by Daniel Corrin | Jun 11, 2013 | News & Research
Last Friday a West Vancouver teenager was critically injured in a longboarding accident when he collided with a vehicle. The teen sustained severe head injuries and remains in intensive care. This is the fifth longboarding accident to occur in West Vancouver in the...
by Daniel Corrin | May 7, 2013 | Community Events & Programs, News & Research
The Spring 2013 issue of Headline Magazine is now available. Headline is an excellent source of news, events and research for the BC brain injury community. The magazine is produced quarterly by Mike Rossiter and Janelle Breese Biagioni. In this issue: The BC Brain...
by Daniel Corrin | Apr 9, 2013 | News & Research
Last week, President Obama called for $110 million to fund a brain-mapping study, akin to the human genome project. The President said he will include the funding for the “Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies” (BRAIN) Initiative, in his 2014...
by Daniel Corrin | Apr 24, 2012 | News & Research
BBC Two’s Horizon program (2010-11) investigates how the latest advances in technology, medicine, psychology and even extreme sports are transforming our chances of survival on the roads. The second episode in this series is particularly interesting as it goes...
by Daniel Corrin | Nov 14, 2011 | Living with Brain Injury, News & Research
For many people, driving represents freedom and independence. For survivors of traumatic brain injuries driving has been identified as a key component of achieving autonomy and re-integration into the community. Unfortunately, many TBI survivors (and indeed people...
by Daniel Corrin | Oct 12, 2011 | News & Research
While reading the paper this past weekend, I came upon an article addressing two issues that are near and dear to my life: cycling and brain injury. I commute by bike approximately 14 km each way every day to our offices where I then represent individuals with mild,...
