Provincial Stroke Rounds – Transcranial Doppler (TCD): Practical Applications in Stroke
Presenter:
Dr. Muzaffar Siddiqui MD, FRCPC Neurology
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Post Endovascular Thrombectomy Care: Evidence, Practice, and Evolving Challenges
Presenter:
Dr Alonso Alvarado Bolanos
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Wearable Technology to Monitor Movement and Optimize Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
Presenter:
Dr Marika Demers, erg., PhD
From Scene to Suite: Sirens of the LAMS 2024 & 2025
Watch the Workshops:
2025
- Race Against the Clock: The Hyperacute Stroke Journey (Dr. Srivastava)
- Stump the Stroke Neurologist with Dr. Sahlas
2024
- Supportive Conversation For Persons with Aphasia (SCA)
- Stump the Stroke Neurologist with Dr. Catanese
- Stroke Distinction 2025 & Performance Metrics
View the Presentations:
2025
2024
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Stronger Together After Stroke: Impacts of Strength Training and Lived Experience
Presenters:
Ada Tang PT PhD & Kenny Noguchi, PhD
Supported Conversation Techniques – Education for Paramedics
Education for Paramedics: Supported Conversation Techniques for People with Aphasia and Other Communication Disorders
- Learn to communicate with patients/clients who know more than they can say.
- Presented by Susan Harper, SLP & Vivienne Epstein, SLP
Module 1: Introduction to Aphasia
Module 2: Introduction to Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA)
Module 3: Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA) Skills
Module 4: SCA Skill-Building
Module 5: The Aphasia Experience
Module 6: Resources for Paramedics
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Challenges in Managing Hemodynamic Stroke: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Chronic Steno-occlusive Arterial Disease
Presenter:
Dr. Joanna Schaafsma, MD PhD, Vascular Neurologist
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Building Awareness: Helping Kids Understand Stroke and Aphasia
Presenters:
Lisa Samson, M.H.SC. SLP(C), Reg. CASLPO and Alessandra Peretti, BSW, RSE, INHC
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Non-atherosclerotic Carotid Bifurcation Diseases: Phenotypes and their Management
Presenter: Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Baby Shower: A Stroke Rounds on Pregnancy and Stroke
Presenter: Dr. Robert Sarmiento
Stroke Rehab Forum 2025 – Turning evidence into action: Practical insights for integrating nursing expertise in stroke rehab and teams
Review the Presentation Slides
Community Partners Round Table 2025
Central South Financial Support Resource
Download the Financial Support Resource
Watch the Workshop:
Resources to Help With Financial Stress After Stroke
View the Presentation Slides:
After Stroke – March of Dimes Canada
Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada
Assistive Devices Program (ADP) Funding for Walkers & Wheelchairs – Katie Harder, Professional Practice Lead for Occupational Therapy at Grand River Hospital
Benefits and Credits for Persons with Disabilities and their Caregivers – Canada Revenue Agency
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Review of Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnosis and Management of Stroke Patients Across the Province
Presenter: Dr. Andrew Micieli
Health Information Management (CHIM) Workshop 2025
Watch the Workshops:
- Central South Overview & How Data Impacts Funding (Stefan Pagliuso, Regional Stroke Program Director)
- Stroke Best Practices (Rhonda McNicoll-Whiteman, Clinical Nurse Specialist)
- Case Studies (Heather Corrigan, Clinical Coding Specialist)
View the Presentation Slides:
Stroke Series for Hospitalists 2025
Watch the Workshops:
Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Stroke in the Young (Dr. Ericka Teleg)
Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage on the Unit (Dr. Kelvin Ng)
Unusual Causes of Strokes (Dr. Danielle de Sa Boasquevisque)
From Risk Factors to Risk Reduction: Targets and Patient Engagement (Dr. Mike Sharma)
View the Presentation Slides:
Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Stroke in the Young (Dr. Ericka Teleg)
From Risk Factors to Risk Reduction: Targets and Patient Engagement (Dr. Mike Sharma)
Interprofessional Best Practice Webinar Series 2025 – Patient and Family Education
Watch the Workshops:
- Part 1: Foundations of Goals of Care Conversations (Sandra Andreychuk)
- Part 2: The Serious Illness Conversation Guide Framework (Sandra Andreychuk)
- The Art of Client Teaching (Theresa Straathof)
- Shifting Your Mindset: The Truth about Tobacco & the Power of Brief Intervention (Lisa Fronzi)
View the Presentation Slides:
