Brain Injury Society of Toronto

08/18/2025

We 💓the good times we had at our summer picnic in Regent Park this year!
Thank you everyone who came out for a good time!

08/15/2025

A BIG BIST thank you to Keith Luder and the Luder Family & Sean McGhie - both were very deservedly honoured at our Summer Picnic this month.

The Luder Family won BIST's Top Fundraiser Award for their continuous work organizing Tanya's Ride - a ride in memory of Tanya Luder - a kind act they have done since 2018. These funds raised are so important in helping BIST keep our services FREE and ACCESSIBLE, and we are so humbled by the Luder Family's generosity in memory of their wonderful mother and wife.

Sean McGhie won the Joy Gilbert Ambassador award for his above-and-beyond work chairing our Heroes Run, Walk and Roll Committee and NOW our Spooktacular Soiree Halloween Fundraiser: www.bist.ca/SPOOKY 🎃

Sean - you are simply the best and we are so THANKFUL for all the hard work and dedication you bring to our BIST Community!

08/13/2025

Thank you to our 2025 Corporate Platinum Sponsor PIA Law - the team of McLeish Orlando Lawyers LLP, Oatley Vigmond LLP,and Thomson Rogers LLP Rogers - we couldn't do what we do without your amazing, continued support!

ID: BIST Logo - thank you PIA Law Logo - 2025 Corporate Platinum Sponsor

08/07/2025

08/07/2025

Online tickets are still available for our Laughter Heals Comedy Show - featuring amazing comics: Cosey Corbin, Bob Labrecque, Jeff Mcenery AND Dome Paré AND amazing members of our community - including Alison Foo!
🎟️ www.bist.ca/laugtherheals

08/01/2025

Here's what our members got up to at Freaky Friday - decorating acrylic bookmarks with textiles. Join us every Friday from 1 - 2:30 PM (except first Friday of the month) for good times and good people!

07/26/2025

One of the super cool things about is how close you can get to the stage and the talented performers!

We had so much fun at ‘Waiting For Coffee’ play at our July Community Outing.

Check out this great group pic with BIST Members and Purple Stage actors and our cheeky picture on set! 🎭

We also enjoyed our pre-show drinks at - basically it was a great Friday evening in Toronto!

Once a month BIST Members go on a FREE outing to a community attraction like a museum, art gallery, or movie. Learn more: www.bist.ca/event

07/25/2025

We had SO MUCH Toronto summer FUN at our July Community Outing where we checked out Purple Carrots Drama Studio - CANADA's production of 'Waiting for Coffee'.
Check out this great group pic of BIST Members and actors!
Learn more about our upcoming programs, including our FREE Community Outings at: www.bist.ca/event

07/23/2025

Never forget about water safety - in particular during these wonderful days of summer. This National Drowning Prevention Week, remember rules like:

- kids need to be within an arm's reach and ALWAYS supervised
- drowning fatalities reduce by approximately a third when people swim or boat with a buddy
.

Lifesaving Society Ontario

ID: Two children are mid-air, jumping into a lake. Overlaid text states, 1 in 4 children who survive a near drowning will acquire a brain injury. National Drowning Prevention Week 2025. BIST logo is in the top left corner.

07/19/2025

We 💖looking back out our masks we made during our Freaky Friday arts program in June. Check them out on display at our Mix and Mingle Fundraising event on June 5th and at our booth at Pride Toronto 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️!

Learn more about our programs at: www.bist.ca/event
Unmasking Brain Injury

07/18/2025

🥵 Better late than ever ... we are sharing this information for ODSP and OW recipients to get possible funding for cooling devices.
Health Providers Against Poverty

ID: Infographic about applying for cooling devices through ODSP/OW. It lists requirements, covered items, and how to submit a request, with a thermometer icon and logos for Health Providers Against Poverty and the Canadian Environmental Law Association.

07/17/2025

FIRST NOTICE:

Our Annual General Meeting will take place during September's Community Meeting on Wednesday, September 24th, 6 - 8 PM.

This will be a hybrid meeting.

Refreshments will be served at our in person event.
Learn more and register: www.bist.ca/agm

ID:
BIST Logo
In large green font:
AGM
Annual General Meeting
Wednesday September 24th 2025