New name for Canadian stroke org

The Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) and six of Canada's leading stroke research centres today announced a new name and bigger mandate for the HSF Centre for Stroke Recovery, the Canadian organization that leads the world in stroke recovery research.

After 11 successful years, the Centre will now be known as the HSF Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery to reflect a greater number of institutional partners, a new national scope and additional sources of funding.

Headquartered at the University of Ottawa, the HSF Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery comprises the original partners — the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Baycrest, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, uOttawa and Memorial University of Newfoundland — as well as new partner Toronto Rehab.

» Learn more about the organization's new name and expanded mandate