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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Sep 2

Excited to announce the winners of the inaugural CanStroke Excellence in Clinical Trials Research Award! 🙌This award was launched to recognize the outstanding impact of CanStroke team members and their commitment to improving trial performance, participant engagement, leadership, and collaboration.

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Jul 29

An exciting new publication from the CanStroke team looking at safety and effectiveness of the Walk ‘n Watch exercise protocol - implemented across Canada at 12 study sites recruiting over 300 participants! 🧠🚶

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Jun 27

📰 Media Highlight - Check out two recent articles highlighting Patient Partner Jennifer Monaghan. Learn about her incredible story and dedication to advancing stroke recovery research. ⏬

Kelowna Capital News: www.kelownacapnews.com/local-news/k...
Castanet: www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Jun 9

As part of the annual SPiN Workshop, we were thrilled to host 55 trainees in Montreal. 🧠🔬

Trainees toured cutting-edge research labs and learned about ongoing work in stroke recovery and neurorehabilitation at @UMontreal and the rehab institutes.

#StrokePrograminNeurorecovery

CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Jun 9

We're grateful to Accelerating Clinical Trials Canada for supporting the Knowledge Mobilization of the Walk 'N Watch Protocol through the most recent RFA competition!💥🧠

#StrokeRecovery #CanStroke #KnowledgeMobilization

CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Jun 9

Check out this CASTANET Kelowna Article with Patient Partner Jennifer Monaghan discussing our ongoing study TRAIL (TeleRehabilitation with Aims to Improve Lower Extremity Recovery Post-Stroke) ⬇️🌟

www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...

UBCO trial linking stroke patients with rehabilitation via the internet - Kelowna News

As a fit and healthy 43 year old, Jennifer Monaghan didn’t see the stroke coming.

www.castanet.net

CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Jun 7

Wrapping up an inspiring two days in Montreal! 🇨🇦

The CanStroke Recovery Trials community came together for a vibrant Scientific Meeting.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and helped make this gathering a success. 💡🧠

#StrokeRecovery #CanStroke

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ASNR @asnrehab.bsky.social · May 23

A virtual program with upper limb exercise, wearable device feedback, and therapist support increased daily reach-to-grasp counts < 1 year after #stroke in this multi-site trial. This approach may help increase real-world upper limb activity post-stroke. 🧠🔄 🧠📈 🧪

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

This screenshot provides more information about the linked article. It was published in the journal Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. The title is, "A Randomized Control Trial of a Virtually Delivered Program for Increasing Upper Limb Activity After Stroke".

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · May 28

Dr. Sean Dukelow hosted Destination Canada and Tourism Calgary for a tour of the NeuroRecoVR Treadmill at Foothills Medical Centre and an overview of the ongoing trials with the CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform 💪🙌

#StrokeRecovery @robotlabuc.bsky.social @tourismcalgary.bsky.social

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CANTRAIN - Clinical Trials Training Programs @cantrain.bsky.social · May 16

🤔Vous êtes un étudiant aux cycles supérieurs ou un boursier postdoctoral menant des recherches liées aux essais cliniques et vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur le processus de candidature au Concours 2025-2026 du programme de bourses d'études et de recherche des PFEC ? 1/2

Il s'agit d'une image promotionnelle pour la session d'information sur le concours du programme de bourses d'études et de recherche 2025-2026 des PFEC. La session aura lieu le mercredi 21 mai 2025, de 13h00 à 14h00 HAE sur Zoom. Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant ! Le texte est blanc, et il y a une ligne orange et un bouton qui dit « Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant ». Le fond est gris. À gauche, une image décorative représente une personne devant un ordinateur portable qui écrit dans un cahier posé sur une table.

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CANTRAIN - Clinical Trials Training Programs @cantrain.bsky.social · May 16

🤔 Are you a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow conducting research related to clinical trials and interested in learning more about the application process for the 2025-2026 CTTP Studentship/Fellowship Awards Program Competition? 1/2

This is a promotional image for the information session about the 2025-2026 CTTP Studentship/Fellowship Awards Program Competition. The session will take place on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT on Zoom. Register now! The text is white, and there is an orange line and button that says "Register Now." The background is gray. On the left is a decorative image of a person in front of a laptop writing in a notebook on a table.

