GoVolunteer.ca is the go-to engagement platform that connects volunteers with not-for-profits and charities across BC and Alberta. Built in 2003, it is an easy-to-use online tool that connects not-for-profits and
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Government of Canada Disability Benefits include disability pensions and children’s benefits, savings plans and a gasoline tax refund program. Visit the website to find contact information for particular services available
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User Group: - Brain Injury Survivor
- Caregiver
HealthLinkBC is a health system navigation service that is accessible via telephone or the Internet. It assists the public and health care professionals in finding and accessing appropriate health resources
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User Group: - Brain Injury Survivor
- Professional
Independent Living BC (ILBC) is a subsidized, assisted-living program that provides housing with support services to seniors and people with disabilities. If you qualify, you could live in your own
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The Independent Living Housing Society of Greater Victoria (ILHS) is a non-profit society that has been offering inclusive housing options in the community for over forty years. ILHS supports adults
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This article on life with a brain injury is excerpted from Garry Prowe’s book, Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook. The article is a comprehensive guide for families
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User Group: - Brain Injury Survivor
- Caregiver
Lumosity provides courses and games to improve attention, memory, processing speed and cognitive flexibility. It’s available on both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.
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The OPPS is a financial assistance program designed to assist persons with disabilities to complete training that leads to employment. Applicants to the OPPS Fund must have no other financial
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A series of podcast discussions in which four people from south Manchester (Kavita Basi, Vanessa Robinson, Brooke Trotter and Rod Maxwell) discuss their experiences of dealing with the after-effects of
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Speech and Hearing BC is a not-for-profit association with more than 1200 member speech-language pathologists and audiologists in British Columbia. They believe in the importance of providing treatment to individuals
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User Group: - Brain Injury Survivor
- Professional
SOAR – Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR) is a registered charity, and the only organization in the country with a singular focus on intimate partner
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User Group: - Brain Injury Survivor
- Caregiver
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Tax AID DABC is a free, confidential provincial program that assists people with the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) designation or Persons with Persistent and Multiple Barriers (PPMB) designation with basic
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The Cridge Centre for the Family offers several locations in Greater Victoria. Services include a supportive housing residence and other services for survivors of brain injury as well as supportive
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User Group: - Brain Injury Survivor
- Caregiver
Family and friends are important in a survivor’s journey of rehabilitation and recovery. The impact of brain injury can profoundly affect relationships. The intention of this section is to provide
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User Group: - Brain Injury Survivor
- Caregiver
Everyone deserves a safe, affordable, home regardless of income level, or needs. When survivors of brain injury have safe, affordable housing, with appropriate supports, they are able to focus on
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Recovery is a process. The journey for each person will be different. What a person needs today may be different than what they need in six months, one year, or
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- Caregiver
Time to Talk Traumatic Brain injury is podcast dedicated to traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors doing their best to live a healthy and productive life post injury. Created by survivors
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A two-part video series where Dr. Jennifer Yao talks about Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) – what it means and what the resulting impacts are.
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A brain injury guide for parents, coaches, educators and those that work with youth which goes over types of brain injuries and post brain injury. DOWNLOAD THE PDF
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- Caregiver
- Professional
Vocational rehab services located at G.F. Strong Rehab Centre offer vocational counselling support and assessment to improve clients’ employment potential by developing a return to work plan, determining work accommodations,
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