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The Arthritis Society is Canada’s only not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing and promoting arthritis education, community support and research-based solutions, to the four million Canadians living with arthritis. Since its inception in 1948, The Society has contributed millions of dollars towards arthritis research to develop better treatments and ultimately, to find a cure for this debilitating disease.

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/ CIHR is Canada's major federal funding agency for health research. Its objective is to excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened Canadian health care system.
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/institutes/imha/13217.shtml The CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis will support research to enhance active living, mobility and movement, and dental health; and to address causes, prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation for a wide range of conditions related to bones, joints, muscles, connective tissue, skin and teeth.
To achieve its vision, IMHA will focus on three research priorities:
1. Physical Activity, Mobility and Health
2. Tissue Injury, Repair and Replacement
3. Pain, Disability and Chronic Diseases
http://www.arthritisnetwork.ca/index.asp THE CANADIAN ARTHRITIS NETWORK is the gateway to arthritis research and development in Canada. For people with arthritis, the Network offers the hope of a life free from pain and disability.  CAN is supported by the Networks of Centres of Excellence, Canada’s flagship science and technology program.

The mission of the CANADIAN ARTHRITIS NETWORK (CAN) is to bring together in partnership researchers, industry, consumers and government to create and translate, knowledge and innovations that will improve the quality of life of people with arthritis, decrease the burden associated with this disease, and develop the Canadian economy.