Toronto, ONT. –  Baycrest has been awarded $10 million from the Ontario Government to create the Centre for Brain Fitness – a commercialized science enterprise to tackle the rising prevalence of cognitive decline in an aging population.

The Minister of Research and Innovation John Wilkinson made the announcement today at Baycrest, an academic health sciences centre that is internationally-renowned for its care of aging adults and its excellence in aging brain research, clinical interventions and treatments, and promising cognitive rehabilitation strategies.

As the province braces for a doubling of its senior population over the next 20 years, the Centre for Brain Fitness will develop and commercialize a range of innovative products aimed at improving the brain health of aging Ontarians. Read the complete press release