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BY: KAROLINA URBAN On October 15th, BIST is hosting a free speaker forum on Neuroplasticity and Brain Fitness, with Dr. Peter Rumney, the physician director of Brain Injury Rehabilitation Team at Holland Bloorview; Dr. Robin Green, Canada Research Chair and Senior Scientist at Toronto […]

We’d like to thank our BIST Hero 5K gold level sponsor: Shekter Dychtenberg LLP “We support the BIST  run annually. … Our firm very much enjoys attending the event each year, but more improtantly they enjoy supporting the very good cause. There are […]

We’d like to thank the gold level sponsor of our BIST Heroes 5K Run, Walk and Roll, Sal Guzzo, LL.B Professional Corporation Barristers & Solicitors: “It is important for Sal Guzzo, LL.B., Professional Corporation, Barristers and Solicitors to sponsor the […]

BIST would like to thank the PLATINUM SPONSOR of our BIST Hero 5K Run, Walk & Roll – Singer Kwinter.  Singer Kwiter, you’re true heroes of brain injury! “The Singer Kwinter team is so excited to be involved with the BIST 5K yet again this year.  As a personal injury law firm on the front lines, we know how important it is for accident  victims suffering from brain injuries to have access to the resources, educational  programming and peer support that BIST provides. Funding from the 5K helps BIST dramatically  improve the lives of victims and their families in the Toronto community. That is why we are  so proud to sponsor this event. We are thrilled to have the majority of our firm participating  in the 5K as well as dozens of their family members attending to support the cause”. – JASON KATZ, PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER SINGER KWINTER The BIST Hero 5K […]

BY: AMEE LE Recently I’ve had a chance to visit England and walked through the doors of Headway Essex. Headway is a large organization which provides brain injury care and support throughout the U.K. I came in contact with Headway East London through […]

BY: MERI PERRA It took time for Mark Koning to find the right cover image for his third and most recent book, Challenging Barriers and Walking the Path. First, he wanted to find a picture of himself with his dad, who died when Koning was just 13-years-old. Second, he […]

BY: MERI PERRA If you’ve ever attended a BIST event, you’ve likely meet Frank Bruno. For one, Frank’s been volunteering at BIST since before day one, during our predecessor’s Head Injury Association of Toronto (HIAT) days. You can tell time by when Frank shows […]

BY: BHANU SHARMA There’s more evidence that having a spouse, and being able to stick it out for the long-run in rehab,  is good for you. Often, traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in a number of symptoms, problems, and […]