Shoot for a Cure and CSRO celebrates 11 years of this successful hockey tournament! Six teams took to the ice for a chance to win the Collins Barrow Cup at the 11th Annual P.I. Law Charity Hockey Challenge, Collins Barrow Cup. This event features Plaintiffs, Defendants, and even some honourable Judges from the personal injury law community. We were fortunate to have almost 100 participants skating for spinal cord injury research.

Held on Thursday, April 6th at Canlan Ice Sports Etobicoke, the event brought in $34,619.30 for our Shoot for a Cure Campaign. Congratulations to the Collins Barrow Canucks for beating out the LoFranco Corriero Red Wings during a high-intensity game that came down to the last minute & winning the gold!

Congratulations to the following teams:

 Gold: Collins Barrow Canucks

Silver: Lofranco Corriero Red Wings

Bronze: Zuber Devils

Honourable mentions to:

Hamilton Bulldogs

McKellar Sharks

DSF Mediations Flyers

On behalf of the Shoot for a Cure and CSRO team, we would like to thank all players and sponsors for participating and helping us put on another fantastic tournament!

We would like to thank Michael Henry and the team at Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP for their organizing efforts!

We look forward to seeing you all next year!

For more of the pictures from the event, visit our Facebook page albums.

@SFACCampaign

Welcome to the Winter 2017 edition of the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation NeuroMatters newsletter.

Last November ONF laid the groundwork to support positive change for people with spinal cord injury who were seeking primary care and pain management options as well as effective treatments for neurogenic bladder. These important and persistent health issues were discussed and debated at three one-day summit sessions held in Toronto. Leading clinicians, researchers, people living with SCI and their advocates as well as policy makers participated. You can read more about all three summits. And a summary video presentation will soon be available through the SCI Ontario website that includes an introduction from Premier Kathleen Wynne.

Also in November at the National Conference on Ageing, former ONF CEO Sue Lantz served as conference chair and ONF staff facilitated and led sessions as well. The topic of aging well and safely gets some attention in this edition. Will clinicians be getting out their prescription pads to order exercise? Research is pointing to the importance of physical activity as a significant factor to help reduce falls and other injuries in older adults. With another successful Fall Prevention Month completed, the message is getting out there.

Congratulations are due to a team of researchers from Ontario and Quebec, the latest recipient of the ONF/REPAR acquired brain injury research grant. This work will explore the use and effectiveness of technology for those living with traumatic brain injury.

I hope you find the information in this issue of NeuroMatters good reading.

Kent Bassett-Spiers

CEO, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation

NeuroMatters Full Newsletter

In this Edition…

Technology platforms to support those with TBI and their caregivers subject of new ONF/REPAR research commitment

Three tough SCI health issues tackled at November ONF summit series

Prescription for exercise could be the key to preventing falls

Concussion clinic guidance to focus on right care, at the right time, by the right provider

Another Successul Fall Prevention Month

Talking Cure, Taking Action: A partnership perspective from CSRO

Partner Profile: Quebec Rehabilitation Research Network/Réseau Provincial de Recherche en Adaptation-Réadaptation (REPAR)

New Guidelines for Moderate to Severe TBI making headway in Ontario and Quebec

Upcoming Events, meetings and conferences