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By Joshua Santos, Writer Six Nations is partnering with McMaster University on a $24 million Indigenous-led brain health research project funded by the federal government. The group was awarded the funds to transform brain health and develop a bundle of dementia assessment tools that will benefit Indigenous groups across Ontario, Canada and around the world. \u201cThis national project includes team member researchers from Six Nations who work at McMaster University and researchers, Jacqui Powless, who work at the Six Nations Department of Planning, Performance and Evaluation,\u201d said Jennifer Walker, associate professor with McMaster University\u2019s Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact. \u201cWe spent time with the Director of the Department of Well-Being to design a project that would be responsive to the Six Nations community priorities around dementia and… <\/p>\n

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By Joshua Santos, Writer Six Nations is partnering with McMaster University on a $24 million Indigenous-led brain health research project funded by the federal government. The group was awarded the funds to transform brain health and develop a bundle of dementia assessment tools that will benefit Indigenous groups across Ontario, Canada and around the world. \u201cThis national project includes team member researchers from Six Nations who work at McMaster University and researchers, Jacqui Powless, who work at the Six Nations Department of Planning, Performance and Evaluation,\u201d said Jennifer Walker, associate professor with McMaster University\u2019s Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact. \u201cWe spent time with the Director of the Department of Well-Being to design a project that would be responsive to the Six Nations community priorities around dementia and... <\/p>\n

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