About us

A diverse workforce is critical for a strong knowledge economy and well-functioning healthcare and health research systems. Career paths continue to adapt to evolving market and academic needs. Addressing talent gaps and inequities requires evidence and action.

We will advance activities to support the diverse skills, experiences, and talent BC needs.

Over the next three years, we will:

• Adapt our funding programs to build and retain diverse health research talent
• Enhance funding and support for Indigenous health researchers
• Co-fund programs that prepare researchers for a range of careers

By 2028:

• Funding supports diverse health research career pathways
• Indigenous health researchers are benefiting from increased opportunities
• Researchers are applying their expertise in multiple sectors

In an environment of fiscal and societal uncertainty, increased efficiency and effectiveness of research is paramount. Addressing duplication, streamlining processes, monitoring system improvement, and maximizing BC’s collective strengths will accelerate research as well as economic growth.

We will connect and progress system-level efforts to improve research production and use.

Over the next three years, we will:

• Strengthen the clinical trials ecosystem
• Partner to enhance provincial research supports and change initiatives
• Advance the field of research impact assessment

By 2028:

• Clinical trials activity and investments increase across BC
• The health research system is more efficient
• More institutions adopt robust and meaningful research impact measures

Research plays a critical role in solutions to complex health challenges. But to make progress, we need partnerships among the people who experience those challenges and others who work to solve them, including researchers across disciplines and policymakers and practitioners across sectors.

We will fund research on BC priorities to improve outcomes and deepen understanding of how to create and sustain positive change.

Over the next three years, we will:

• Advance research on four priorities: population aging, climate change and health, public health emergencies, and health human resources challenges
• Co-design initiatives that advance Indigenous-led health research
• Fund teams to advance evidence-based seniors’ care

By 2028:

• Increased funding and research improve outcomes in priorities
• Indigenous-led health benefits from increased support and fewer system barriers
• Evidence-based interventions for seniors are sustained across the province