Resources

The Cridge Brain Injury Services partners with many organizations across Canada. Here are some resources for future information:

Visit brainstreams.ca for more online education and networking with the brain injury community in BC and beyond.

Internet Resources
Victoria Brain Injury Society www.vbis.ca
Campbell River Head Injury Support Society www.crhead.ca
Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association www.fvbia.org
Comox Valley Head Injury Society www.cvhis.org
Nanaimo Brain Injury Society www.nbis.ca
Prince George Brain Injured Group Society  www.pgbig.ca
Brain Injury Resources www.braininjuryresources.org
Ontario Brain Injury Association www.obia.on.ca
Brain Injury Association USA www.biausa.org
South Okanagan Similkameen BI Society www.sosbis.com
Waiting While Someone is in a Coma www.waiting.com
The Perspective Network www.tbi.org
BC Epilepsy Society www.bcepilepsy.com

Community Resources
Disability Alliance BC – Advocacy Access Program for assistance with provincial and federal disability benefits

• Lower Mainland 604-872-1278
• Outside Lower Mainland 1-800-663-1278

Bus Pass for Persons with Disabilities and Seniors

• 1-866-866-0800

Cerebral Palsy Association of BC

• Lower Mainland 1-604-408-9484
• Outside Lower Mainland 1-800-663-0004

Community Brain Injury Program for Children & Youth in BC

• Toll Free 1-877-451-5511
• www.mybrainonline.ca

BC Epilepsy Society

• Lower Mainland 604-875 6704

BC Brain Injury Associations & Support Groups
Acquired Brain Injury Society of the Yukon 867-668-5283
Alberni Valley Head Injury Society/Port Alberni 250-724-6772
British Columbia Brain Injury Association 1-877-8581788
Bulkley Valley Brain Injury Association 250-877-7723
Campbell River Head Injury Support Society 250-287-4323
Central Okanagan Brain Injury Association 250-762-3233
Chilliwack 604-557-1913 TF 1-866-557-1913
Comox Valley Head Injury Society 250-334-9225
East Kootenay Brain Injury Association 778-517-1193
Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association 604-557-1913 TF 1-866-557-1913
Lower Mainland Brain Injury Association 604-878-1031
Nanaimo Brain Injury Society 250-753-5600
New Westminster B.R.A.I.N. 604-540-9234
North Okanagan Shuswap Brain Injury Society 250-833-1140
North Shore Family Support Group 604-657-6760
Powell River Brain Injury Society 604-485-6065
Prince George Brain Injured Group Society 250-564-2447
Sechelt/Sunshine Coast Brain Injury Support Group 604-885-8524
South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society 250-490-0613
Vancouver Survivors 604-873-2385
Victoria Brain Injury Society 250-598-9339