MICYRN is a national charitable non-profit founded in 2006, dedicated to building capacity for high-quality applied maternal, infant, child, and youth health research across Canada. It connects 21 academic research organizations, partners with over 20 practice-based networks, and leads national initiatives like its Clinical Trials Consortium, ethics harmonization, and quality improvement in pediatric clinical studies  .

Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, MICYRN provides comprehensive clinical trial services—including regulatory support, centralized ethics, data management, trial navigation, pharmacy networks, and knowledge translation—while promoting patient-family engagement, training, and multi-jurisdiction research collaboration