Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference 2012

David McGuire will be presenting at the 2012 Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference in Vancouver early next year.  

Check out http://www.brainstreams.ca/conference/speakers-sessions for more information.

A Run to Remember
David McGuire, Brain Injury Surivior

David sustained brain injury in 2005, and although he was advised by medical staff that he may never walk again, he started running...and completed his first marathon in 2006, a year after his brain injury! David’s story is a powerful one, and yet he is very humble - he often says “I am just a guy with brain injury - but I can run, and I have a story to tell.”

David’s life changed dramatically after brain injury, and he wants to bring awareness to this cause. How? He is going for a ‘little run’ - across Canada! A marathon a day, in fact. The event is called A Run to Remember.  Starting in St. John’s, Newfoundland with an official launch March 31st, David is expected to complete in Victoria, BC at the end of October - seven months later. The name of the event is significant because memory problems are one of the major outcomes of brain injury, as it is for David.

David will tell his story about running across the Canada, the successes and challenges along the way and the importance of breaking the silence that plagues brain injury and bringing a voice to this cause.