• April 28, 2022
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    OT practices for independence

    IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A close up photo of a common zinnia, a purple flower with yellow stigmas at the centre and a green stem. The flower is surrounded by green leaves from other plants. (Photo: Hilary Pearson) BY: HILARY PEARSON […]

  • April 7, 2022
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    Love Your Brain Yoga Meeting

    Featured Image Description: Picture of Shiloh Zeller, a woman with medium length brown hair, with bangs, smiling at the camera. Caption reads: Community Meeting: Yoga, Mindfulness, Community and Brain Injury) Wed Jan 26th 6:30 – 8 PM with Shiloh […]

  • December 9, 2021
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    Braver than I thought

    BY: HILARY PEARSON I didn’t think attending a wedding with a brain injury was possible for me. Last year I remember a very specific anxiety attack sparked from the idea of being in a room with loud music and […]

  • July 6, 2020
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    Virtual Summer Picnic

    It’s an annual BIST Summer Tradition – with a Virtual Twist! Come to our Afternoon Virtual Picnic – with tons of entertainment and activities! 1 pm – BIST’s Got Talent Virtual talent show! With performances by BIST Staff & […]

  • June 30, 2020
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    Hopscotch: Toronto Pride 2019

    BY: HILARY PEARSON “Should I go alone?” My eyes flicker to my laptop screen. 2:04 PM “It started at two.” “Yes,” Mom says through the phone. “I think you should go. Just pack a bag with everything you need. You’ll […]

  • June 23, 2020
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    Activities To Keep You Engaged During COVID-19 & Beyond

    BY: HILARY PEARSON BIST’s April Community Meeting, Activities to Keep You Engaged during COVID-19 and Beyond, was hosted by BIST staff Ryan Natale and Isabelle Rivaletto. And while April seems like a long time ago now, we still need ways […]

  • June 16, 2020
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    588 Injections

    BY: HILARY PEARSON Hospital life. Nerve block injections. 12 needles in my head. 12 injections of Bupivicaine. 2 injections in my shoulders. You think I would be used to it by now. I get these injections in my skull […]

  • May 19, 2020
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    Review: Cracked the Musical

    BY: HILARY PEARSON One thing about this pandemic, there has been no shortage of creativity taking place online. Shot with the entire cast socially isolating, the short musical,Cracked, is no exception. Vanessa is a high-achieving but emotionally distant woman who […]

  • May 14, 2020
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    Eerily relatable: ‘5 Feet Apart’

    BY: HILARY PEARSON One thing most of us have learnt during this pandemic: germs can spread as far as six feet when someone coughs or sneezes. They can land on surfaces, such as a doorknob, or in another person’s […]

  • April 23, 2020
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    How to be a quarantine queen

    We are THRILLED to introduce our new writer, Hilary Pearson, who will be writing re-caps about our Community Meetings. Thank you to Julia Renaud for writing incredible re-caps for over 2 years – we’ll miss you and we wish […]

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