Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association provides services and support programs for people with acquired brain injuries and their families/supporters in the Fraser Valley of BC.
Service: Community Support Groups
Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods
Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods (CAN) is committed to equity, diversity, and accessibility. CAN recognizes that people with disabilities and/or chronic health conditions have multiple intersecting identities that affect their experiences and daily life. CAN represents and honours all identities by centering decolonization and using both an intersectional lens and disability justice framework. CAN is dedicated to education, whether community members, government, businesses, organizations, and/or communities. Our material is adjustable to new learners or more experienced audiences and delivered in a variety of ways. We deliver workshops, including: Breaking Barriers, Crip Kindness, Disability Awareness, Disability Justice, Gender + Sexuality, Imposter Syndrome, and Queer + Trans History (BC and Canada). We do presentations for conferences, speak on panels, and participate on committees for a number of issues: accessibility, academic and/or medical ableism, disability awareness, streetscapes, transportation, poverty, 2SLGBTQIA+ issues, and privileges and oppressions. CAN does consultation work, engaging collaboratively to find creative solutions to, and educate about, barriers within communities. Projects include: accessibility, transportation, advocacy, empowerment, disability awareness, poverty, 2SLGBTQIA+ (Queer) issues, disability justice, and more. Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods empowers people with disabilities, builds community, enables people to advocate for themselves and others, celebrates diversity, and amplifies lived experience.
Brain Injury Services of Northern Ontario (BISNO)
We have 30 Assisted Living spaces across 3 sites in Thunder Bay with 24hr/day staffing. We provide Community Rehabilitation and Outreach services to approximately 300 people/year across North Western Ontario. We provide individual and family counselling and people have some access to neuropsychology services. We also support individuals with an ABI and co-occurring mental health issue, ten who have access to an RGI unit. We partner with many community agencies as well as Home and Community Support Services North West to access professional services such as nursing, OT, PT, SLP and PSW’s.
Brain Injury Association of the Ottawa Valley
The BIAOV is a The Brain Injury Association of the Ottawa Valley is a non-profit organization that helps acquired brain injury survivors reconnect with their environment. The Mission is to offer education, information, hope and support to persons with brain injury, their family members, friends, caregivers and professionals in the Ottawa Valley region.
Family Caregivers of BC
Family Caregivers of BC offers BC-wide services for family and friend caregivers providing unpaid care and support to people living with chronic disease, disability or frailty due to aging. Services include: BC Caregiver Support Line, with one-to-one emotional support, health system navigation, Brief Action Planning, information and referral, Caregiver Coach by referral; Support Group Facilitator Training, Online Caregiver Resource Center – a tools and resources website; Education and Learning webinars, recordings, e-learning and more. Also works in collaboration with community, health authority and government partners to include the family caregiver voice in health care policy and practice.
Ontario Caregiver Organization
The Ontario Caregiver Organization (OCO) exists to support Ontario’s 3.3 million caregivers; ordinary people who provide physical and emotional support to a family member, partner, friend or neighbour. We support caregivers by being their one point of access to information, so they have what they need to be successful in their role.
Caregivers Nova Scotia Association
Caregivers Nova Scotia provides programs, services, and advocacy for caregivers.
Brain Care Centre (BCC)
BCC is a not-for-profit organization that offers programs and services to adults (18+) impacted by acquired brain injury so they may overcome limitations, reconnect, and thrive in the community.
Dale Brain Injury Services
At Dale Brain Injury Services we provide a continuum of high quality, client-centered services to persons affected by an acquired brain injury. By providing services that are accessible, evidence-based and responsive to the changing needs of our clients, our community, and our partners, DBIS supports individuals to maximize their strengths and live healthy, meaningful lives.
Also serving the counties of Elgin, Oxford, Middlesex, Grey, Bruce, Huron, & Perth
Brain Injury Association of London and Region
The Brain Injury Association of London and Region (BIALR) is committed to empowering and maximizing the quality of life for individuals living with the effects of an acquired brain injury and their families and caregivers, through support, social activities, community and peer opportunities, advocacy, and information. We are committed to education, raising awareness, and the prevention of brain injury in our community.
