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Good Afternoon Friends and Supporters of BIAWW:

Please find attached our January-February 2012 Newsletter (pdf). We are very pleased to be sending this to you in our new format. We welcome your comments.

Please consider advertising in our newsletter.

We are happy to announce that our Indoor Golf Classic is being held on March 22, 23, 24, 2012 at Golf Without Limits Indoor Golf Club and Academy. Please check our website www.biaww.com for further details or email me and I can send you the information via email.

Your invitation (pdf)
We can hardly wait to see you there and shake your hand…
And to thank you for your past support !
Sincerely,
British Columbia Brain Injury Association
#143
11948 207 Street
Maple Ridge, BC
V2X 1X7
For Tickets:
604-788-7221
Fax: 888-429-0656
(No tickets sold at the door)

Aloha!
On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, we invite you to shuck your winter gear for grass skirts and Hawaiian shirts and join us for Toronto’s 8th Annual Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey!

Slip into your best rendition of tropical Hawaiian chic and get ready to limbo down to a fun philanthropic soiree in support of the Brain Injury Association of Canada hosted at Hogg’s Hollow’s famous Miller Tavern (3885 Yonge Street).

BONUS: Reserve your $150 ticket by January 31st: save $50!

Special guests this year include:

• Hon. Carolyn Bennett MP, MD, Canada’s first Minister of Public Health
• Hon. Kathleen Wynne MPP, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, Housing and Aboriginal Affairs
• Hon. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Children and Youth Services
• Karen Stintz, Toronto Transit Commission Chair and City Councillor
• Bonnie Crombie, Mississauga City Councillor, former Fundraising Chair of the Ontario Brain Injury Association and co-founder of the Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey
• Daniel Bax, Survivor and Inspirational Coach
• Kent Bassett-Spiers, CEO, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
• Dr. Angela Colantonio, Ph.D., OT Reg. (Ont). Senior Scientist with Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and holder of the Saunderson Family Chair in Acquired Brain Injury.
• Don Stuss, Interim President and Scientific Director, Ontario Brain Institute
• Piroska Bata, BSCN, Neurotrauma Nurse, Manager, Humber River Regional Hospital
• Bill Pashby, J.D., Director, Brain Injury Association of Canada, and co-chair of Toronto’s 8th Annual
• Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey
• Cristina Onose, MA, Co-Chair of Toronto’s 8th Annual Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey
• Howard Brown , President, Brown & Cohen Communications & Public Affairs, former Fundraising Chair of the Brain Injury Association of Canada and Co-Founder of the Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey
• Rick Montgomery, President, Miller Tavern and Co-Founder of the Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey

Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres, oysters (of course!), Hawaiian leis, an open wine bar and Hawaiian punch for all. The evening will also feature, entertainment, music, a silent auction and lots of fun.

There are 2 ways to buy tickets:
1) Click on the PayPal button below:

2) Download and complete the Invitation and fax it to the address on the invitation.

Hello!
Feel free to distribute widely.
…For the Brain Injury Community
We wish you all the best for the New Year!
British Columbia Brain Injury Association
Box 143, 11948 207 Street, Maple Ridge, BC, V2X 1X7
Resource Request Line
604-465-1783
Fax: 888-429-0656
Website: www.BCBrainInjuryAssociation.com
Check out the new ‘Kids Korner’!

Gray Matters! Quarterly Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1 (pdf)

Vote on Nova Scotia’s proposed helmet legislation!! Today!!

Nova Scotia is planning to pass legislation to make helmets mandatory. CBC is having online voting regarding this legislation. To cast your vote seek the link below.

Here is link to vote.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/12/should-helmets-be-mandatory-on-canadas-ski-slopes.html

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

BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit 2012 Web Conference Series Registration

Welcome to the 2012 web conference series with the standard teleconference option available. The sessions take place on the third Thursday of the month at 10am Pacific time. Click on the links below for topic descriptions and speaker biographies. You may register for individual sessions or the whole bunch at once. Below is your menu of injury prevention topics:
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