Depth and breadth of Canadian military, Veteran and family research: The first decade of Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research Forums

Abstract: The Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research (CIMVHR) was established in 2010 by Queen’s University and the Royal Military College of Canada in consultation with key personnel from Veterans Affairs Canada and the Department of National Defence. CIMVHR’s mission is to enhance the lives of Canadian military personnel, Veterans, and their families by harnessing national capacity for research. CIMVHR has held annual Forums since 2011, attracting researchers from across Canada and the world to present their findings to a diverse audience of Veterans, family members, policy and program designers, service providers and research colleagues. This infographic gives highlights from analysis of 1,561 Forum podium and poster presentations between 2011-2019, before COVID-19. The 1,341 presentations in 2012-2019 were categorized using four frameworks: the multi-domain well-being framework developed at Veterans Affairs Canada, military members’ life cycles, a research methodology nomenclature developed for this project, and the research cycle. The research cycle has five phases: situation (what is happening?), cause (what causes the situation?), solution (how can we fix the situation?), implementation (how do we deliver the solution?) and evaluation (does the implementation work?).