Schedule
Registration for the conference will open on February 14th, 2022. We will be offering a special early-bird registration price of $99 until March 4th, 2022. The regular registration cost is $119.
We are excited to bring the following conference agenda to attendees in 2022. Click on specific sessions and/or speakers to learn more about them.
Day 1
25 May 2022
11:05
Resiliency Resq: Re-Think, Re-New, Re-Energize
You already have everything you need to navigate life’s challenges and overcome obstacles, even a pandemic! You’ve proven that! “Life isn’t always easy, but it does make us STRONGER”. You... Read More
Sajel Bellon
12:20
Adolescent Identity after TBI: What Clinicians Need to Know
Adolescence is a time of rapid change and development, particularly as it pertains to self-identity formation (Steinberg, 2020). The development of identity is a key developmental task of adolescence. However, identity formation is... Read More
Lisa Kakonge
13:00
Exhibit Hall
Hurt, Alone, and Dumb: Living the traumatic brain injury
As a traumatic brain injury survivor, Brian discusses his challenges and experiences from his military accident in 1991 to today. Still in high school at the time, he recalls the... Read More
Brian Mendoza Dominguez
The Challenge of Prolonged Post-Concussion Symptoms: Patient Education Efforts of the Canadian Concussion Centre
Concussion disorders include the transient effects of a single concussion at the mildest end of the spectrum, to cases where symptoms persist for months and even years. In Ontario alone,... Read More
Lesley Ruttan
Charles Tator
14:56
Exhibit Hall
15:25
Building Bridges and enhancing capacity: Improving client outcomes through collaborative programming between community rehabilitation and acute hospital settings.
Acquired brain injury (ABI) rehabilitation and mental health support requires a systemic, coordinated and thoughtful plan of action to maximize client outcomes as part of an integrated health care system.... Read More
Jane Savage
Respecting Traditions: Healthcare for Indigenous peoples in a different lens
Annie Smith St-Georges will integrate both personal experience and traditional teachings based on respecting Mother Earth and all its creatures, spirituality, promoting harmony between one other and applying cultural sensitivity to the... Read More
Annie Smith St-Georges
16:50
Day 2
26 May 2022
11:05
Housing First – a psychiatric rehabilitation program for people experiencing homelessness and have complex needs: are there lessons to be learned for patients with Brain Injury?
The Housing First program is an effective, evidence- based program providing housing, support, and treatment services to individuals experiencing homeless and dealing with complex mental health, health, and addiction challenges. ... Read More
Sam Tsemberis
11:50
The Power and the Perils of Mindfulness for Brain Injury Care
Brain injury professionals often prescribe mindfulness as it is the balm an injured brain and discombobulated nervous system so need. However, if not introduced with some discretion, some traditional mindfulness... Read More
Jessie Smith
12:30
Exhibit Hall
Implicit Bias – Recognize, Challenge, Interrupt
Implicit bias is a part of our everyday life. Each time we interact with people, whether it is formally or informally, we are using our implicit bias to judge them. ... Read More
Tania Harris
Nakema Walker
Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury: Experiential outcomes from a direct services program
The Cridge Centre for the Family has been serving vulnerable women impacted by intimate partner violence (IPV) and supporting survivors of traumatic brain injury for 30 years. With combined expertise and a unique... Read More
Candace Stretch
Tori Dach
14:26
Exhibit Hall
Community brain injury associations and researchers are working together to navigate the current and future pandemic landscape: The Brain Injury Pandemic Preparedness (BIPP) project
The COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for many of the over 1.5 million Canadians who live with brain injury and their caregivers/families. Community brain injury associations were visionary during the pandemic, quickly adapting... Read More
Ana Paula Salazar
Lisa Engel
Examining the Social, Romantic and Sexual Experiences of Individuals with ABI
Following brain injury, many survivors undergo a transformation that impacts their self-image, emotionality, and self-esteem. To date, few studies have focused on how acquired brain injury (ABI) impacts survivors’ own... Read More
Jan Gelech
Anastasia Smith
16:21