March 2011

Greetings! We're happy to share with you the latest updates on news and resources for the brain injury community in this monthly newsletter from Brainstreams.ca.

Bill talks about his stroke and the stroke recovery branchthat he attends. He explains how important both the staff and the peers that he sees regularly at the branch have been throughout his recovery.

This month's topic is:
Difficulty with language (aphasia) following brain injury

Dina Collins is a Speech-Language Pathologist with the Acquired Brain Injury Program, Outpatient Team at G. F. Strong Rehab Centre, in Vancouver, BC. She has been working with adults with traumatic injuries, including brain injury, since beginning at GF Strong in 1993...(read more)

Mike Ruskin is a Speech-Language Pathologist with the Outpatient Team of the Acquired Brain Injury program at G.F. Strong Rehab Centre in Vancouver, B.C. He has worked for 23 years with adults with brain- injury having swallowing and communication difficulties. (read more)

We are also still accepting questions on last month's topic: "The experience of loss as an outcome of a brain injury and for their family," with our expert Janelle Breese.

>> Submit your questions via email to info@brainstreams.ca 

Brain injury has been all the buzz in the news lately - so much so that we've had a hard time keeping up. Visit our news section to browse over 60 news articles published this month on TBI, concussion and stroke. Here is a sampling of recent news:

'Let the Left Brain Know What the Right Brain Is Doing': An Interview with Dr. Lucia Capacchione
March 30, 2011 Huffington Post

March 24, 2011 Nanaimo Daily News

Scientists look for gene link between early concussions and later dementia
March 8, 2011 Globe and Mail