Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research Information

The Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research (AICBR) is an unique Northern organization working to improve community health and well-being in Canada's North through partnerships, collaboration and the co-production of knowledge and relevant solutions. Our current priorities include food security, healthy lifestyles, youth engagement and mental health, chronic disease prevention, and climate change adaptation. We work with northern Indigenous communities, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s), governments (Indigenous, Territorial, and Federal), academics, graduate students, research organizations and the private sector. Our research approach prioritizes the principles of community-based research, youth engagement, partnership development, community capacity building, knowledge sharing, inter-sectoral collaboration and evaluation. AICBR was incorporated as a non-profit organization in February 2007. The organization was originally established as part of a tri-territorial health research network (Arctic Health Research Network) linking the northern regions of Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut to develop health research capacity in the North. We were called the Arctic Health Research Network-Yukon. Over the last several years, each territorial organization has evolved to be responsive to territorial-specific health research priorities and remain in contact on issues of common interest.