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BY: LEAH DANIELLE KARMONA Living life with a brain injury is difficult. People who do should be commended for trying their best and never ridiculed for their situation. Everything takes more time to do. Depending on which part of the […]

BY: JULIA RENAUD During this sunny time of year, the days are long, the weather is warmer, and the flowers are wonderfully fragrant and in bloom. The true question is: do you take the time to smell the roses? […]

BY: ALYSON ROGERS June is here and that means Brain Injury Awareness Month is here once again. Last year, I wrote a post about how awareness isn’t enough and we need to see action, in particular in terms of how concussions […]

BY: JANET CRAIG Although I usually post recipes I thought June being Brain Injury Awareness Month, I would talk about how I got here. Back in 1991, when I was just 40-years-old (yes, you can do the math), I […]

BY: MARK KONING Dear Brain Injury, Where did you come from? I never asked for you. You snuck into my head and caused a great deal of damage when I was a young boy, defenceless to your attack. You […]

BY:  SHANNON SCHILLING Dedicated quality poured out upon the elegantly displayed array of expressiveness, and groups of brain injury confidants cast their talent in raw form. Picturesque participation mastered itself along this year’s province-wide event: Unmasking Brain Injury. In […]

BY: JULIA RENAUD Spring has finally sprung which has hopefully brought you some pep in your step or zeal in your wheels to feel better during this chilly year! Bringing some extra encouragement to April’s BIST Community Meeting and […]

BY: SOPHIA VOUMAKIS A post on this blog by Alison discussed research which suggests that those of us who have sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) have a higher risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s, one of the causes of dementia. […]

Meet Abby Schnurr Mongkonrob, winner of our Volunteer of the Year, Survivor / Thriver Category! Abby is someone who is always willing to help out with anything and everything we need, from being an amazing photographer at our 2017 5K […]

As a small non-profit, volunteers are a central part of how BIST is able to do what we do. Meet our Volunteer of the Year, Caregiver Category Kevin Redmond O’Keefe who for years has come to our office on the third Wednesday of the […]