Should Youth Hockey Be Safer?

Should Youth Hockey be Safer? Treating and Preventing Concussion


Monday, November 21 at 7:00 p.m.

Big Leagues Sports Bar, 920 Cole Harbour Road, Dartmouth

Hockey is the sport that Canadians love, and there are a lot of kids who want to be the next Sidney Crosby. What is being done, and what should be done so that they can play without being the next hockey player with a concussion? This Café Scientifique will examine the research being done to detect, treat, and prevent concussion due to injuries in youth ice hockey.

Panelists:

Pete Belliveau, Head Coach, Dalhousie Tigers

Syd Johnson, Assistant Professor, Michigan Technical University

Brett Taylor, Physician/Assoc. Professor, Emergency Medicine & Paediatrics. IWK Health Centre & Dalhousie University

Donald Weaver, Canada Research Chair in Clinical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University

Moderator:

Bill McLean, Sports Broadcaster, sportstream.ca

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