Calgary Concussion Awareness & Support
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Awareness group established by Deb Angus (brain injury author, speaker, advocate and 23-yr survivor/warrior) and Josie Letsholo-Nelson (health care provider & 10-yr brain injury survivor/warrior). Hosted by the Brentwood Community Association in their Boardroom located on upper level of the Brentwood Sportsplex, 1520 Northmount Drive NW Calgary T2L 0G6. Meetings are usually held on the last FRIDAY of every month from 7:00-8:30 p.m.
06/02/2026
BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH
STATISTICS info from Brain Injury Canada:
*There are 200,000 concussions annually in Canada [20].
*Sports-related concussion is “among the most complex injuries in sports medicine to diagnose, assess and manage [21].”
*There is no single test that can definitively provide a diagnosis of concussion. There is no blood test, no saliva test, no picture test or even no eye-tracking, pupil size or balance test. None exists yet that on its own can objectively diagnose concussion [22].
*People living in more remote communities were significantly more likely to experience a concussion than those based in cities, noting rural rates could be as high as 1,400 per 100,000 people [23].
References:
[20] SCSC, Evidence, 20 February 2019, 1855 (Dr. Charles Tator, Director, Canadian Concussion Centre – University Health Network).
[21] McCrory et al., Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 (2017) p.839
[22] SCSC, Evidence, 30 January 2019, 1855 (Dr. Roger Zemek, Director, Clinical Research, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario).
[23] Langer L, Levy C, Bayley M. Increasing Incidence of Concussion: True Epidemic or Better Recognition? J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2020;35(1):E60-E66. Doi:10.1097/HTR.0000000000000503
For more info, visit - https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/statistics/
05/20/2026
Brain injury is no act... this is a life-altering injury.
Brain Injury is no act...
05/14/2026
FREE Public Forum ZOOM WEBINAR offered by the Canadian Concussion Centre - Preregistration is req'd (see link directly below)
TITLE: Concussion and Treatment of Prolonged Symptoms
DATE: Wed June 3rd
TIME: 4:00-6:00pm Calgary Time
Link to register: https://events.myconferencesuite.com/ConcussionPublicForum2026/reg/landing
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