Message from the Board of Trustees Over the past year, the healthcare needs for
In pure Windsor-Essex fashion, during the
Windsor-Essex have been in the spotlight. With
toughest of times, our partnership with each other
both a cross-border community and large
and our region has become stronger than ever.
migrant worker population, our region faced unique challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic
Looking forward, we will build on the recognition
that emphasized the need for health research.
that research and education are a driving force
The global response to the pandemic showed us,
behind the health of our region. We will focus on
in real-time, how innovative solutions to health
our strong foundation of individual organizational
crises are driven—first and foremost–by research.
strengths, and continue to work together to find
We rely on best practices during uncertain times,
efficiencies and advance discoveries that will
and the backbone of scientific knowledge provides
have real and lasting impacts on the health of our
that mechanism to be a part of the solution.
community.
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