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The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) is happy to present this free public lecture as part of the CRIR Scientific Congress “Catalyst of Innovation in Rehabilitation of Tomorrow’s”, which will bring together the scientific and clinical world in rehabilitation from June 7…
Read more about Free public lecture: Life after a SCI… Fulfilling or Boring? | June 7, 2021 – 7 to 8 pm 

The CRIR researcher Annie Rochette published the book « La phénoménologie de l’AVC  » in 2017. Still relevant, this book is now available in English : “Stroke phenomenology”.   The moment when a stroke occurs is not a trivial one. The testimonies…
Read more about New! “Stroke phenomenology” book now available | Annie Rochette

Radio-Canada, Les années lumière* Reporter Gino Harel is presenting a series of 5 radio interviews on rehabilitation research at CRIR; the third of which presents voice training workshops for people with Parkinson’s disease with Ingrid Verduyckt. Sunday, April 25 : French report:…
Read more about Radio interviews #3 on rehabilitation research at CRIR – April 25, 2021 | Ingrid Verduyckt

Radio-Canada, Les années lumière* Reporter Gino Harel is presenting a series of 5 radio interviews on rehabilitation research at CRIR; the second of which explains how to rehabilitate more quickly after a spinal cord injury with Dorothy Barthélemy. Listen the report on Ici…
Read more about Radio interviews #2 on rehabilitation research at CRIR – April 18, 2021 | Dorothy Barthélemy

A new national platform to harness the potential of non-invasive stimulation in the safe treatment of the brain affected by stroke has received a major grant from the Brain Canada Foundation and the Canadian Stroke Recovery Partnership of the Heart…
Read more about UdeM Nouvelles – Repairing a brain after stroke

Radio-Canada, Les années lumière* Reporter Gino Harel is presenting a series of 5 radio interviews on rehabilitation research at CRIR; the first will be on telerehabilitation, featuring Dahlia Kairy and Claudine Auger. Sunday, April 11: Les jeux vidéo au service de la téléréadaptation Listen…
Read more about Radio interviews #1 on rehabilitation research at CRIR – April 11, 2021 | Dahlia Kairy et Claudine Auger

Working alongside people with disabilities to develop assistive technology Understanding the contexts and realities of living with a disability is key to effective clinical practice when caring for patients with disabilities, so she developed Design of Assistive Technology: Principles and Praxis,…
Read more about Stefanie Blain-Moraes – ”Faculty Teaching Innovation Award” | McGill University

Aliki Thomas, erg., Ph.D., Researcher and Site Director at CRIR–Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital of the CISSS de Laval and Associate Professor at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy of McGill University has received the CAME Certificate of Merit Award. The…
Read more about Aliki Thomas – Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) 2021 Certificate of Merit Award

This award, presented to Tiiu Poldma, in conjunction with Christine Reux of the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, recognizes their commitment and contribution to interior design in Québec and its influence. For the past four years, they have been collaborating in the development…
Read more about Tiiu Poldma – Recipient of the ”Prix Compagnon de l’APDIQ – Implication sociale”

Press release We are excited to announce that Dr. Walter Wittich @WalterWittich, Associate Professor at the University of Montreal @uMontreal_news in the School of Optometry, and CRIR site representative and resident researcher at the Centre de réadaptation Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay du CIUSSS…
Read more about Walter Wittich – Recipient of the 10th Annual Joyce Thompson (JT) Award