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SUMMARY:Canadian Concussion Centre 13th Annual Concussion Research Symposium\, Harnessing Science for Clinical Care in Concussion
DESCRIPTION:Join the Canadian Concussion Centre at their 13th Annual Concussion Research Symposium\, entitled Harnessing Science for Clinical Care in Concussion at the Krembil Brain Institute\, Toronto Western Hospital on Thursday June 4\, 2026. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact UHN Conference Services at conferences@uhn.ca \n\n\n\nClick here to register for the conference. \n\n\n\nAttendees can attend either virtually or in-person. Online registration closes Monday June 1\, 2026 by 9am. Onsite registration will be available (space permitting). \n\n\n\nAll program times are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
URL:https://www.bcbia.org/event/canadian-concussion-centre-13th-annual-concussion-research-symposium-harnessing-science-for-clinical-care-in-concussion/
LOCATION:Krembil Brain Institute\, Toronto Western Hospital\, 60 Leonard Ave\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5T 2R1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Connecting the Dots: Brain Injury and Concurrent Disorders in BC
DESCRIPTION:Join us online to explore how brain injuries and concurrent disorders connect in BC’s mental health scene. \n\n\n\nWe are pleased to welcome Dr. Daniel Vigo\, British Columbia’s Chief Scientific Advisor for Psychiatry\, Toxic Drugs\, and Concurrent Disorders\, for a virtual discussion with leaders and community members from across the brain injury sector. \n\n\n\nReserve a spot here(Zoom link will be shared with confirmed attendees on June 8) \n\n\n\nPlease note this session will not be recorded. We encourage you to attend live to take part in the discussion. \n\n\n\nAppointed by David Eby\, Dr. Vigo plays a key role in strengthening the province’s response to complex and overlapping challenges in mental health\, substance use\, and neurological conditions. \n\n\n\nThis session will explore Dr. Vigo’s approach to improving care for individuals experiencing severe mental illness\, substance use\, and acquired brain injury\, with a focus on how data\, evidence\, and lived experience are shaping current and emerging policy directions in British Columbia. \n\n\n\nParticipants will gain insight into: \n\n\n\n\nHow provincial strategies are addressing the intersection of brain injury\, mental health\, and toxic drug exposure\n\n\n\nKey priorities and considerations guiding system improvement efforts\n\n\n\nOpportunities for alignment\, collaboration\, and more coordinated care pathways\n\n\n\n\nThe session will include a presentation followed by short\, moderated discussion. \n\n\n\nTo support a thoughtful and productive conversation\, participants are invited to submit questions in advance to executivedirector@bcbia.org by June 3\, 2026. These questions will be forwarded in advance to Dr. Vigo to help inform the discussion and ensure a range of perspectives are reflected. \n\n\n\nHeld during Brain Injury Awareness Month\, this event is part of a broader effort to strengthen understanding\, dialogue\, and coordination across sectors supporting individuals affected by brain injury in British Columbia. \n\n\n\nWe look forward to having you join us.
URL:https://www.bcbia.org/event/connecting-the-dots-brain-injury-and-concurrent-disorders-in-bc/
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SUMMARY:Involuntary Treatment in BC: Law\, Practice\, and Lived Experience
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about BC’s involuntary treatment for people experiencing mental health\, substance use\, and brain-injury related issues. \n\n\n\nRegister here. \n\n\n\nInvoluntary Treatment in BC: Law\, Practice\, and Lived Experience\n\n\n\nWe are pleased to welcome presenters from Health Justice\, an organization focused entirely on law and policy related to involuntary mental health and substance use treatment\, for a virtual discussion with leaders and community members from across the brain injury sector. \n\n\n\nWe will be joined by Kendra Milne\, a lawyer and executive director who has worked in human rights and mental health law for over 20 years\, and Sarah\, a person with extensive lived and living experience\, including over 40 years navigating the psychiatric system and 45 years navigating the world with brain injuries. \n\n\n\nPlease note this session will not be recorded. We encourage you to attend live to take part in the discussion. \n\n\n\nThis session will explore myths and realities related to involuntary treatment for people experiencing mental health\, substance use\, and brain injury-related health issues. We will share accessible information about the law in BC\, contextualized lived experience of how it is operating in practice\, to understand the full context of BC’s current policy directions related to involuntary treatment. \n\n\n\nThe session will explore: \n\n\n\n· The realities of what the health system can currently offer people experiencing mental health\, substance use\, and brain injury-related health issues. \n\n\n\n· The ways that involuntary treatment is already being used in response to these health issues. \n\n\n\n· Moving beyond theory to understand what the experience of involuntary treatment means in practice in BC. \n\n\n\n· BC’s current approach to monitoring and evaluating the use of involuntary treatment. \n\n\n\nThe session will include a presentation followed by short\, moderated discussion. To support a thoughtful and productive presentation\, participants are invited to complete a survey to share their questions and priorities for discussion: Share Your Questions and Priorities for the June 26\, 2026 Webinar – Fill out form \n\n\n\nPlease complete the survey by Friday\, June 19. \n\n\n\nHeld during Brain Injury Awareness Month\, this event is part of a broader effort to strengthen understanding\, dialogue\, and coordination across sectors supporting individuals affected by brain injury in British Columbia. \n\n\n\nWe look forward to having you join us. \n\n\n\nBC Brain Injury Association
URL:https://www.bcbia.org/event/involuntary-treatment-in-bc-law-practice-and-lived-experience/
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