June 30, 2016 – Today four members of the Rick Hansen Institute (RHI) Board of Directors (BoD) came to the end of their tenure: Mr. Ryan Barrington-Foote and Drs. Gary Birch, Colleen O'Connell and Catherine Truchon.

The Rick Hansen Institute (RHI) and the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF) work collaboratively to implement a program of research and best practice implementation designed to enhance the well-being of people with spinal cord injury (SCI).

In order to meet its objectives, ONF and RHI launched a funding opportunity in September 2015 to support modest and focused projects related to the development of emerging interventions and innovative technologies with direct application to SCI.

May 2016 – The Rick Hansen Institute is honoured to announce we've received accreditation through Imagine Canada's Standards Program

May 5, 2016 (Vancouver, BC) – Global leaders and stakeholders from across the field of spinal cord injury (SCI) convened last week at Praxis 2016, a landmark conference hosted by the Rick Hansen Institute from April 25-27 in Vancouver, B.C., to develop practical solutions for overcoming challenges to translating research into improved outcomes for individuals living with SCI.

Prax-is/’praksəs/ n. The process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realized 

It is estimated that only 14% of health-related scientific discoveries enter into medical practice and that it takes an average of 17 years for them to do so¹. Even when knowledge is successfully translated, its use is inconsistent.  In order to be successful, two major ‘Valleys of Death’ must be overcome: