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Category: Awareness

Why I stopped asking ‘what if’

BY: STEVEN EDELMAN I imagine Bill Buckner must have repeatedly asked the ‘What if?’ question to himself for years after the … More

Bill Buckner, Steven Edelman, What if
We have battled this brain injury together, but alone

A year with a different brain

A version of this article was originally published on March 18, 2017 BY: ERIN MOORE On March 18, 2016 my … More

#areyouaware, Erin Moore, Hidden Disability, persistent concussion symptoms, Spouses of ABI Survivors, women and brain injury

I live with brain injury: walk a mile in my shoes and you will understand

BY: LEAH DANIELLE KARMONA Living life with a brain injury is difficult. People who do should be commended for trying their … More

Leah Danielle Karmona, Survivor stories, women and brain injury

The waves of ABI-related trauma

BY: MARK KONING If you ask me, any type of brain injury is traumatic, whether it is acquired by a … More

Brain injury, Hidden Disability, Mark Koning, post traumatic stress disorder

Come with BIST to see Brain Storm: a Toronto Fringe play about brain injury, a psychic medium and Dr. Wilder Penfield

BY: MERI PERRA If you’re of a certain age and lived in Canada, you likely remember this classic Heritage Minute featuring … More

Why didn’t my bike helmet prevent my TBI?

BY: SOPHIA VOUMVAKIS 15 per cent of the approximately 18,000 traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) that occur in a year in … More

bike accident, helmets, Hovding

Without action, awareness does little

BY: ALYSON ROGERS Nine years ago, I walked into an emergency room with very obvious signs of a concussion. Despite glaring … More

Alyson Rogers, Brain Injury Awareness Month, Concussion, Sydney Crosby

Talking it out: ABI survivor and caregiver stress

BY: MARK KONING Whether you are a survivor or caregiver to someone with a brain injury, it is sometimes quite … More

ABI stress, BIST / OBIA peer support program, caregiver relief, caregiver stress, peer support, stress management

Eat your GREENS this Brain Injury Awareness Month!

BY: JANET CRAIG Brain Injury Awareness Month is here – and to celebrate ABI awareness and help us get our green veggies … More

fiddle heads, Janet Craig

Concussions: the missing piece of the puzzle

BY: KAROLINA URBAN Its been over two years since my last concussion, which I got while playing hockey. I still … More

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