Online Annual BRI Symposium about Childhood Disability Research from the University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is pleased to host the 16th Annual Bloorview Research Institute Symposium about Elevating and Expanding Childhood Disability Research. Held virtually this year, the symposium will shine a bright light on how scientists are elevating and expanding childhood disability research to new heights. 

About the Symposium:-

• The annual BRI Symposium is Canada’s largest hospital-based paediatric disability health research conference.
• The 16th Annual BRI Symposium is an opportunity to showcase the leaps and bounds that Canadian research has made in advancing the field of childhood disability globally through ground-breaking research, discovery, innovation, family engagement, and action. This year’s focus is on the advances in childhood disability research and innovations that scientists at the Bloorview Research Institute have made.

Symposium Content:-

• Mickey Milner International Professorship Lecture, ‘Will This Place Always Be Like This?’, presented by: Dr. Ron Buliung, Graduate Chair of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
• Research presentations by five top BRI trainees
• Enabling real world impact through community partnerships, presented by: Dr. Tom Mikkelsen, President and Scientific Director, and Christa Studzinski, Manager of Partnerships, Ontario Brain Institute.
• A panel discussion with Paralympians Mike Whitehead (wheelchair rugby - 4 Paralympics) and Danielle DuPlessis (wheelchair basketball - 2020 Tokyo Paralympics).
• Virtual Poster and Exhibitor Booth Session.
• 'I am What I Do and What I Feel', a conversation with Dr. Temple Grandin, acclaimed scientist, inventor and autism advocate, and a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, and Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, Canada Research Chair in Translational Therapeutics in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• Art Panel: Illuminating a Hidden Narrative, presented by Dr. Amy McPherson, ProFILE Lab
• Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks.

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Participation in this Symposium is free.

About the University of Toronto:-

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It offers over 700 undergraduate and 200 graduate programs. In all major rankings, the university consistently ranks in the top ten public universities in the world and as the top university in the country. The University of Toronto is one university with three campuses, each of which is a comprehensive centre for teaching and research: the University of Toronto St. George, the University of Toronto Mississauga and the University of Toronto Scarborough.

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