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$93, 500 Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant from the Ontario Government Gives Community a Lift

By: Brain Injury Association of Waterloo-Wellington

Left: Robert Coole from OTF, MPP Aislinn Clancy and Lynda Abshoff Executive Director, BIAWW.

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Charitable Fund Spotlight: Brain Injury Association of Waterloo Wellington

By: Kindred Credit Union

​We're sending a huge THANK YOU to Kindred Credit Union for supporting our mission at BIAWW. With their generous support, we're helping survivors of brain injury regain confidence, manage their mental health, and take recovery into their own hands. One app, one step, one day at a time. 

From mindfulness tools to cognitive therapy apps, technology is becoming a powerful ally in the healing journey and it's making a difference. 
"New pathways can be formed. Significant recovery is possible." ~ Lynda Abshoff, Executive Director, BIAWW. 

Read the full story of impact and hope here

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What's Buzzin' with Chris and Cam - Lakeside Laps

By: Rogers TV

​​Chris and Cam chat with the organizers of the fundraiser Lakeside Laps for Brain Injury Awareness! 

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Waterloo Region Walks for Brain Injury Awareness Month

By: City News Kitchener Staff

​Statistics from Brain Injury Canada show twenty thousand people in Waterloo Region are affected by some kind of brain injury, and no two cases are the same. 

Lynda Abshoff, executive director of the Brain Injury Association of Waterloo-Wellington spoke to CityNews Kitchener on the struggles of tackling such a wide reaching problem.

Read the full story here

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BIAWW Receives $150 000 grant over 2 years from the Law Foundation of Ontario 

By: The Law Foundation of Ontario

The Brain Injury Association of Waterloo Wellington will develop and implement training for family law services, healthcare providers, and other professionals around how to recognize brain injury (BI) in intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. It will also develop resources to assist survivors of IPV with BI to navigate the family law system effectively and will work with researchers to better understand the experiences of IPV survivors with BI in the family court system. 

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