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BY: MARK KONING Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne Being a brain injury survivor sometimes feels as though I have both lost and gained time. My injury occurred when I was six-years-old, and it […]

If the definition of a superhero is someone who swoops in just in time and saves the day,  it can be said that Diana Rockbrune, a marketing and events coordinator at Oatley Vigmond, is the superhero of our 2016 Birdies for Brain Injury Golf Tournament. […]

BY: CHEF JANET CRAIG The biggest issue I have with salads is the dressing, they can either make or break the whole dish. Salad dressing must be homemade, I can taste the chemicals in the commercial ones. This is a low fat, […]

BY: MERI PERRA Volunteer Appreciation Week is just around the corner – and we at BIST have been using the month of April as an opportunity to congratulate the winners of our Volunteer of the Year Award: Christiane Kokko (Caregiver Category) and Rob Ashe (ABI Survivor / […]

No stranger to doing amazing things for the brain injury community, Rob is a long time BIST member known for his amazing style, friendly attitude and commitment to BIST. This year, Rob joined the Ontario Brain Injury Associations’s Advisory Council, […]

We are thrilled to announce the first winner of our BIST Volunteer of the Year award in the caregiver category – Christine Kokko. If you popped into the office this fall, you would have noticed some changes – mainly […]

BY: ALISON The facts are scary. Research suggests people with traumatic brain injuries have a higher risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease. The good news is research also suggests that by maintaining a healthy lifestyle and participating in key activities, the risk […]

BY: JALEESA THOMAS Wheel-Trans has changed their criteria concerning who is eligible for their services, and now people living with the effects of brain injury may be able to access the service based on their cognitive ability. BIST is hosting an information and application […]

On February 11, 2017 BIST hosted a ABI caregiver workshop, facilitated by: Carrie MacKinnon, BIST’s Peer Support Program Coordinator  (pictured left) Stacy Levine of Journey Rehabilitation and Behaviour Therapy (pictured right) Click on the slides below to see notes from our group discussion which concluded the […]