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Heart & Stroke, the Canadian Stroke Consortium, Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation, and the CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform are proud to announce that Moira Kapral MD, MSc, FRCPC is to deliver the 2024 Hnatyshyn Lecture.

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Heart & Stroke, the Canadian Stroke Consortium, Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation, and the CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform are proud to announce that lived experience advocates Sandra and Larry Varcoe are to give the Louise and Frank Nieboer Lecture.

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The NEW module for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, 2024 Seventh Edition, is now available and published in pre-print (accepted manuscript version) in the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences.

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This prestigious conference recognizes a healthcare professional who has made a significant and positive impact in the field of stroke and brain health. Nominations close on Monday June 3rd, 2024 at end of business day. Find out more about the criteria and process.  

Named in honour of Louise and Frank Nieboer, this lecture will acknowledge outstanding members of the stroke community who have turned their personal experiences into a mission to help others travelling a similar journey. Nominations close on Monday June 3rd, 2024 at end of business day. Find out more about the criteria and process. 

The CCRP is an advisory group of people with lived experience and caregivers who help to ensure that our stroke guidelines are grounded in real life experiences and address your needs and preferences. This is done by sharing feedback and insights based on your lived experiences, discussing draft recommendations, and designing resources. 

We are looking for people with lived experience of stroke that are interested in the area of acute stroke occurring in an individual who is pregnant or post-partum; and, secondary prevention of stroke in an individual who is pregnant with a history of stroke. 

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Heart & Stroke, the Canadian Stroke Consortium, Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation, and the CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform are proud to announce that Andrew Demchuk MD, FRCPC is to deliver the 2023 Hnatyshyn Lecture and lived experience advocates Lori Beaver and Carole Laurin are to give the Louise and Frank Nieboer Lecture.  

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Named in honour of Louise and Frank Nieboer, this lecture will acknowledge outstanding members of the stroke community who have turned their personal experiences into a mission to help others travelling a similar journey. Deadline for nominations is April 28th, 2023. Find out more about the criteria and process. 

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This prestigious lectureship recognizes a healthcare professional who has made a significant and positive impact on brain health. Deadline for nominations is April 28th, 2023. Find out more about the criteria and process.

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The NEW updated module for Acute Stroke Management, 2022 Seventh Edition, is now available and published in the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

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On December 20, 2022, Heart & Stroke published a new study in the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences which reveals that annual stroke occurrence rates in Canada have increased to 108,707 – or approximately one every five minutes.

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Lived Experience advocate Angela Wright named 2022 Louise and Frank Nieboer Lecturer.

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Janice Eng, PhD, PT nominated by peers as 2022 Ramon J. Hnatyshyn Lecturer in stroke.

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Heart & Stroke, the Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, and the Canadian Stroke Consortium are proud to announce that Janice Eng, PhD, PT is to deliver the 2022 Hnatyshyn Lecture, and lived experience advocate Ms. Angela Wright is to give the Louise and Frank Nieboer Lecture.

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The NEW Virtual Stroke Rehabilitation 7^th Edition, Interim Consensus Statement is now available and published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation!

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More than thirty years of thinking big revolutionizes stroke care in Canada

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Together, Brain Canada, the Canadian Stroke Consortium, and Heart & Stroke are pleased to launch the 2022 Stroke Clinical Research Catalyst Grant program. This funding opportunity will provide seed funding to develop new lines of research and generate preliminary data that would support successful applications to larger grants from granting agencies, while broadening the researcher’s clinical research program.

Deadline to register: May 31, 2022 at 16:00 ET 

Deadline for receipt of Full Applications: July 31, 2022 at 16:00 ET

Be a part of the WSC scientific program by submitting your abstract today. The deadline is May 9^th!

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Named in honour of Louise and Frank Nieboer, this lecture will acknowledge outstanding members of the stroke community who have turned their personal experiences into a mission to help others travelling a similar journey. Deadline for nominations is June 1, 2022. Find out more about the criteria and process.  

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This prestigious lectureship recognizes a healthcare professional who has made a significant and positive impact on brain health. Deadline for nominations is June 1, 2022. Find out more about the criteria and process.

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Hnatyshyn lecturer Dr. Stephen Phillips helped lead dramatic improvements in stroke care

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Jennifer Monaghan taps her own stroke experience to help smooth the path for others

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Heart & Stroke, the Canadian Stroke Consortium and the Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery are proud to announce that Halifax stroke neurologist Dr. Stephen Phillips is to deliver the 2021 Hnatyshyn Lecture, and patient advocate Ms. Jennifer Monaghan is to give the inaugural Louise and Frank Nieboer Lecture

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The new updated module for Secondary Prevention of Stroke, 2020 Seventh Edition, is now available and published in pre-print in the Canadian Journal of Neurosciences

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Use of technology holds promise but more to do to ensure equitable access

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The CCRP is an advisory group of people with lived experience and caregivers who help to ensure that our stroke guidelines are grounded in real life experiences and address your needs and preferences. This is done by sharing feedback and insights based on your lived experiences, discussing draft recommendations, and designing resources.

If you have experience with Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI and or vascular dementia) or with Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST) and would like to get involved, please click below to learn more! 

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The new module for Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, 2020 Seventh Edition, is now available and published in the International Journal of Stroke 

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A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences has found that young adults delay calling 911 and do not use ambulances to go to hospital at onset of stroke as often as older patients. Researchers also determined that young women are the least likely group to use ambulance services for stroke. Dr Patrice Lindsay, Director of Systems Change and Stroke Program, noted: “In Canada, almost five per cent of strokes occur in young adults under the age of 45 years, and 15-20 per cent occur in adults under the age of 60.”

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Guidance on implementing evidence-based stroke care across the continuum during the COVID-19 pandemic published in the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 

Rehabilitation, Recovery and Community Participation following Stroke 2019 sixth edition has been published in the International Journal of Stroke. This includes: Part One: Rehabilitation and Recovery following Stroke and Part Two: Transitions and Community Participation following Stroke. 

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This supplement presents abstracts accepted for the 2019 Canadian Stroke Congress, including oral abstracts, digital oral posters, brag and steal presentations, and regular posters.

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New research from the World Stroke Organization on how to optimize stroke education.

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The 2019 Update of Mood, Cognition and Fatigue following Stroke is now available.

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Heart & Stroke would like to honour the memory of Dr. Sonja Findlater

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(Dis)connected: How unseen links are putting us at risk

Effects of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health events on work and earnings: a population-based retrospective cohort study

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