- Part 1: Foundations of Goals of Care Conversations
- Part 2: The Serious Illness Conversation Guide Framework
- The Art of Client Teaching
- Shifting Your Mindset: The Truth about Tobacco & the Power of Brief Intervention
Provincial Stroke Rounds – The Role and Contributions of Nurses in Stroke Rehabilitation Units: An Integrative Review
Presenters: Dr. Eric Tanlaka and Dr. Amanda McIntyre
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Systems of Care for Acute Stroke in Ontario
Presenter: Dr. Amy Yu
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Making Stroke Education Fit for Purpose: Priorities and Approaches for Educating Healthcare Professionals
Presenters: Kristina Moro, Northwestern Ontario Stroke Network
Provincial Stroke Rounds – A Scalability Assessment of the Transitional Care Stroke Intervention in Community Stroke Rehabilitation
Presenters: Melissa Northwood and Tracey Chambers, McMaster University
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Balancing stewardship and quality in stroke dysphagia management: Updates on an online independent TOR-BSST© screener training program
Presenters: Dr. Rosemary Martino and Sherry Darling, SLP
Pearls for Assessment and Management of Post-Stroke Shoulder Pain and Central Post-Stroke Pain – May 1, 2024
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Amplifying the Patient Journey to Support Transitions in Stroke Care
Presenters: Dr. Siva Murugappan and Dr. Prema Samy of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance
Stroke Rehab Forum 2024 – Applying Recent Research into a Pragmatic Model of Stroke Rehabilitation to Maximize Recovery
Review the Presentation Slides
Stroke 101 Series 2023 – 2024
Neuroanatomy & Stroke Syndromes Review
The Art and Science of Swallowing and Dysphagia
Introduction to the Central South Stroke Regional Network
Oral Care – An In-Depth Review You Didn’t Know you Needed
Introduction to the CNS
Overview of Medications Used in Stroke
Why is Pee and Poo so Taboo after Stroke?
Maximizing Communication with Individuals with Aphasia
The Building Blocks of Nutrition and Hydration Post Stroke
Post Stroke Depression
Impact of Stroke on Vision
Cognitive Changes After Stroke
Secondary Stroke Prevention – Simple Strategies to Reduce Stroke Risk
Approach to Post Stroke Fatigue
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Stroke/ICU Liaison: A New Collaborative Model for the Interdisciplinary Care of Stroke Patients
Presenter: Dr. Federico Carpani, MD
Common Approaches to Less Common Strokes: Webinar Series on Intracerebral Hemorrhage 2024
Epidemiology & Pathophysiology of Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)
A Practical Approach to Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) Management
Recovery Trajectories in Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Enhancing Individualized Stroke Care in the Community – Results of a Community Consultation in Southeastern Ontario
Presenter: Kayla Purdon
Stroke Series for Hospitalists 2023
Watch the Workshops:
Medical Complications in Stroke (Dr. Kelvin Ng)
Management of Carotid Artery Disease (Dr. Demetrios Sahlas)
Navigating Antithrombotics in Stroke Management: Finding the Right Balance (Dr. Abhilekh Srivastava)
View the Presentation Slides:
Medical Complications in Stroke (Dr. Kelvin Ng)
Management of Carotid Artery Disease (Dr. Demetrios Sahlas)
Navigating Antithrombotics in Stroke Management: Finding the Right Balance (Dr. Abhilekh Srivastava)
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Integrated Stroke Clinic: An Innovative Patient Centric Approach to Stroke Care
Presenter: Dr. Atif Zafar
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Newly Released Smart Tips for Stroke Care: Everything you need to know
Presenters: Sue Verrilli and Jenna Weck
PDF of Smart Tips for Stroke Care
From Scene to Suite: Sirens of the LAMS – September 14, 2023
Watch the Workshops:
- Updates to Canadian Stroke Hyperacute Best Practices Recommendations
- Anterior Circulation Stroke
- Posterior Circulation Stroke
- 6 to 24 Hours LAMS Positive Case
View the Presentations:
- Updates to Canadian Stroke Hyperacute Best Practices Recommendations
- Case Scenario 1: Anterior Circulation Strokes
- Case Scenario 2: Posterior Circulation Stroke
- 6 to 24 Hours LAMS Positive Case
- Stroke Hyperacute Outcome Data
CHIM Workshop – June 8, 2023
View the Presentations:
- Introduction/Health Services Funding Reform and Stroke QBPs
- CIHI 340/640/740
- 340/640/740 Case Discussions
- Transferring Stroke Patients – Impact on Special Projects
- Transferring Stroke Patients – Impact on Special Projects Case Discussions
- Resources to Support Questions regarding CIHI Stroke Special Projects: What and Who?
