’t the children whose hearing problems she identified early and...

Research projects exploring how tech can improve care and communication, during and after ICU stays

By Greg Basky for SHRF Through its Solutions Program, the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) is funding a pair of projects...

New Solutions-Targeted Accelerator for Research Teams (START) Award Results

The first START Award competition was launched in May 2021 to support team development activities for the development of applications to the

SHRF and Boehringer Ingelheim Partner to Improve Chronic Diseases Care in SK Indigenous Communities

Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) and Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. are pleased to announce a partnership to provide...

Caregiving for family members with dementia

New research projects are exploring ways to harness the power of the internet to deliver culturally safe support to Indigenous caregivers.

Over $1M invested in research to support virtual care solutions to Saskatchewan health challenges

Saskatoon - With the strain of the pandemic weighing on many aspects of the health system and how people have been able to access care...

SHRF Announces First New Program After Refresh

Each year, SHRF and its funding partners will identify health challenges or focus areas that will be the central feature of this program.

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