My name is Michael Coss and the following publications carried my story. In the midst of my rehab, I decided to venture into something I never thought I’d do, write my own book. It is on pace and scheduled to be available early in 2011. My goal is to give hope and inspiration to other brain injury survivors and their families and educate the general public about the benefits of HBOT oxygen.

Respectfully yours,
Michael Coss
The Coquitlam Now Article
The Courage to Come Back by Michael Coss
Dernieure Heure
2009 Summer Headline

Dear Colleagues,
Why not dreaming of a pleasant summer night in the vineyards over the river Main in Northern Bavaria? What can be a better Christmas (or New Year´s) present than visiting the 4th Summer Academy near Würzburg? Make yourself and others a gift – to be enjoyed in July 2011! We have invited two well known lecturers trying to combine “learning and leisure”.
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By Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel
Dec. 13, 2010
Waukesha — Michael McCrea is hitting, not slamming, his hand on a table in his office at Waukesha Memorial Hospital.

An expert on concussion, McCrea is demonstrating the kind of impact that a football player would be expected to experience each season.

Using accelerometers implanted in football helmets at high schools and colleges in North Carolina, McCrea and his researchers have calculated that the average high school football player receives 1,250 hits of 10 G’s or more to the head per season.
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Today, the Canadian Medical Association launched a new website. We are using this website to host an online national dialogue with Canadians, on the future of health care in Canada.

On the site we pose three questions: Read the rest of this entry »

Dear Friends:

I am pleased to announce that the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) today launched a national dialogue to engage Canadians on the future of our health care system. The first phase of the initiative is an online consultation at healthcaretransformation.ca.
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Brain Injury Forum’s Flickr Photo Stream

HealthChoices.ca has some content I think would be beneficial for your users: a comprehensive brain injury video library with expert health advice.

HealthChoices.ca also has local health providers in many cities across Canada, and numerous other health and wellness articles.

How can we bridge the gap between what Canadians are looking for in volunteering today and how organizations are engaging volunteers? Conducted in the summer of 2010, a new pan-Canadian research study provides the most current national data about the changing culture of Canada’s voluntary sector.

Unlike earlier surveys that emphasized overall participation rates, this new research captured what Canadians want in their volunteer experiences, their issues in finding satisfying volunteer roles, and what organizations can do to enhance their volunteer base, achieve their missions and ultimately build stronger communities.

The study was conducted on behalf of Volunteer Canada and their partner Manulife Financial by the Carleton University Centre for Voluntary Sector Research & Development in collaboration with Harris/Decima.

The new 2010 research gathered practical information for use by volunteer organizations to attract and retain skilled, dedicated volunteers among four specific demographic groups: youth, families, baby boomers, and employer-supporter volunteers.

On December 8th, Volunteer Canada hosted an interactive panel discussion of the research implications with Canadians representing the four groups examined in the research, the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and key players in the voluntary sector. Volunteer Canada would like to recognize and thank Volunteer Ottawa for their tremendous support and participation in this event.

You can learn more about how organizations can make the volunteer experience more meaningful by downloading the research summary of Bridging the Gap – Enriching the Volunteer Experience to Build a Better Future for Our Communities.

Visit: http://volunteer.ca/media-centre/news-releases/volunteer-canada-releases-new-research-outlining-state-volunteerism-canad

Brain Injury – The Silent Epidemic
Host Name: Craig Sicilia
Show Name: Brain Injury – The Silent Epidemic – What the hell you say I look ok
Date / Length: 9/14/2010 12:00 AM – 45 min
Length: 45 min
Description:
Brain Injury – The Silent Epidemic – What The Hell You Think I look Fine!!! If your a survivor then you know what I am talking about, you can be sitting with someone and they say well I would have never thought you have a brain injury, people don’t get it. We can change this, lots of education needs to happen in our communities. The effects of this not being understood destroys families and lives There are lots of families doing… great things for their survivors, but in a lot of cases TBI goes misunderstood, and lives are torn apart, family member begin to believe the actions are intentional. The countless lives that have been lost. it does not have to be that hard. We need to reach out and educate our community.

In this Issue:

• The Brain Injury Association of Canada wishes you a happy and SAFE Holiday Season!
• Message from the Editor, Barb Butler
• Manitoba Brain Injury Association Walk
• Message from Larry Carlson President, the Brain Injury Association of Canada
• Brain Injury has no boundaries…
• From the Executive Director, Harry Zarins
• PEI’s 4th Annual Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey a big success
• Does Effort Exceed Results? Sharon Schilling- survivor-Toronto
• You are not alone … there is help By Colleen Butler
• Yvonne and the Winds of Change Thank you to the Terrace Standard for story and photo
• Greetings from Newfoundland and Labrador
• The Gutenberg Project Bring the World’s Library into your Home By Richard Kerr, Survivor, Montreal
• 2011 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Brain Injury Association Conference Registration, Airline and Accommodation Information
• About Our Cause: Acquired Brain Injury

Impact: Pathways Ahead, Our December 2010 Newsletter (pdf)
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