Directed by Dr. Carmen G. Loiselle, Dialogue McGill and its partners will continue to serve the Québec public thanks to renewed funding from Health Canada. On October 15, a public announcement was made at McGill University by Members of Parliament, Sherry Romanado and Peter Schiefke, on behalf of the Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health. The five-year investment of $20,673,314 (until March 31, 2028) includes new funding to expand Dialogue McGill’s bursary programs for Québec-based students who commit to at least one year of public service in Québec upon graduation.
“We are delighted that Dialogue McGill and our partners can continue to serve the Québec public thanks to renewed funding from Health Canada,” stated Dr. Carmen G. Loiselle, Director and Principal Investigator of Dialogue McGill. “This funding allows Dialogue McGill to build on its longstanding strengths, providing support for health and psychosocial professionals, researchers, educators, and students in the province’s health sciences and social services fields. Its mandate is to increase capacity of bilingual health and psychosocial professionals in Québec’s public system. We look forward to continuing to enhance communication and dialogue among the many stakeholders in our communities.”
Jacqueline Vachon, Associate Director of Dialogue McGill further explained, “Through this federal government investment, Dialogue McGill’s programs continue to address the evolving needs within Québec's health care and social services sectors. We offer free English and French language training to public health institutions, student bursaries to retain qualified professionals in the province, and funding for official language minority research to enhance access to public health and social services. This significant investment has real-world impact on Québec’s professional-user interactions.”
Directed by Carmen G. Loiselle, Full Professor in McGill University’s Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology and Ingram School of Nursing, Dialogue McGill is funded by Health Canada’s Official Languages Health Program (OLHP).
Professor Loiselle was also awarded, as Co-Principal Investigator, a new CIHR Team Grant in the amount of $1,455,119 to support health research for Québec’s official language minority communities (PI: Karunananthan, University of Ottawa). With funding until 2030, the team focuses on advancing equitable access to healthcare for Québec’s English-speaking communities. “We look forward to continuing to enhance communication among the many stakeholders in our communities,” explained Dr. Loiselle. “On behalf of our entire team, I express gratitude for these government commitments to support activities that address access-related barriers and facilitators to crucial health and social services.”