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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|

Development of an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Supporting Coaching and Optimal Service for Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

A team from the University of Alberta is attempting to improve the life outcomes of families affected by Neurodevelopmental Disorders by developing a chatbot. The verification of engagement strategies used in the Chatbot is critical to improving families’ experiences with the application. What the participants will do? The focus group is a one-time 45-60 minute [...]

2020-09-21T07:07:54-08:00September 21st, 2020|News|

Toronto Teen Writes Poetry to Raise Funds for KBHN

Fifteen-year-old Torontonian Madhavan Thevar has always been interested in expressing himself and helping other young people to do the same. As a third-grader, he edited and disseminated a magazine featuring hand-written stories, opinions and journalism from himself and other children. He noticed that some children's’ voices aren’t as often heard. This realization began nearly [...]

2020-09-17T07:53:42-08:00September 16th, 2020|News|

KBHN Awards Funding to Support Implementation Readiness

For over a decade, Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) has dedicated itself to improving the lives of children and families living with neurodevelopmental disabilities by funding innovative research leading to new approaches to aid in early identification, evidence-based interventions and enhanced support for families. The Network’s focus on moving research outputs into practice includes [...]

2020-09-14T13:37:46-08:00September 14th, 2020|News|
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