Government Relations

Government relations activities continue to be a high priority at MIRA. MIRA recognizes the importance of local government champions, as well as leaders with a broader, national mandate.

In the past year, MIRA maintained its existing government relationships, but efforts to build new government relations were put on hold due to the fall 2021 federal election and while both the federal and provincial governments continued to focus on COVID-19. MIRA expects to ramp up these efforts again in 2022.

Recently, the Optimal Aging Portal was presented to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Aging and Senior’s division for a demonstration of how a government agency could partner with MIRA, through the Portal, as a knowledge hub for evidence sharing.

In the past year, MIRA had several conversations with ministers for seniors, labour and international development to discuss their support for an initiative to develop a Canadian big data platform that would advance Canada’s health and innovation agenda. This initiative is in development through the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging and supported by MIRA.