www.empwr.ca Gordon Stinger is the Father of Rowan Stringer who passed away in 2013 at the age of 17 after suffering a head injury in rugby. Since her passing a law has been passed within Ontario to educate as many people as possible about conc

#8 - Dr. Nick Reed | Humans Not Checklists

Aug 26th, 2019 1h 9m

Dr. Reed is an associate professor at the University of Toronto as well as a clinician scientist and occupational therapist within the Bloorview Research Institute at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. He is involved in the dev

#7 - Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher | Maybe It’s Not A Concussion

Aug 20th, 2019 56m 38s

Dr. Kutcher is a superstar sports neurologist. He opened the Sports Neurology Clinic at The Core Institute in Brighton Michigan after founding a similar clinic at the University of Michigan. Dr. Kutcher advises the NFL, NHL, college and high sc

#6 - Dr. Mike Cinelli & Katelyn Mitchell | Unseen Deficits

Jun 11th, 2019 1h 10m

Dr. Cinelli specializes in Behavioural and Cognitive Neural Science as well as Biomechanics. Katelyn is a registered physiotherapist as well as a PhD candidate studying with Dr. Cinelli. Together their research is focused on determining the phy

#5 - Dr. Quaid | Vision Training

May 27th, 2019 1h 13m

Dr. Quaid trained as an Optometrist in the UK and was awarded his Doctorate in Vision Science at the University of Waterloo School of Optometry. Dr. Quaid’s PhD thesis and post-doctoral research aided in the development of an early detection de

#4 - Dr. Catherine Wiseman-Hakes | Sleep

Mar 14th, 2019 1h 19m

Catherine is a clinician scientist and educator with 20 years experience in brain injury and speech language pathology. Catherine completed her PhD in the faculty of medicine, graduate dept of rehabilitation science at the University of Toronto

#3 - Daniel Gallucci | CTE

Mar 14th, 2019 51m 57s

Daniel is the founder of Flux BioNetworks. He was previously an Exercise Physiologist, Osteopath, Acupuncturist, and Functional Neurologist. In this episode Daniel links the science with the social in present day research around CTE, Chronic Tr

#2 - Dr. Shirley Blanc | Vision

Mar 14th, 2019 46m 21s

“The eyes do not tell the brain what to see. The brain tells the eyes what to look for.” Dr. Shirley Blanc completed her Bachelors of Science and Doctorate of Optometry at the University of Waterloo. In recent years, Dr. Blanc has dedicated a s

#1 - Dr. Michael Hutchison | Exercise

Mar 14th, 2019 48m 38s

In the first episode of the EMPWR Series I talk with Exercise Scientist, Dr. Michael Hutchison from the University of Toronto. Dr. Hutchison aka “Hutch” is a big hockey fan and has done some incredible work in the hockey world. We discuss the p

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