Apply to join the Kids Brain Health Network Policy Advocacy Research Training (PART) Committee!
Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) is a national research network that brings together Canada’s leading researchers to help children with neurodevelopmental disabilities enjoy quality [...]
COVID-19 Child, Youth & Family Mental Health Impact Grant
Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC), MSFHR, and the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) are partnering to offer a grant of $50,000 [...]
Claudette Bradshaw FASD Innovation Award
The Claudette Bradshaw FASD Innovation Award recognizes the work of the Honourable Claudette Bradshaw and the many years of service she’s dedicated to the [...]
Reflect, Reimagine, Reform Autism Research in Canada
Canada does not currently have a research framework to oversee and manage how autism research is conducted. The Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorder Alliance (CASDA) recently [...]
Toronto teen determined to continue with poetry fundraiser despite COVID-19 setbacks
Despite setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Toronto teenager Madhavan Thevar has persisted in his efforts to raise $5000 for KBHN. In September, the [...]
KBHN-CASDA Policy Compendium: The Development of a National Autism Strategy
In March 2020, with funding from Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN), CASDA formed Policy Development Working Groups to research and synthesize policy options to [...]
Congratulations to Julia Hanigsberg, named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Women’s Executive Network
Women’s Executive Network (WXN) has named KBHN Board Member Julia Hanigsberg one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019 in the Most Powerful CEOs [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
