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WE NEED YOUR HELP! Help us make a case to continue the national license for The Cochrane Library by taking three minutes to complete our user survey. Please visit http://tiny.cc/cochranesurvey to complete the survey. We need to hear from all Canadian Cochrane users, so please spread the word.

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The CCNC announces its 8th Annual Symposium: Visit our symposium website at ccncsymposium.com to learn more details about our symposium Evidence in Uncertain Times: Meeting the Challenge from 19-20 May 2010. Continue to visit the website for updates as more information becomes available.

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The CCNC Annual Report 2008-09: Please download our 2008-09 Annual Report and read about our accomplishments and goals over the last year.

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What's new? All Canadians now have one-click access to The Cochrane Library! And we've got highlights of Issue 2 with links to the Library.

Canadians are one click away from the best available evidence on which health treatments work, which ones don’t, and which may cause harm. As of April 15, everyone in Canada with Internet access will be able to view the full content of The Cochrane Library, which provides evaluations of health treatments.

This nine-month pilot project provides a national subscription for Canadians to have access to the wealth of information in The Cochrane Library at www.thecochranelibrary.com. Until now, The Cochrane Library has only been available to some Canadians through a patchwork of networks and libraries across the country. Listen here for our podcast announcement by the Director of the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre, Dr Jeremy Grimshaw.

Want to learn more about how to use The Cochrane Library? Click here!

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Cochrane in the News:
Epidemiologist and Cochrane reviewer, Dr Tom Jefferson speaks to Financial Times health blogger about a possible pandemic and flue vaccines. Read the interview here.

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Cochrane Systematic Reviews make a real difference for real people in Canada. These are your stories.

The CCNC wants to know how you use Cochrane evidence! Please check out the Canadian Cochrane Impact and Usage Project for more information! Prizes involved!

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The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre is one of 13 independent, not-for-profit Cochrane Centres worldwide. Over 1,600 people in Canada are Cochrane members who contribute to systematic reviews of treatments used in health care. Systematic reviews are a reliable source of evidence to help people make well-informed decisions about health care.

The CCNC is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health.
                                                                                

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