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Fetal Alcohol Resource Program wins Crime Prevention Ottawa’s 2020 Innovation Award

The ABLE2 Fetal Alcohol Resource Program (FARP), which, in addition to many other types of supports and services, helps people living with FASD navigate the criminal justice system. In recognition of this work, FARP has recently received the 12th annual Crime Prevention Ottawa’s Innovation Award for 2020. Crime Prevention Ottawa is an organization dedicated to [...]

2023-05-06T12:12:30-08:00January 12th, 2021|News|

KBHN-MITACS project explores the impact of COVID-19 on quality of life in families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

On Friday, January 8, 2021, Simon Fraser University (SFU) hosted a free online dialogue on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted families of children and youth with special needs. The event showcased findings from a research project funded through a partnership with MITACS, Kids Brain Health Network and Autism Community Training (ACT). KBHN-Mitacs Intern [...]

2023-05-06T12:08:58-08:00January 12th, 2021|News|

Happy Holidays from KBHN

Thinking of You This Holiday Season... We are approaching the end of an unprecedented year. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers, community agencies, children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, and their families have faced increased difficulties researching, delivering, and accessing supports from a home base. Despite these challenges, the Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) made [...]

2023-05-06T12:26:14-08:00December 17th, 2020|News|

FER Course graduates win Best Demonstration Poster Award at the 74th Annual AACPDM Conference

September 23-26, 2020, marked the 74th American Academy of Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Medicine’s (AACPDM) Annual Meeting. An infographic checklist that helps guide families through the research process took home the Best Demonstration Poster Award as voted by attendees. Heather Shearer and Kristina McGuire created the infographic as part of a Kid’s Brain Health [...]

2023-05-08T08:45:38-08:00December 16th, 2020|News|

RMC Member, Laura Hillier, takes on a new role as the Director, Population and Public Health Evidence and Evaluation for the Government of Yukon

Congratulations to Laura Hillier, a member of the Kids Brain Health Network Research Management Committee (KBHN RMC), for her new role as Director, Population and Public Health Evidence and Evaluation with the Government of Yukon. Equipped with a Masters in Epidemiology, Hillier has spent her career coordinating and evaluating health-based projects. For the last eight [...]

2021-01-19T13:21:26-08:00December 10th, 2020|News|

Welcoming Government Officials in 2020 KBHN Conference

Dr. Brian Goldman, the host of this year’s Kids Brain Health Network conference, will be welcoming Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, The Hon. Carla Qualtrough, independent Senators Hon. Rosemary Moodie, Hon. Jim Munson and The Hon. Colin Deacon, and Conservative MP, The Hon. Mike Lake to the virtual stage during the KBHN [...]

2023-08-11T06:17:02-08:00October 29th, 2020|2020 Conference, News|

Dr. Cindy Blackstock to Present at KBHN 2020 Conference about Systemic Racism Facing First Nations Children

Dr. Cindy Blackstock OC FRSC—who has been described as Canada’s “relentless moral voice” for First Nations equality—will present at the Kids Brain Health Network virtual conference in November. Dr. Blackstock will focus her talk on the systemic racism First Nations people currently experience in North America as an opportunity to draw peoples’ attention to the [...]

2023-08-11T06:16:39-08:00October 29th, 2020|2020 Conference, News|

Dr. Brian Goldman to MC 2020 KBHN Conference

When participants log into Kids Brain Health Network’s first-ever virtual conference in November, they’ll hear a familiar voice: that of Dr. Brian Goldman, host of White Coat, Black Art, the CBC’s long-running, popular radio series about the world of medicine. Besides being one of Canada’s top medical-science communicators, Dr. Goldman is also an experienced [...]

2023-08-11T06:17:23-08:00October 6th, 2020|2020 Conference, News|

Kids Brain Health Network Welcomes Seven New Board Members to the Board of Directors

Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) has always had a rich and diverse Board of Directors. Each member is rich in experience and has an active interest in helping Kids Brain Health realize its vision of developing and implementing potential solutions for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families. It is with immense gratitude and appreciation [...]

2023-05-08T09:47:34-08:00October 6th, 2020|News|

MITACS and KBHN partner to fund $140,000 in COVID-19 Research Internships

Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families have faced unprecedented challenges in accessing supports from a home base. Navigating this new normal has called for new ways of delivering services and supports. To fast-track solutions, Mitacs and Kids Brain Health Network [...]

2020-10-27T10:49:13-08:00September 22nd, 2020|News|
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