Cole Kennedy
@Cole_J_Kennedy
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Doctoral Clinical Neuropsychology Student & Researcher with the University of Victoria's CORTEX lab (@LabCortex). Student Senator (@uvic). (He/His/Him)
Victoria, B.C.
Joined May 2021
RT @braininjury_CAN: Parliament of Canada was prorogued by the Governor General. The current session of legislative work has been stopped.…
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RT @braininjury_CAN: Family Caregivers: Your Health & Wellbeing is a free, self-paced course all about taking care of yourself so you can t…
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RT @Fraserhealth: New robotic rehabilitation equipment at Queen’s Park Care Centre is helping patients on their rehabilitation journey, ass…
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One year ago today I was in our nations capital to advocate for Bill C-277. Today, the Bill undergoes it's second study by the Health Committee!
The next Standing Committee on Health meeting addressing Bill C-277, An Act to establish a national strategy on brain injuries, will take place October 24th at 3:30 pm ET. Watch the live webcast and view previous meetings and testimonies here:
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Up to 75% of women enduring intimate partner violence suffer brain injuries. Today, on #PurpleThursday, let's break the silence on this overlooked crisis and stand together to raise awareness. @CRP_National #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth
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RT @OAKConcussion: 🇨🇦Concussion Awareness Week🇨🇦 #Concussioned for athletes with intellectual disability does not exist. We co-created the…
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RT @braininjury_CAN: September 22-28 is #ConcussionAwarenessWeek & we'll be sharing a series of presentations on concussion & symptom manag…
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RT @Fraserhealth: Congratulations to Dr. Sonia Singh and her team for receiving the @HlthResearchBC 2024 Professional-Investigator Award.
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How does this service discontinuation impact rates of overdose-induced brain injuries in BC?
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RT @LabCortex: @MAGarciaBarrera & @Cole_J_Kennedy shed light on overdose-related brain injury, an overlooked epidemic. The 3-year BC Consen…
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Very excited to share this community-engaged research! "The results of this study provide researchers with an agenda to focus their efforts on critical and urgent issues currently being experienced by stakeholders" (Kennedy et al., 2024, p. 11)
A recent publication led by @uvic and @UBCmedicine researchers - @Cole_J_Kennedy @jy_schmidt @MAGarciaBarrera - and patient partners identifies research priorities for addressing the intersections of brain injury, mental health & addictions (open access):
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Grateful to have Dr. Daniel Vigo—BC's newly appointed Chief Scientific Advisor for Psychiatry, Toxic Drugs and Concurrent Disorders—join us for BC Consensus on Brain Injury, our @uvic led community-engaged study. @VigoLabUBC @UBCmedicine @UVicResearch
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Extending a tremendous thank you to Minister @JM_Whiteside and the entire BC Ministry of Mental Health & Addictions team for supporting our research! #braininjury @uvic @UVicResearch @UVicSocialSci @UVicEngage
Honored to speak at the BC Consensus on Brain Injury, Mental Health & Addictions conference today at @uvic. Thank you to Traumatic Life Loss, the Heads Together Think Tank, & all Indigenous, Health, & Community groups for the important work you do to provide brain injury support.
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RT @UVicSocialSci: "There is a profound lack of awareness for overdose-related brain injury," #uvic #socialsciences researcher Mauricio Gar…
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"it is possible that more than 600,000 overdose-related brain injuries have occurred in Canada" Learn more in my and @MAGarciaBarrera article published yesterday in @ConversationCA
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Moments ago the House of Commons unanimously voted in favour of Bill C-277, the National Strategy on Brain Injuries Act. History was made today! @braininjury_CAN @BrainInjuryAct @AMacGregor4CML @parachutecanada @CTRC_CCRT @MarchofDimes
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RT @CCN_RCC: Message from the Minister of Health, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health and Minister of…
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Last year I had the privilege of chatting with Barb Butler—survivor of brain injury and powerful advocate. Link below to hear Barb's story and support the #125DaysToSayYes campaign.
Day #1 of 125 Days to Say Yes! Meet Barb Butler of Regina, Saskatchewan. Her MP is @MichaelKramSK Conservative Member of Parliament for Regina-Wascana. Ask your MP to support Bill C-277. @AMacGregor4CML
#125daystosayyes #nationalstrategyonbraininjury
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