Survive-Strive-Thrive 2023
The Cridge Centre for the Family, BC Brain Injury Association, and Brainstreams are pleased to host the 2023 Survive-Strive-Thrive Conference. This event is for survivors, family members, caregivers, and anyone touched by brain injury.
BC Brain Injury Association Annual General Meeting
Join us for the 2022 BC Brain Injury Association’s Annual General Meeting.
We will be celebrating 40 years of service and sharing our latest videos to assist survivors of brain injury, family, friends and caregivers to navigate the system.
Date: September 29, 2022
Location: Inn at the Quay, New Westminster
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Cultivating Community is Cultivating Kindness
What is this video about?
Cultivating Kindness is the story behind Opportunity Landing, a non-profit society dedicated to developing and maintaining a space for inclusive, accessible community gardens in Langley BC.
Juliet Henderson-Rahbar, is a board member of the BC Brain Injury Association, and the Leader for Connect Communities in Langley—a place where people who’ve survived a life-altering brain injury can begin to redesign their lives in the community. Earlier this year, Juliet came across an article on Opportunity landing in the Langley Advance Times https://www.langleyadvancetimes.com/news/new-langley-community-garden-gets-test-run-this-spring-at-twu/.
After seeing the design and the nearby location, Juliet knew this inclusive, outdoor space accessible to the people supported at CONNECT would be a tremendous opportunity. Like everyone else, CONNECT had just completed the first year […]
Campbell River Head Injury Support Society
The breathtaking community of Campbell River is world-renown for a few things. Located on the east coast of Vancouver Island, it is a short 1.5 hour drive from Nanaimo, and boasts pristine scenery and wildlife, snow-capped mountains, and claims the title of Salmon Capital of Canada. This thriving city is on the Salish Sea and has an abundance of Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye Salmon; residents and visitors can enjoy fishing year-round.
In addition to low crime and low unemployment rates, this city ensures its community members thrive by providing important services. In particular, the Campbell River Head Injury Support Society (CRHISS) serves nearly five hundred survivors of brain […]
Building Community Connections
This workshop is offered for brain injury survivors, their friends and families. Get to know the resources available to you and your family in your community. Hear from other survivors as they share their personal journeys.
Building Community Connections
This workshop is offered for brain injury survivors, their friends and families. Get to know the resources available to you and your family in your community. Hear from other survivors as they share their personal journeys.
Building Community Connections
This workshop is offered for brain injury survivors, their friends and families. Get to know the resources available to you and your family in your community. Hear from other survivors as they share their personal journeys.
Building Community Connections
This workshop is offered for brain injury survivors, their friends and families. Get to know the resources available to you and your family in your community. Hear from other survivors as they share their personal journeys.
Building Community Connections
This workshop is offered for brain injury survivors, their friends and families. Get to know the resources available to you and your family in your community. Hear from other survivors as they share their personal journeys.
Building Community Connections
This workshop is offered for brain injury survivors, their friends and families. Get to know the resources available to you and your family in your community. Hear from other survivors as they share their personal journeys.
Book Launch
Join traumatic brain injury and cancer survivor and poet Hélène Levasseur for the launch of her book Wayfaring Wounded Wondrously.