News & Updates

According to data collected by Public Health Agency of Canada, approximately 878,500 Canadian adults over the age of 20 have experienced a Stroke, a sudden loss of brain function caused by a brain blood vessel blockage or rupture.

Approximately 1 in 5 adolescents who report having a Brain Injury experience persistent and long-lasting emotional and behavioural challenges. The reasons why have been difficult to tease apart – until recently. Future Leader, Dr. Anne Wheeler and her research team studied pre- and post-concussion data from male and female children.

A growing number of kids’ brains have likely been spared injury thanks to enhanced safety guidelines informed by a large-scale Brain Canada-funded research platform. A series of studies made possible by the Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping (CFMM) at Western University (Western) in London, Ontario found that even minor concussions cause changes to the brain’s structure and function. These findings from the CFMM, which operates some of the most sophisticated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrumentation in the world, informed a series of policies to protect youth while playing contact sports like soccer and hockey.