Indigenous Peoples are unduly affected by neurodegenerative diseases causing dementia. In order to address this issue, and in collaboration with other CIHR Institutes and external partners, IIPH plans to invest in the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA). The external partners who plan to support this investment in CCNA are: Alberta Innovates, Alzheimer Society of Canada, Brain Canada Foundation, Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation, CARP, Canadian Nurses Foundation, FRQS, Hypertension Canada, New Brunswick Health Research Foundation, Ontario Brain Institute, and Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. This planned investment in CCNA is to advance scientific knowledge in the area of neurodegenerative diseases in order to contribute to the improvement of health, wellbeing and services for people affected. The CCNA is the flagship initiative of the CIHR Dementia Research Strategy. This strategy also has an international component that may, in the future, provide opportunities to advance knowledge with respect to dementia and Indigenous Peoples.