"The goal of the Centre is to develop new strategies to repair the brain after injury, specifically after stroke," said Dr. Antoine Hakim, Scientific Director, Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery. "This funding will help ensure the Centre's researchers have access to the world-class infrastructure required to tackle the new frontier in stroke research and to continue making break-through discoveries and implementing treatments."
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"I have seen first-hand the devastating effects of stroke in my family,"said Rocco Rossi. "This is why I decided to embark upon this journey. I will be kayaking my way to Ottawa almost 480 km away to raise money and awareness. The Centre has campuses in Ottawa and Toronto and so this trip is intended to symbolically connect the campuses.
"There are approximately 100,000 paddle strokes between here and Ottawa and that is a metaphor for our need to redouble our efforts to deal with this deadly and incapacitating illness. The Centre represents one of the best hopes to make a real difference and I am delighted and proud to be part of it."
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- I'm all about words and shopping and my dog and napping. I defy definition, especially in a small box such as this. And I like Care Bears and elephants and green amber and Burt's Bees lip balm. I'm into saving the world through righteous indignation and tax deductable donations. And I'm into pessimism laced with just enough optimism to allow me to drag my sorry ass out of bed every morning.
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