Business advisory firm KPMG’s downtown Toronto office is hosting an employee lunch-and-learn March 22 to raise awareness of epilepsy and arm people with the knowledge necessary to foster conversations about seizure disorders. This is one example of what private industry is doing in recognition of Epilepsy Awareness Month. The event is being organized by KPMG’s…
A study aimed at improving children’s working memory with a computer-based training program is being cited as one of the major highlights of EpLink, an epilepsy research program established by the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI). EpLink co-director Dr. McIntyre Burnham says the study, which is led by Dr. Elizabeth Kerr, a clinical neuropsychologist at Toronto’s…
A $100 million, five-year provincial funding initiative provided to the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) for research into neurological disorders, including epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, cerebral palsy, depression and autism, will help position the province as a worldwide brain-research leader, says Dr. Donald Stuss. Stuss, OBI’s president and scientific director, says what makes this funding exceptional is…
Summerfest, an inclusive two-week camp experience, is once again being offered by Epilepsy Ontario at Camp Couchiching. But spaces in the program, which is an opportunity for youths who have epilepsy to mature and gain independence and have fun, are quickly filling up and families should sign up now to ensure their sons and daughters…
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