Families After Brain Injury: Summer Learning & Support 2010

A group for family members of adults (age 18 and up) with a brain injury. An opportunity to learn more about:

• The effects of brain injury on the survivor and family
• Strategies to cope with its changes and challenges
• How to manage stress and care for yourself as you support your injured loved one
• Other topics of interest to the group
• Offered between June and August 2010

Register now! Click here to open the flyer for full details (PDF format).

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Professional of the Year Award

Hedy Chandler, Executive Director of CHIRS has been honoured with the Professional of the Year Award from the Ontario Brain Injury Association (OBIA) for her outstanding contributions to improving the lives of those living with the effects of acquired brain injury. In addition to being CHIRS Executive Director for nearly 25 years, Hedy has participated in various committees for brain injury services at both the provincial and national level. Hedy’s hard work, innovative ideas and dedication to enhancing the lives of persons affected by acquired brain injury continues to inspire us all. Well done and congratulations to Hedy for receiving this prestigious and much deserved award.

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Please click on the faces above to listen to their individual episode or select from the following:

Five Crazy Guys, Part 1 - Gary Hayes
Five Crazy Guys, Part 2 - Tom Taney
Five Crazy Guys, Part 3 - David McAdam
Five Crazy Guys, Part 4 - Dr. Carolyn Lemsky
Five Crazy Guys, Part 5 - Hamid Nouri
Five Crazy Guys, Part 6 - Mike Vetter

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CHIRS has earned its fourth three-year accreditation award from Accreditation Canada.

To earn this award the agency is assessed against national acquired brain injury (ABI) service standards set by Accreditation Canada in collaboration with the health care community and related stakeholders.

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Business of the Year - Innovation and Leadership

The board, staff and clients of CHIRS are thrilled to announce that we have won the Business Excellence Award for "Business of the Year - Innovation and Leadership" from the Toronto Board of Trade, North York Chamber of Commerce. This award recognized CHIRS as providing extraordinary service and leadership, innovation and overall excellence. We wanted to share our excitement with you.
- Hedy Chandler
Executive Director