MEDIA ADVISORY
March 13 to 19, 2006
Is International Brain Awareness Week
Montreal, February 21, 2006 – Brain Awareness Week will take place from March 13 to March 19,
2006. Neuroscientists and organizations dedicated to neuroscience research around the world will be
organizing activities to advance public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research.
Here in Canada, Society for Neuroscience chapters have arranged for graduate students to visit
hundreds of local elementary and high schools to talk about the brain and the field of neuroscience.
Additionally, prominent researchers will host public lectures at universities or research hospitals on topics
ranging from emotions, stroke and cognition, to neurodegenerative diseases and memory loss.
NeuroScience Canada, a national non-profit organization that develops and supports collaborative,
multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research across the neurosciences, will be releasing a crucial report
on diseases, disorders and injuries of the brain, spinal cord and nervous system, and the enormous
impact they represent for the Canadian society and the healthcare system. NeuroScience Canada will
also be hosting a special presentation of the IMAX movie “Wired to Win,” in partnership with the Montreal
Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience and Montreal Science Centre.
What:
International Brain Awareness Week
Planned activities:
Release of the Case for Canada’s Increased
Investment in Neuroscience Research
Montreal: Public lecture series
Educational presentations to elementary and high schools
Special presentation of IMAX movie “Wired to Win”
Toronto: Brain Day for grades 4-6
Public lectures on stroke and cognition
Brain Bee for high school students
Exhibition on the brain at Sick Kids Hospital
Hamilton: Public lecture series
Regina: Public lectures – “How emotions work” and "Aging &
Cognitive Decline: Is it all in our Heads?"
Calgary: One-act play and roundtable discussion on
Alzheimer’s disease
Details at:
When:
Brain Awareness Week – International calendar of events - Canada
http://www.dana.org/calendar/results_en.cfm?Country=CA
March 13 to March 19, 2006
Brain Awareness Week, created by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, is an international partnership
of government agencies, scientific organizations, universities, and volunteer groups. It includes more
than 1,850 partner organizations in 62 countries.
- 30 For more information, please contact:
Anie Perrault
Media relations, NeuroScience Canada
514-258-7629
Or visit NeuroScience Canada at :
http://www.neurosciencecanada.ca/topEN.html