June 11, 2015 7:30 am – 3:45 pm The Carlu, 444 Yonge Street, 7th Floor, Toronto
Conference Goals This conference will enable participants to: * Discover the impact of the latest legal decisions on your rehabilitation practice. * Increase awareness and understanding of the serious impact of an invisible injury. * Discover emerging trends in the diagnosis and treatments of invisible injuries. * Network with leaders in their field in an informal cocktail reception following the program.
Who Should Attend This conference will be of special interest to life care planners, social workers, discharge planners, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, and other health care professionals who advise and, advocate on behalf of seriously injured patients of all ages in acute care and rehabilitation settings.
Continuing Education Credits Conference attendance certificates will be provided. Registrants are encouraged to review self-assessment guidelines issued by their professional college or association for continuing education credits, or contact their professional college association for further information.
Registration Cost $100 Conference materials, breakfast buffet, refreshments, and luncheon are provided compliments of the conference sponsors.
Registration fees are donated entirely to: PIA Law Educational Bursary Fund
PIA Law has established a continuing educational bursary to enhance the professional knowledge and skill development of clinicians and community health care professionals. This bursary will be given to those who have consistently gone above and beyond the call of duty to assist patients.
Please e-mail rsvp@mcleishorlando.com with the following information: Name: Position: Organization: Address: City Province: Postal Code: Phone: Fax: Email:
Return a copy of your e-mail with a cheque payable to McLeish Orlando LLP. Mail to: Attn: Nikaela Macaalay McLeish Orlando LLP One Queen Street E., Suite 1620 Box 76, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2W5
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Registration is not complete until payment is received. A confirmation of registration will be sent to all attendees. If you do not receive a confirmation of registration you are not registered for the conference.
Event: 8th Annual Personal Injury Charity Hockey Challenge, Collins Barrow Cup Date: April 3rd, 2014 Location: Etobicoke, ON
On April 3, the lawyers of the Personal Injury Alliance took to the ice to support the Canadian Spinal Research Organization’s Shoot for A Cure fundraising campaign. SFAC is a fundraising campaign that aims to reduce the incident of spinal cord injuries and Neurotruama in hockey, as well as to fund research to find a cure for paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries. Check out the video to see our team in action!
The PIA is a Platinum Sponsor for the 10th Anniversary BIST/OBIA Mix and Mingle, “Celebrating Partnerships”.
WHEN: Wednesday June 11, 2014 TIME: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM WHERE: Steam Whistle Brewery, 255 Bremner Blvd, Toronto
This annual event raises awareness of brain injury while bringing together professionals for an evening of entertainment.
The success of this special event allows the Brain Injury Society of Toronto and Ontario Brain Injury Association to carry out the vital programs needed to support individuals with brain injury.
To find out more or to purchase tickets clickHERE.
PUBLIC POLICY WEBINAR: Enhancing Inclusion: Attendant Services in Ontario
Click HERE to watch the webinar that aired on January 20, 2014 10am-12pm
PRESENTED BY: SCI Ontario and the Personal Injury Alliance
Attendant services are essential to the quality of life for many Ontarian’s living with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities. Attendant Service providers promote independence, community participation and better health outcomes. Attendants help with the daily activities such as personal grooming, transferring, dressing, bathing, meals, ventilator and tracheotomy services and much more.
The webinar allowed an opportunity to share and learn more about the challenges and opportunities regarding both private and public attendant services throughout Ontario.
CHAIR: James Vigmond, Personal Injury Alliance
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: His Honour The Honourable David C. Onley, OOnt, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
PANELISTS: Peter Athanasopoulos, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario Sandra Carpenter, Centre for Independent Living in Toronto Sherol Cordner, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario Nick Gurevich, Ontario Rehab Alliance Barbara Hall, Ontario Human Rights Commission Dr. Keith Hayes, Future Care Planner, Parkwood Hospital Anita Kaiser, Consumer Sakina Sadikot, Consumer Bonnie Smith, University Health Network
DATE: Monday, January 20, 2014 TIME: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm REGISTRATION FEE: Complimentary
Together, the Personal Injury Alliance and Spinal Cord Injury Ontario present a Public Policy Webinar – Enhancing Inclusion: Attendant Services in Ontario.
What the program is about: Attendant services are essential to the quality of life for many Ontarian’s with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities. They promote independence, community participation and better health outcomes. Attendants help with daily activities such as personal grooming, transferring, dressing, bathing, meals, respiratory support, and much more.
This is an opportunity to learn about challenges and opportunities regarding both public and private attendant services throughout Ontario.
What you can expect: • Keynote Address from The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on the current state of attendant services • A comprehensive overview of the role of attendant services in promoting quality of life and better health outcomes • An understanding of entitlement to attendant care services in auto accident cases • An invigorating discussion on the policy landscape regarding attendant services in Ontario • The opportunity to benefit from an interactive dialogue with our panelists
For event details, including a list of panelists and registration information CLICK HERE To register for the webinar CLICK HERE
This past summer the firms of the Personal Injury Alliance co-sponsored a one day conference for Health Care Providers, called Practical Strategies – Catastrophic Impairment: A Look into the Future.
The conference was designed to increase awareness and understanding of SCI and provide an update on assessment and treatment strategies.
Oatley Vigmond, Thomson Rogers and McLeish Orlando made a special donation of $11,950 to St. Michael’s Hospital, Orthopedic Research Team to help their research in orthopedic surgery.
From left to right: Darcy Merkur – Thomson Rogers, Jim Vigmond – Oatley, Vigmond, John McLeish – McLeish Orlando, Dr. Daniel Whelan – St. Michael’s Hospital, Leonard Kunka – Thomson Rogers, Sloan Mandel – Thomson Rogers, Patrick Brown – McLeish Orlando
