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Join the National Strategy on Brain Injury Movement

We encourage all Canadians to support the call to our federal government to establish a National Strategy on Brain Injuries Act.

This grassroots movement is lead by brain injury survivors, family members, and is supported by Brain Injury Associations, service providers, researchers, and organizations across Canada.

Alistair MacGregor, MP for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford introduced Private Members Bill C-277, stating, in part, that the Minister of Health must, in consultation with representatives of the provincial governments responsible for health, Indigenous groups and relevant stakeholders, develop a national strategy to support and improve brain injury awareness, prevention and treatment as well as the rehabilitation and recovery of persons living with a brain injury.

The National Strategy on Brain Injury initiative has garnered the support of organizations across Canada and the Yukon, including MPs from the Liberal, NDP, and Conservative parties.

We encourage you to write to your MP and ask they support Bill C-277.

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Download the Briefing Note Here

Briefing Note on the National Strategy on Brain (Bill C-277)

Your MP has received a Briefing Note

Prior to our delegation arriving in Ottawa, over 300 MPs were sent our Briefing Note on the National Strategy on Brain Injury (Bill C-277) to over 300 MPs.

The briefing note is a short document that provides essential information, including the current situation of brain injury in Canada, the impact of chasms in care survivors and families are facing, and recommendations. It serves as a tool to inform decision-makers, offering a quick yet comprehensive overview of the topic at hand.

When speaking to, or emailing your Member of Parliament, please provide a copy of both the Briefing Note_ National Strategy on Brain Injury_October 16 2023 and Bill C-277.

Locate your Member of Parliament here.

Your Voice is Needed!

If you are a Canadian brain injury survivor, family member, or caregiver and you are interested in participating in our 2024 campaign, please email Janelle for more details at [email protected].

Participants will be asked to provide a photo and one minute video to be used in print and on social media. You may live in any of the provinces or territories to participate.

Press Coverage on the National Strategy on Brain Injury

Share the links below with your MP

In the video below, Alistair MacGregor, MP for Langford-Cowichan-Malahat, brain injury survivors, family members, and researchers call upon the Canadian government to take immediate action.

In the video below, (1:58 time mark) Alistair MacGregor, MP for Langford-Cowichan-Malahat asks the Minister of Health in the House of Commons Question Period, if he will support a national strategy.

Listen here to neuropsychologist Dr. Mauricio Garcia-Barrera and Shirley Wilson speak with Stephen Quinn of CBC radio before travelling to Ottawa in October 2023 to call for a pan-Canadian strategy on brain injury prevention and treatment.

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