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Since its inception in 1990 the Fund has awarded grants and encouraged safety though such activites and programs as:

• Smart Hockey, More Safety, More Fun Video.
• Concussion Management in Hockey, Diagnosis, Treatment and R eturn to Play seminar at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto
• Researching Hockey Helmets and Goalie Head and Face Protection
• A Safe Diving Video
• Metro Toronto Injury Prevention Coalition Kid's Safety Education Program
• Get-A-Head Injury Prevention Program
• Think First School Safety Program
• Hockey Development Centre for Ontario Trainer's Program
• Dartmouth Whalers Minor Hockey Fair Play Education Program
• Providing CSA approval hockey helmets & full face protections to players in need
• Concussion in Skiing & Snowboarding Study
• Think First Concussion Video and Diving Video
• Canadian Hockey Association Concussion Awareness, Prevention Management Program
• Bicycle Helmet Safety Promotion
• Hockey Spinal Cord Injury Surveys
• Heroes Program aimed at the prevention of injury among teens
• SportSmart Canada Hockey Injury Survey
• Safety Equipment Signs in Ontario Recreation Facilities
• Ontario Medical Association & Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine Section of Sports Medicine Annual Speakers Grant

Seminar: More than 500 physicians, trainers, and coaches attended!

On December 6th, 2003 & November 17, 2006 more than 500 & 700 physicians, trainers and coaches respectively attended the Concussion Management in Hockey, Diagnosis, Treatment and Return to Play seminar at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Accredited by The College of Family Physicians of Canada highlights included on-ice and dressing room evaluations, post concussion pressures, provocative exercise testing, return to play guidelines and the medical legal issues in concussion management.

Thanks to all participants it was deemed a huge success. Feedback has been extremely positive as the shared information touched all bases and hopefully spread a better understanding of what a concussion is, how to treat it and when to return to play.

More Pictures from the November 17, 2006 Seminar

Video: Smart Hockey, More Safety, More Fun!

Produced by Think First Foundation of Canada, with support from the Dr. Tom Pashby Sports Safety Fund. This video focuses primarily on Smart Hockey Tips showing how to avoid getting or causing head and spinal cord injuries. Appearing in the video are current and former NHL hockey stars including Mats Sundin, Mark Messier, Ken Dryden. Following airing on TSN, more than 30,000 copies have now been made available through the Canadian Hockey Association to coaches, trainers and players and through Think First Foundation of Canada.

No Head Check Rule Instituted in Amateur Hockey
Read the article by Dr. Pashby:

In 2002 the Canadian Hockey Association introduced a No Head Check Rule in Hockey, following a similar rule in USA Hockey and in the International Ice Hockey Federation. Thus in amateur hockey, there is no such thing as a "clean" head check (such as a shoulder to the head). Hopefully, the NHL will follow suit.

In the News...

The Globe and Mail reported on February 1, 2003, that "The East Coast Hockey League has become the first professional hockey league in North America to require players to wear visors."

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