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Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute

The Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing International Centre for Health Care Education

Vision, Mission and Values

Through 115 years of providing compassionate care, St. Michael's Hospital has become known as a leading academic health sciences centre locally and nationally. The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute will be complete in the summer of 2010, and will consist of the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing International Centre in Health Care Education.

Vision

To be a world leader in the ethical generation and use of knowledge, to benefit the patients and surrounding community of St. Michael's Hospital and people throughout the world.

Mission

The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute is committed to generating knowledge about:

  • The biological mechanisms underlying health and disease.
  • The application of fundamental research to improve the understanding and treatment of human disease.
  • The best methods of preventing disease and providing health care.
  • The social, economic and policy determinants of health.
  • The best methods of partnering with our community to generate policy relevant research and ensuring greater health equity.
  • The best methods of educating fundamental researchers, health professionals and managers.

The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute will provide an environment where researchers, educators, health professionals, students, patients, communities and the general public work together to provide the best possible preventive and health care. We will engage and partner with communities and individuals so that they can make informed decisions about all issues that affect their health.

Values

As part of St. Michael's Hospital, the values of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute are: human dignity, excellence, compassion, social responsibility, community of service and pride of achievement. The Knowledge Institute strives to always be innovative, and commits to complete and unbiased reporting of all research results.

The ethical generation and use of knowledge is a commitment to complete reporting of information, including the benefits, harms and societal implications of strategies to improve health.