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Brain Injury Canada Seeks Research Participants – Compensation Provided
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Call for Abstracts – 11th Annual Concussion Research Symposium
Canadian Concussion Centre (CCC) - Call for Abstracts The Canadian Concussion Centre at the Toronto Western Hospital is holding its 11th Annual Concussion Research Symposium entitled “Update on Research and Care of the Concussion Spectrum of Disorders” on April 26,...
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhages (aSAH) Patient and Caregiver Advisory Board Opportunity
The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP ) is an independent non-profit organization, dedicated to including the voice of the community in the clinical research process. As part of our mission, we regularly engage with affected...
Moderate to Severe Brain Injury as a Chronic Condition
Brain Injury Canada issued a statement announcing the momentous collaboration with Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium (CTRC) to produce a position paper calling for the official classification of moderate to severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) as a...
Brain Injury Survivor Reunites with Neurosurgeon After 17 Years
In 2006, Michael Coss and his family were traveling the Coquihalla highway when their van left the road. Michael sustained a traumatic brain injury. Michael was fortunate to have tremendous family support and to fall under the care of Dr. Jean-Francois Chevalier in...
Researcher Strives to Make TBI Care More Equitable
Ensuring brain injury services are equitable requires a comprehensive approach that addresses various aspects of access, affordability, awareness, and support. Services must meet the needs of diverse populations affected by brain injury. This means we must develop...
Music and Guitar aid in Brain Injury Survivor’s Recovery
Allan Boss, a CBC radio producer living in Alberta, credits music and guitar playing to aiding in his recovery following a brain injury. Music has been found to have a variety of beneficial effects on brain injury recovery in several ways, including emotional and...
Voices of Brain Injury (VBI)
Voices of Brain Injury (VBI) was founded during COVID-19 with the aim of bridging the gap between the general public and the brain injury community. We conduct online interviews with brain injury survivors, healthcare workers, caregivers, and family members; VBI hopes...
BC Government Proclaims June as Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month In Canada, Brain Injury Awareness Month is an observance held in June each year, with the aim of raising awareness about brain injuries and their impact on individuals and communities. The British Columbia government has proclaimed June as...
Survive-Strive-Thrive Conference – Save the Date!
Technology for Living
"We work with people with disabilities." Technology for Living (TFL) is dedicated to helping people in BC with limited movement, and physical disabilities reduce barriers to participation in their home and community. Provincial Respiratory Outreach Program (PROP)...
Call for Stories
Call for Stories! BC Brain Injury Association (BCBIA) is celebrating 40 years of service. Over the years, many stories of survivors overcoming adversity have been shared. These stories are powerful. As part of our celebration, BCBIA is actively seeking inspirational...
Blind Sighted by Anne Mok – TEDxSFU
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ~ Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) Helen Keller, after becoming ill at the age of two, which resulted in her becoming deaf and blind, grew up to become a world-renown author, disability rights advocate, political...
Call for More Research on Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury
Researchers are calling for more research on brain injury and domestic violence. Many will equate concussion with sports-related injury. But a concussion can be sustained from a punch to the face or someone's head being hit repeatedly against the wall or the floor....