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The Niagara Health Knowledge Institute (NHKI) was established in May 2023 with a generous donation by the McCall MacBain Foundation.

Our Purpose

Improve patient care and experience by embedding research into clinical practice. 

Our Mission

Transform healthcare through leading community hospital-based research.

Our Values

Equity ● Collaboration ● Continuous Learning ● Innovation ● Empowerment

Our Pillars

A graphic showing the three pillars of NHKI: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Mobilization, Capacity building. The graphic shows three gears working in tandem.

Our Future

To be successful, we must have:

  1. Partnerships where we build strong and meaningful relationships with local, provincial and national partners, including academic institutions, healthcare organizations and research networks.
  2. Infrastructure that enables and facilitates research with effective policies, procedures, digital technology and equipment.
  3. Sustainability to invest in and expand research capabilities.

Areas of focus

RICH-Canada

To build research capacity in Canadian community hospitals to transform healthcare across the country. 

Patient Experience

To understand and improve patient experience in healthcare and research at Niagara Health. Details coming soon.

Care for Older Persons

To advance healthcare and health service delivery for Niagara's Aging Population. Details coming soon.

Clinical Research

To provide Niagara Health patients access to state-of-the-art, novel therapies through participation in multi-centre clinical research studies. 

Our Multi-centre Clinical Trials

Get a printable flyer of the NHKI Strategic Plan 2024-28

Latest news

Niagara Health receives $250,000 grant to lead a provincial study on boosting community hospital research

Aug 27th, 2025

Led by Dr. Jennifer Tsang, Executive Director and Chief Scientist of the Niagara Health Knowledge Institute (NHKI), it will involve interviewing leaders from community hospitals with established research departments to identify strategies that can increase research capacity.

NHKI Research Day underscores the importance of community in improving healthcare

May 2nd, 2025

This year marked the fifth instalment of Research Day, which saw more than 170 attendees from nine health and academic organizations across the Greater Toronto Area gather to focus on patient engagement and partnership in community hospital research.


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