Table 1 ICE themes, objectives, and associated activities

THEMATIC AREAS

SOCIAL CAPITAL

STRATEGIC TRAINING & RECRUITMENT

RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY & EXCHANGE

OBJECTIVES

Build a pan-Canadian tobacco control research network

Build mechanisms for knowledge exchange and impact

Create a process to draw investigators and institutions to fill expertise gaps in the research program and strategically build research capacity

Support a training platform for mutual learning among researchers, trainees, and decision makers

Improve access to data by creating a national data repository for tobacco-related data