- Future Directions in Stroke Care
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Implementation of Virtual Care in an Outpatient Rehabilitation Setting
Presenters: Karl Wong and Gary Siu
Provincial Stroke Rounds – The Stroke Core Competency Framework
Presenters: Sandy Lyeo and Jodi Powell
Access PDF of Stroke Core Competency Framework
Stroke Rehab Forum – Moving Beyond Standardization of Stroke Rehabilitation Care: What’s Next – March 30, 2023
Review the Presentation Slides
Community Partners Roundtable – After the Storm: Neuropsychiatric issues after stroke – March 24, 2023
Watch the Keynote Presentation
Central South Resource Summary Handout
Links to the Community Partners Presentation Slides:
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Optimizing transitions for older adults with stroke to support successful community reintegration and life after stroke
Presenters: Dr. Maureen Markle-Reid, Eileen Britt, David Dayler
Aphasia Training for Healthcare Providers – 2023
Links to Participant Materials
- In-Out-Verify Handout SCA(TM) Techniques
- Self-Check Handout
- Scanned SCA Handouts
- To Facilitate Conversations
- Communication Involves: Language – 4 components
- Communicating with Aphasia (National Aphasia Association)
- Yes, No, Wrong Track
- Info Sheet SCA (Aphasia Institute)
- Aphasia Toolkit
Hyperacute Stroke Best Practices 2.0: What you need to know – February 1, 2023
Stroke and the Young Patient Series 2022 – 2023
Part 1: Stroke Recognition and Etiologies of Stroke in the Young (Dr. Kanjara Perera)
Part 2: Stroke Recovery Trajectory in the Young Patient (Dr. McKyla McIntyre)
Part 3: Pregnancy Associated Stroke (Dr. Sumiti Nayar)
Part 4: Neurocognitive Impacts of Stroke in the Young (Jennifer Fogarty, Neuropsychologist)
Part 5: Return to Vocations after Stroke (Alda Tee, Maggie Traetto, Miriam Braithwaite, Pam Twichell)
Part 6: Practical Strategies to Address Driving after Stroke (April VanderVeen, OT)
Part 7: Psychiatric Issues Following Stroke in Young Adults (Dr. Gayla Tennen)
Part 8: Community Re-Integration Following Stroke (Michelle Nelson, Gayatri Aravind, Urvashi Gopaul)
Part 9: Intimate Relationships & Sexuality after Stroke (Reema Farhat, Amie Enns)
West Park’s education video on You Tube can be found here:
Intimate relationships and sexuality after a stroke or brain injury
Stroke Assessment Tool Workshop – May 17, 2022
Health Information Management Workshop – February 17, 2022
Workshop Resources:
Future Direction in Stroke Care
Regional Overview and Impact of Data on Funding and Quality Improvement
Special Projects Data Collection Instructions
Transferring Stroke Patients – Impact on Special Projects
TIA Decision Rule Webinar – December 14, 2021
Ataxia Post-Stroke – December 7, 2021
Dysphagia Following Posterior Circulation and Brainstem Stroke – November 23, 2021
Vertigo, Dizziness, and Vestibular Rehab Following Posterior Stroke – November 16, 2021
Provincial Stroke Rounds – Advance Care Planning in Stroke
Presenters: Dr. Kelvin Ng, Gillian Maguire NP, Leigh Barr SLP
Hemianopia, the Hidden Impairment following PCA Stroke: Functional Limitations, Assessment and Intervention – November 2, 2021
Cognition and Perception After Stroke: Theory Driven Management Strategies for the Interdisciplinary Stroke Team – October 19, 2021
Read the Pre-Presentation Slides (Part 1)
Watch the Live Workshop (Part 2)
Workshop Resources:
Cognition and Perception after Stroke Workbook
Oxford Cognitive Screening Tool
Management of Posterior Circulation Stroke Syndrome – September 28, 2021
Ethical Issues in Stroke Care: Working With Substitute Decision Makers- September 22, 2021
