news CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT CONfERENCE The University of Saskatchewan is holding a Concussion Management Conference in Saskatoon, Sk. Friday April 26 and Saturday, April 27, 2013. Friday evening keynote speaker is Tim Fleiszer, four-time CFL Grey Cup Champion, now with Sport Legacy Institute!! Saturday keynote speakers are Dr. Micky Collins, PhD Clinical Psychologist, Director of the University of Pittsburgh Sport Medicine Center, and Dr. Karen McAvoy, PhD Clini-cal Psychologist at Rocky Mountain Children’s Hospital. The partners in this event are University of Saskatchewan Huskie Athletics, Sport Medicine and Science Council of Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health’s ABI/SGI Partnership Project, ThinkFirst Canada and Continuing Physical Therapy Education. The conference information and registration form for the agenda and speaker bios are available at www.usask.ca/cpte/ THIRD BIENNIAL CONfERENCE ON BRAIN INjURY IN CHILDREN The Centre for Brain and Behaviour at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto will be hosting its Third Biennial Conference on Brain Injury in Children at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Toronto from July 9-13, 2013. The SickKids Centre for Brain and Be-haviour is a virtual assembly of areas within the Paediatric Neurosciences, both internal and external to SickKids. Its core business is the creation of a seamless integration of clinical, research and educational activities. The Centre is fluid but is defined by interactions, collaborations and the im-plementation of strategic initiatives by its diverse members. The Centre’s mission is to advance the integration of research, clinical care, education, and outreach to improve awareness of, as well as health, quality of life, and well being of chil-dren everywhere with disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and muscle. As DCs may encounter children with brain injuries of varying etiologies in their clinics, the Centre is a resource for up-to-date information and research on health implications, co-morbidities, etc, experienced by children living with these injuries. Topics will include Guidelines for the Acute Medical Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: The Evidence, NFL and Concussion in Sport: Lessons Learned, Prevention of Traumatic Brain Injury: ThinkFirst, Concussion in Chil-dren and Youth: Diagnostic Indicators of Recovery and more. For more information about this confer-ence, please visit www.sickkids.ca/brain-network/Day1.aspx 2013 CMCC RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM DCs are invited to the 2013 Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) Research Symposium titled Specialized patient management: women’s health, geriatrics, paediatrics. This event will be held on October 26 and 27 at the CMCC campus in Toronto. The biennial CMCC Symposium brings together the brightest minds and latest findings in chiropractic research. This two-day conference will feature speak-ers from across North America, hands-on breakout sessions, expert panels, discus-sion groups and plenary lectures. Stay tuned for more information at www.cmcc.ca/symposium. 10 • CANADiAN CHiROPRACTOR | APRiL 2013 www.canadianchiropractor.ca
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