The Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation – A Message From its Board After 23 years of making a difference in the lives of those living with spinal cord injuries and head injuries, the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF) closed its doors on March 31, 2021. Despite discussions through 2020, the Foundation and the...
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ONF Announces Closure After 23 Years
Sadly, the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF) has announced the closure of its doors after 23 years. As an important partner and ally of the CSRO, the ONF has supported our initiatives, and provided us with a research network that allowed funding to amplify through shared channels to make our research...
Bay Area Health Trust launches Safety Chair, a new evacuation device with the goal of getting EVERYONE OUT! in collaboration with the Canadian Spinal Cord Research Organization
March 11th, 2021 HAMILTON, ON-- (BUSINESS WIRE)—Bay Area Health Trust (bayareahealthtrust.com), and Live Easy Inc. (liveeasyinc.com) today announced their exclusive Canadian distribution rights for the Safety Chair emergency evacuation device and the launch of Project EVERYONE OUT! in support of the Canadian Spinal Cord Research Organization’s (CSRO) fundraising, advocacy and...
A Tribute to Ray Wickson
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Ray Wickson. Ray was a pioneer and leader in a quest for a cure for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury. After being injured in a car accident in 1983, Ray dedicated his life to raising funds for spinal...
SCI Research in the News – CBC’s The National
With the recent news coverage of Humboldt Broncos' crash survivor Ryan Straschnitzki's treatments abroad, the conversation about epidural stimulation has entered the mainstream media. The SCI community has been aware of the benefits of neuromodulation for some time, and we are working through the established research channels to make this...
Congratulations to our 12 Days of Giving 50/50 Raffle Winner!
This year we tried something a little different to wrap up the year - and we ran an Online 50/50 Draw in the beginning of December. The draw ran for 12 days and resulted in a jackpot of $500 being awarded. Our lucky winner was Melanie who received her prize...
SCITRIALS.ORG – Helping Connect People with Spinal Cord Injury Trials Worldwide
 SCITRIALS.ORG a new website that launched this fall, is offering people with spinal cord injuries a fast and accurate way to search for clinical trials happening anywhere in the world. For people looking for spinal cord injury (SCI) trials to participate in, the current offerings online are cumbersome and not specifically...
SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON
This year, the CSRO and our supporters took part in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. As part of our Paving the Way for a Cure campaign, we rallied our new partners at the 407 ETR, and the OPP, as well as longtime supporters Permobil and Simone Performance to come out...
SAM Car Experience at Honda Toronto Indy
This year, at the Toronto Honda Indy the CSRO Ambassador Team was invited to take part in the SAM Car experience - which stands for Semi-Autonomous Motorcar. The vehicle was created by Arrow, and allows drivers with paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries to operate the car without the use...
Honda Indy Toronto – Paving the Way for a Cure campaign launch
The Honda Indy Toronto was a weekend to remember for the CSRO, with the launch of our Paving the Way for a Cure campaign. We enjoyed the action on the track, while cheering on our friends at Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports as their team competed for the win. We chose...