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BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK Activities
Held March 15 - 20, 1999
 Activities
Held in Saskatoon and Regina:
MIND BOGGLE PUZZLES
These are word puzzles
that were designed by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.
They can be used as a fun way to learn about the functions of
the brain.
BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK DINNER
The dinner was held at
the Ramada Hotel in Saskatoon, SK on Friday, March 12, 1999 beginning
at 6:00 pm. Highlights included:
a talk by the Honourable
Judy Junor, Associate Minister of Health for the Province of
Saskatchewan,
Dr. David Schreyer, who
reported on the state of neuroscience in Saskatchewan and some
of the outstanding achievements during the past year,
and an outline of the
new challenges in Health Research in Canada by Marcel Chartrand,
MRC, Ottawa.
The voluntary health
agencies also reported on their achievements and their plans
for the coming year.
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PUBLIC LECTURES
With the exception of
the talk by Danna Wilkinson, all presentations were given in
the lecture theater of the Frances Morrison library in downtown
Saskatoon. The lectures began at 7:00 pm.
Tuesday, March
16, 1999: Ms. Shirley
Wieler (Department of Speech Pathology, RUH) spoke on "Child
Language Development".
Wednesday, March
17, 1999: Dr. Satish
Shrikhande (Department of Psychiatry, U. of S.) spoke on "Mysteries
of Schizophrenia".
Wednesday, March
17, 1999: Danna Wilkinson
(Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan) gave a talk on "What
is Alzheimer's Disease? All Your Questions Answered" in
Regina at the Goerge Bothwell Branch Library.
Friday, March 19,
1999: Dr. Earl DeCouteau
(Clinical Gerontology, Department of Medicine, RUH) spoke on
"Whats New in the Diagnosis and Management of Alzheimers
Disease."
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VISITS TO SERVICE CLUBS
Monday, March 15,
1999 (7:00 am): Dr.
David Schreyer addressed the Rotary Club of Saskatoon Meewasin;
the title of his talk was "Brain and Spinal Cord Injury:
New Hope From Biomedical Research".
Monday, March 15,
1999 (12:00 noon):
Dr. Sergey Fedoroff addressed the Rotary Club of Saskatoon; the
title of his talk was "Brain Stem Cells: New Kids on the
Block".
Tuesday, March
16, 1999 (12:00 noon):
Dr. Margaret Crossley addressed the Rotary Club of Saskatoon
Nutana; the title of her talk was "The Aging Brain: Facts
or Fantasy".
Wednesday,March
17 (5:45 pm): Dr.
David Schreyer addressed the Rotary Club of Saskatoon Meewasin;
the title of his talk was "Brain and Spinal Cord Injury:
New Hope From Biomedical Research".
Thursday,March
18 (12:00 noon):
Dr. Jonathan R. Dimmock addressed the Rotary Club of Saskatoon
North; the title of his talk was "The quest for new anticonvulsants".
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VISITS TO SCHOOLS
- Monday March 15
Evan Hardy
Collegiate,two grades
12. Volunteers: Jasper Bintner and Aaron Jordan
- St.Bernard Elementary
School, two grades
4, one grade 5. Volunteers: Jennifer Chlan-Fourney and Colleen
Fennig
Tuesday, March
16
Martensville
High School,grade
12. Volunteers: Bruce Davis and Paula Ashe
St.Bernard
Elementary, two grades
6; two grades 7. Volunteers: Amy Wallace, John Howland and Darren
Hannesson
Wednesday, March
17
Sutherland
Elementary School,
grade 3/4. Volunteers: Brenda Bartnik and Yimin Song
Thursday, March
18
Lakeridge Elementary
School, two grades
1; two grades 2 and three grades 3. Volunteers: Brenda Bartnik,
Charlotte Yong-Hing, Karen Kimura, Christine Laidlaw and Aaron
Jordan
Friday, March 19
Lakeridge Elementary
School,two grades
4; one grade 4/5; 5; 6;6/7
Volunteers: Alireza Ansarian, Kim Tieu and Paula Ashe and Donna
Wilkinson
Evan Hardy
Collegiate,grade
12. Volunteers: Atalah Saravi and Karen Kimura
Friday, March 26
St.Joseph's
High School,three
grades 12. Volunteer:Paula Ashe
Tuesday,March 30
St.Augustin
Elementary School,grades
1,2 and 3 combined, 4,5 and 6 combined and grades 7 and 8 combined.
Volunteers:Paula Ashe and Jennifer Chlan-Fourney
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OPEN HOUSE
Wednesday March
17th
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Acquired
Brain Injury Outreach Team
Room 8313, Saskatoon City Hospital
BRAIN SHOW
On Saturday, March 20,
1999 beginning at 10:00 am there was a Brain Show that was open
to the public. There were about 40 booths and ongoing video presentations
with question and answer sessions. The show was held in the Galleria
of Innovation Place in Saskatoon.
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