I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Brain Injury and Violence Research Team, headed by Dr. Michael Cusimano at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Our team is presenting a conference titled “Outcomes following Concussion in Hockey (OuCH!)” taking place on Sept 17 (this Saturday). The goal of this conference is to address the increasing number of concussions being sustained by young hockey players. An elite team of doctors, researchers, athletes, reporters, and player representatives will gather with the intention to educate the public on what is known about concussions in hockey, and more importantly, what can be done about them.
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It is time to start pulling your teams together for the 18th Annual BIANS Bowlathon!
Saturday, October 22, 2011 in New Minas
Saturday, October 29, 2011 in Dartmouth

Here is everything you need to get your team ready, registered, and to start fundraising for this most entertaining event of the year!
BIANS Bowlathon 2011 Poster (pdf)
BIANS BOWLATHON 2011 Sponsor Sheet (doc)
Halifax Metro Bowlathon Team Registration (doc)
Steps and Tips to Success (pdf)
Team Intro Letter 10 July 2010 (pdf)

I encourage each of you to form a team, recruit a team or make a donation to a team or for a prize.

I am sure spots will fill up, so get your team registered early.

See you there!
Ruth Duggan,
BIANS Board Member
Apologies for any cross-postings.

Brain Injury Association of Nova Scotia
Room 13-009/010
13th Floor, Victoria Building, VG Site, QEII
Phone: (902) 473-7301
Fax: (902) 473-7302
Mail: PO Box 8804, Halifax, NS B3K 5M4
Website: www3.ns.sympatico.ca/bians1

A Helping Hand to a New Beginning

The Halifax Chapter BIANS is hosting a musical ice cream social

We invite all brain injury survivors, family members and friends

to join us for a fun afternoon of:

live music at the Public Gardens bandstand

yummy ice cream

socializing with friends

enjoying the beautiful public gardens

SUNDAY, September 18, 2011
2:00 – 4:00 PM
HALIFAX PUBLIC GARDENS at the BANDSTAND
Rain date: Sunday September 25

Ice cream will be provided.
For more information contact: Beverly Butler 473-1062 or HalifaxBIANS@gmail.com

Message from the Scientific Director

I am not sure where it lies on the zodiac, but for INMHA, 2011 has been the “Year of Review” and, as noted below, INMHA passed its international review with flying colours. Now, our attention has turned to preparation of a third Strategic Plan that will guide program development from 2012-2017. Unlike the previous INMHA strategic plans, this one will be greatly influenced by the over-arching plan adopted by CIHR in 2009, the “Health Research Roadmap: Creating innovative research for better health and health care.” This plan emphasizes the importance of patient-oriented research and the need to facilitate, whenever appropriate, the translation of discoveries in basic and clinical research into products or practice, to ensure that the benefits of research have a direct impact on the health of Canadians. At this juncture, we must emphasize the importance of the ‘Open Grants Competition’ that provides vital support to so many research colleagues affiliated with INMHA. We remain firmly committed to supporting this vital program and see it as a wellspring from which major improvements in health research continue to flow.
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Please support one of our own, Brendan Rogers, former Winnipeg Blue Bomber and Toronto Argonaut, as he prepares to climb Mt Kilimanjaro next month.

Brendan is raising funds for the study of brain injury and concussion at BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. Please donate here.

Brendan is planning to lead a team of former CFL’ers and friends next year. Please send a note if interested in joining.

The CFL Alumni Association is committed to help support research and awareness of concussion. We are also actively involved in the Canadian Sports Concussion Project at Krembil Neuroscience Center at Toronto Western Hospital. The research group is led by Dr. Charles Tator, Canada’s preeminent authority on sports concussion. Shortly we will be “recruiting” volunteers for a long term study of concussion. If interested please send a return email. Your anonymity will be respected.

We extend a “thatta boy” to Brendan for his efforts and for showing us all the way to the top!

Cheers, Leo
Leo Ezerins
Executive Director
Canadian Football League Alumni Association (CFLAA/LCFAA)
5195 Harvester Road, Unit 11
Burlington, ON L7L 6E9
www.cflaa.ca

Registration is now live for the Alberta Brain Injury Conference 2011!

Please visit the website for more information on registration prices and the conference brochure.

Please feel free to forward this information to all parties who may be interested in attending, sponsoring or exhibiting at the conference.

We have an incredible line up of fantastic speakers and anticipate a sold out conference.

Important Dates to Remember:
Conference Dates
Friday, November 11 through Sunday, November 13, 2011

Early Bird Registration
Monday, August 15, 2011 through Monday, October 3, 2011 at 4:00pm MST

Hyatt Regency Calgary Cut-off date for Accepting Hotel Reservations
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Marnie Gomes
AMG Solutions Inc
Conference Secretariat
DIRECT: 780.917.7639
FAX: 780.425.5121
CELL: 780.905.2762

Submission deadline: October 14, 2011
The International Brain Injury Association’s
Ninth World Congress on Brain Injury
Edinburgh, Scotland
March 21-25, 2012

The International Brain Injury Association’s Ninth World Congress on Brain Injury is the largest gathering of international professionals working in the field of brain injury. Delegates are comprised of physicians, psychologists and neuropsychologists, therapists, social workers, nurses, case managers, legal professionals, advocates and all others working in the field of brain injury. The Congress will take place in the historic city of Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 21-25, 2012.

The Ninth World Congress program will feature internationally recognized invited speakers, platform lectures, workshops, short oral presentations and poster sessions. The aim of the Ninth World Congress is to provide an opportunity for establishing collegial relationships with international professionals focused on the care and/or service of persons with acquired brain injury and/or the science of brain injury research. State of the art research will be presented dealing with information spanning from basic science to clinical (coma to community) aspects of brain injury.

Submit your abstract.

General information on the World Congress.

Abstracts accepted for the Ninth World Congress on Brain Injury will be published in a supplemental issue of IBIA’s official journal Brain Injury. Submissions must be data-driven or assessment/treatment model descriptions. Abstracts will be reviewed by the Congress’s International Scientific Committee, which will determine the most appropriate presentation format (oral presentation or poster) for each abstract accepted. There will be a first and second place certificate for the Best Poster which also will come with a cash award.

www.internationalbrain.org