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Despite facing multiple brain injuries, Oscar Blyth, a graduate of the University of Victoria and a freestyle skier, has overcome obstacles and continues to pursue his goals.

Brain Canada is committed to supporting a more inclusive way of designing and conducting research. Research approaches that consistently account for differences drive innovation and scientific rigour and reduce gender-based and ethnicity-based health inequities for previously silenced voices.

The Alliance held its inaugural meeting in Toronto today with representatives from the brain health and dementia research community and leaders from CIHR, Alzheimer Society of Canada, Brain Canada, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation, Healthcare Excellence Canada, and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

We make memories and retrieve memories all the time, but there’s a lot we don’t understand about how the brain performs these essential functions.