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Canadians serious about Spinal Cord Research |
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Over 41,000 Canadians have some kind of spinal cord injury. Another 1,100 are injured every year.
Ontario is now working with the Rick Hansen Foundation to support leading-edge spinal cord injury research. "Together, we can make life easier for Ontarians living with spinal cord injuries by bringing exciting discoveries from the lab to the clinic faster,"said Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Ontario's five-year, $10 million investment will:
Give patients new treatment options by putting discoveries into action faster
Help researchers collect better information on spinal cord injuries
Attract talented researchers and link them with colleagues around the world.
"This investment will help us create a network of researchers and clinicians in Ontario linked together with other experts across Canada and
around the world. Together, we can turn research advances into practices that improve the quality of life of people already living with a spinal cord injury
and into maximized recovery for those who become injured each year",
said Rick Hansen, President and CEO of the Rick Hansen Foundation.
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