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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 […]

The art work keeps pouring in for our Beauty + The Beast: The Good + Bad of ABI Expressive Art Show – happening Thursday, April 26 4-7 p.m. at Christ Church Deer Park. And while we are already knew BIST […]

The reason I began volunteering for BIST was:  While I was still a discharge planner at SickKids I was asked to join the awareness committee and I jumped at the opportunity. If I could pick any job in the […]

BY: JANET CRAIG Did you know April 6 is Fresh Tomato Day? And did you know ketchup can be so much more than a bottle of what you get at the grocery store? Our favourite chef Janet Craig knows […]

BY: MARK KONING If you ask me, any type of brain injury is traumatic, whether it is acquired by a motor vehicle collision, an aneurism, a viral infection etc. Living with the challenges of ABI, which can include headaches, […]

BY: ROBIN LY Toronto’s Recollectiv is not your typical musical troop. It is a group where people living with conditions such as dementia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), acquired brain injury (ABI), Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease can come together to create […]