After a brain injury, getting “helpful” advice you never asked for can be very unhelpful. Here are five simple, effective ways to respond, from very polite to setting a very clear boundary. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/p...

A free online course about preventing, detecting and managing concussions begins January 19th.

On Thursday, November 20, 2025 @ 2pm ET, a free online Brain-Injury-Friendly Painting Class is being held by Hope Survives. All experience levels welcome! Register by November 7th. hopesurvives.org/art

A brain injury due to a fall during a bike ride destroyed life as Stacia Bissell had known, but she has rebuilt it as a brain injury coach, author, speaker, and educator. biausa.org/brain-injury...

Note this introduction. When I left the spinal injury unit, my neurology team said "we don't have a name for it. There's no treatment or therapy. Just go home and you'll get better." That was in August 2019 - an osteopath saved my life but I'm still trying to recover.

A group of brain injury organizations and advocates have released a joint statement, "Communicating about Brain Injury," aimed at improving how brain injuries are discussed and understood, including a new classification system for severity. biausa.org/wp-content/u...

"Hi I'm Blake" trailer - www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-xE...

Blake Hyland's story highlights the wide-ranging challenges brain injury survivors face: physical setbacks, cognitive difficulties, and the emotional toll of rebuilding a life. But it's also a story of incredible resilience. biausa.org/public-affai...

School-level strategies to better understand and meet the needs of young people with ABI (Acquired Brain Injuries).

Whitehorse, Yukon. Our Fall series of Concussion Cafe support group meetings begins on October 5th. If a brain injury of any kind is causing challenges in your life, there's no need to be embarrassed or struggle alone. One-on-one discussions are also available. Please reach out - we're here to help.

The Foundations of Brain Injury for Health Care Professionals. This introductory course is designed for health care professionals - but it's meant for anyone that wants to build their foundational knowledge of brain injury. Only $65. brain-injury-canada-online-learning.thinkific.com/courses/foun...

It's an excellent article - thank you 🙂

You're not alone. People living with brain injury and their families are sharing their personal stories with Brain Injury Canada to provide hope and support to people having similar experiences. braininjurycanada.ca/en/stories/

Neuroplasticity - the brain’s capacity to continue growing and evolving in response to life experiences - can be extremely important in recovering following a brain injury. www.psychologytoday.com/ca/basics/ne...

Neurostimulation and neuromodulation are among the next-generation brain injury treatments that your doctors may not tell you about. www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/conc...

Do you know the song, "Don’t Stop Believin’?" Jonathan Cain of Journey says nearly all of his accomplishments came as a direct result of overcoming pain, including narrowly escaping death twice as as child. Pain changes you, but you can control how. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTmv...

I was very pleased to see at least 2 Yukoners in attendance 🙂

I was very pleased to see at least 2 of us from the Yukon in attendance.

Who am I? I'm a brain injury survivor, still trying to recover from an injury in August 2019 during a wilderness hike. I'm an active participant in Concussion Cafe Yukon, and will be taking training as a brain injury peer support worker in a few weeks. From 2022: explorenorthblog.com/a-glimpse-in...

Yesterday was the first webinar in the Concussion Awareness Week series by Transcendant. You can now watch "The Invisible Injury: Managing Headaches, Sleep, & Mental Health Symptoms after a Concussion!" (and other previous webinars) at www.transcendentconcussion.ca/recordedtalks

Concussion Cafe Yukon is presently the main brain injury support resource in the Yukon. We have in-person meetings for several weeks during each Spring and Fall. www.facebook.com/ConcussionCa...