There are many reasons why Barb Butler is highly respected in the brain injury community. She is a wonderful person and dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother. She is also a survivor of traumatic brain injury.
Barb has become a leader in our community, turning her own tragedy into inspiration, courage, and bringing hope to others. For decades, Barb has infused her wisdom and kindness into the Regina Brain Injury Support Group.
Recently, Barb joined forces with the CGB Centre for Traumatic Life Losses, Brain Injury Canada, Cowichan Brain Injury Society and other associations to raise the profile of brain injury in Canada, and to bring support for Bill C-277 forward.
Bill C-277 calls upon the Canadian government to develop a National Strategy on Brain Injuries Act. This private member’s bill, submitted by Alistair MacGregor, MP for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford states, in part, that the Minister of Health must, in consultation with representatives of the provincial governments responsible for health, Indigenous groups and relevant stakeholders, develop a national strategy to support and improve brain injury awareness, prevention and treatment as well as the rehabilitation and recovery of persons living with a brain injury.
To learn more about Barb’s good work in Regina, please watch this clip: CBC Saskatchewan News (March 24, 2024)
The Regina Brain Injury Support Group is part of the Saskatchewan Brain Injury Association.
To learn more about the National Strategy on Brain Injury movement and campaign, visit the BC Consensus On Brain Injury / National Strategy on Brain Injury page.
