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What does an Accessible Canada mean to you?
Today, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities announced the launch of a national consultation process to inform the development of planned legislation that will transform how the Government ofย Canadaย addresses accessibility.
Courage to Come Back: Christy Campbell
Christy Campbell was in the prime of her life when a stroke took away most of her movement and her voice. Now, she is fighting back and helping others. Sonia Deol reports.
After a brain injury, crash survivor thrives by helping others through art
Coming back from a traumatic brain injury is not easy, but one Montreal woman not only healed, but is now helping others through art. Artist, teacher and mentor Sonja Boodajee has had to overcome incredible odds just to be able to stand. โIt was really hard at the...
Hitting concussion research, prevention and management in B.C. head on
Concussions are the big monster that hangs around any kind of contact sport, and as the number of sports-related head trauma cases ticks up across North America, so does concussion research, prevention, and management. In fact itโs becoming a growing industry. In...
Vancouver scientist’s brain discovery named a top story of 2015
Dr. Robert Tarzwell, a North Vancouver scientist out of Lions Gate Hospital, is among a team of scholars who have madeย Discover Magazineโs top 100 stories of 2015 list, coming in at number 19. Dr. Tarzwell was one of the scientists led by Dr. Daniel Amen who published...
Toronto hospital becomes worldโs first to treat brain tumour with non-invasive procedure
TORONTO โ Scientists at Torontoโs Sunnybrook Hospital have taken the next bold step in chemotherapy by developing a non-invasive procedure to treat brain tumours. The hospital said it made history last week by using a โfocused ultrasoundโ to breach the blood-barrier...
Canadian Sport Concussion Project educates CFLers on brain traumas
HAMILTONโChris Walby, a Canadian Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman for 16 years with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and former football broadcaster, recalls once finding himself in the wrong huddle after taking a big hit. โI couldnโt see where I was,โ Walby recalled...
How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain
A walk in the park may soothe the mind and, in the process, change the workings of our brains in ways that improve our mental health, according to an interesting new study of the physical effects on the brain of visiting nature. Most of us today live in cities and...
How Your Brain Heals Itself
ย A South African man with Parkinsonโs disease, a degenerative disorder that often leaves its sufferers immobile, walks his symptoms into submission. A Broadway singer, silenced for 30 years by multiple sclerosis, recovers his voice. And in California, a psychiatrist...