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · May 13

Celebrating International Clinical Trials Day on May 20th marks the first recorded clinical trial. Learn more below ⤵️

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · May 8

Applications for the 2025-26 StrokeCog Postdoc and Rehabilitation Fellowship Funding Opportunities open now until May 28th! ⌚️🗓️

View the full guidelines here:
wecantrain.ca/home/student...

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Apr 24

Exciting News!

🚨 Save the Date for the 2026 Canadian Stroke Congress

🗻 Banff, Alberta

📅 May 23-26, 2026

More details coming soon at www.CanadianStroke.ca

#CSC2026 #StrokeCongress26 #SavetheDate #StrokeRecovery #StrokeResearch

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Apr 4

StrokeCog has launched three new Fellowship and Early Career Researcher Awards that are open now! ⬇️

Learn more at:

canadianstroke.ca/news/strokec...

CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Mar 24

💥Calling all trainees in the field of Stroke and VCI💥
Only one week left to apply!

CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Mar 7

Are you a trainee at a Canadian institution in the field of Stroke or Vascular Cognitive Impairment? Apply now to attend the annual Stroke Program in Neurorecovery (SPiN) Workshop in Montreal!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/SPiN2025

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CANTRAIN - Clinical Trials Training Programs @cantrain.bsky.social · Mar 6

What is going to change by doing things together? This is the question the #CTSummit2025 asked us to reflect on and learn from each other.

The answer: We transform what it means to work together on clinical trials as researchers, patient partners, professionals, and Indigenous health leaders.

Group picture of the CANTRAIN Staff at the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, BC during the 2025 Clinical Trials Training Summit

Pictures of 3 clinical trials training platforms leaders (CANTAPTALENT, Strokecog, CBITN) and of ACT all sitting on the stage during the opening plenary of the 2025 Clinical Trials Training Summit. Pictured are: Angela Cheung, Simon Bacon, Farrell Leibovitch, Shrikant Bangdiwala.

Group picture of a subset of the CANTRAIN staff based in Eastern Canada and the Prairies.

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CANTRAIN - Clinical Trials Training Programs @cantrain.bsky.social · Mar 19

📢 CANTRAIN Launches a New International Initiative with EUPATI and MRCT Center and Joint Task Force for Clinical Trials Competency

Learn more about this new initiative: tinyurl.com/PatientEngag...

#PatientEngagement #PatientPartner #PatientPartnership

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Mar 7

Are you a trainee at a Canadian institution in the field of Stroke or Vascular Cognitive Impairment? Apply now to attend the annual Stroke Program in Neurorecovery (SPiN) Workshop in Montreal!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/SPiN2025

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Mar 7

CanStroke Recovery, the Canadian Stroke Consortium, and StrokeCog have launched a survey to identify the needs, gaps, and priorities of our membership to guide the direction and development of a Patient Engagement strategy. 📢Survey open until March 17!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/PatientEng...

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Mar 5

CanStroke investigators were awarded a research grant from ACT Canada as part of the RFA 6 Competition for the brAin coNtrolled robotic arM rehabilitation fOr stRoke (ANIMATOR) Trial!🦾🧠

The trial is in collaboration with Canadian biotechnology company VIBRAINT.

CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Mar 5

Celebrating our StrokeCog Fellow poster competition winners at the CANTRAIN Clinical Trials Training Summit - Rochelle Furtado (1st) and Lynden Rodrigues (3rd)! 🎊

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Mar 5

📢Congratulations to the five StrokeCog PostDoctoral Fellowship awardees who were able to meet in person at the CANTRAIN 2025 Clinical Trials Training Summit!

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Mar 5

Women have traditionally been underrepresented in stroke RCTs, accounting for only 38.8% of participants. Two ongoing trials at CanStroke are looking to change that.

Visit www.CanadianStroke.ca to learn more!

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CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform @canstroke.bsky.social · Feb 4

Exciting News 🎉 The VIsion and Proprioception Evaluation with Robotics after Stroke (VIPERS) study will be launching this year at some of our CanStroke Recovery Trial Sites!

Hotchkiss Brain Institute @hotchkissbrain.bsky.social · Feb 4

Join us in congratulating HBI researchers on their CIHR Grants! We are incredibly proud of our researchers for securing CIHR funding to advance brain and mental health research.

Learn more: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54191.html
#neuroscience #HotchkissBrainInstitute @mathisoncentre.bsky.social

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