Abstract
ObjectiveTo profile the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP), a population health data centre located at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.
 ApproachWe describe how MCHP was established and funded, and how it continues to operate based on a foundation of trust and respect between researchers at the University of Manitoba and stakeholders in the Manitoba Government’s Department of Health. MCHP’s research priorities are jointly determined by its scientists’ own research interests and by questions put forward from Manitoba government ministries. Data governance, data privacy, data linkage processes and data access are discussed in detail. We also provide three illustrative examples of the MCHP Data Repository in action, demonstrating how studies using a variety of Repository datasets have had an impact on health and social policies and programs in Manitoba.
 DiscussionMCHP has experienced tremendous growth over the last three decades. We discuss emerging research directions as the capacity for innovation at MCHP continues to expand, including a focus on natural language processing and other applications of artificial intelligence techniques, a leadership role in the new SPOR Canadian Data Platform, and a foray into social policy evaluation and analysis. With these and other exciting opportunities on the horizon, the future at MCHP looks exceptionally bright.
Highlights
A Brief History of the Manitoba Centre for Health PolicyThe Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) is a population health data centre located at the University of Manitoba1 in Winnipeg, Canada
In 2011, an MCHP report pointed to dramatic increases in the number of individuals over age 65 in Manitoba; this number is projected to rise from 14% of the population in 2009 to more than 18% in 2036 [30]
MCHP plays a key role in the recentlyannounced Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Canadian Data Platform, a national initiative to harmonize administrative health data across the provinces and territories [40]
Summary
MCHP has been one of the central drivers of data linkage science and population health research in Canada and worldwide. Whenever possible, we take the research interests of the data providers into account when we initiate new projects In many cases, they serve as project co-investigators, allowing them to enhance their research acumen, provide important contextual information regarding the data or the findings, and initiate the knowledge translation process. They serve as project co-investigators, allowing them to enhance their research acumen, provide important contextual information regarding the data or the findings, and initiate the knowledge translation process It remains essential, that the principal investigator retains the right to report any findings that arise, and that the partnership agreement is supported by the rights and freedoms granted to academic researchers working at a Canadian university
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