Recognizing Posterior Stroke Syndromes to Facilitate Timely Hyperacute Assessment and Treatment – September 14, 2021
Posterior Circulate Strokes: Identification, Recognition and Hyperacute Workup
Presented by Dr. Aris Katsanos
Hyperacute Management of Posterior Circulation Strokes
Presented by Dr. Christine Hawkes
From Scene to Suite 2021 – Sirens of the LAMS
Session 1 Presentation Session 2 Presentation
Session 3 Presentation Session 4 Presentation
The Canadian TIA Score – How to Identify High and Low Risk Patients for Subsequent Early Stroke
Presenter: Dr. Jeffy Perry
Stroke in Young Adults: Patient Reported Outcomes and Psychosocial Needs
Presenter: Dr. Aleksandra Pikula, BSc. (Hon), MD, Dipl. ABPN (USA)
Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation
Quality-Based Procedures Clinical Handbook for Stroke
Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program (GRASP)
CorHealth Ontario Rehabilitation Intensity Videoconference Summary 2014-2016
CorHealth Ontario Clinical Tools and Resources: Rehabilitation Intensity
Aphasia Institute: Introduction to Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA) e-learning
Stroke Rehabilitation Intensity eLearning Module & Quiz
To support the provision and collection of Stroke Rehabilitation Intensity, a Rehabilitation Intensity Learning Module & Quiz was developed in 2017 by the Ontario Regional Stroke Networks’ Rehabilitation Coordinator Group for inpatient rehabilitation programs that report to the National Rehabilitation Reporting System. This resource was later adapted to an eLearning module in 2020 by the University Health Network for local and provincial use.
The Rehabilitation Intensity quiz is located at the end of the module. Since your program may have established structures for education completion and quiz tracking, connect with your manager prior to starting the quiz.
Stroke Rehabilitation: E-Learning Module
Advancing Stroke Prevention Care in Canada
Presenters: P. Lindsay (RN PhD), Dr. D. Gladstone, Dr. A. Y. Poppe
Integrating Motor Learning Strategies into Task-Oriented Rehabilitation After Stroke
Click here for the workshop handout.
Additional Resource – Case Studies
Health Equity in Stroke Care
Presenter: Dr. Atif Zafar, Assistant Professor, Division of Neurology – University of Toronto and Medical Director, Stroke Program, Unity Health Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital
Cognitive Rehabilitation After Stroke
Additional Resources:
UAB Spain Rehab Handouts (ZIP file)
Draft RTSS Ingredient Quick Reference Guide with Examples (Word Document)
Stroke in young adults: causes, consequences and long-term outcomes
Presenter: Dr. Richard Swartz, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Director of Stroke Research Unit at Sunnybrook
The Long and Winding Road: Recovery from Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Recording of Charmaine Martin-Gaspar, NP
Charmaine Martin-Gaspar’s presentation
Resources
‘Managing Stroke Transitions’
A Holistic Approach to Stroke Care using the Post-Stroke Checklist
Dr. Oczkowski’s Slideshow Presentation
Driving After Stroke: The Art, Science, Legal Implications and Headaches of Reporting our Patients
Presenter: Dr. H Finestone, Physiatrist at Ottawa’s Elisabeth Bruyere Hospital, and Professor at University of Ottawa’s Department of Medicine
My Patient Had a Stroke – Now What? Risk Factors, Diagnostics and Secondary Prevention
Dr. Martin O’Donnell’s Presentation
Dr. Demetrios J. Sahlas’ Presentation
Dr. Sahlas’ Presentation Slides
Certificate of Attendance: My Patient Had a Stroke – Now What? Risk Factors, Diagnostics and Secondary Prevention
Building a Sustainable Integrated Stroke System of Care: A population-based approach to bundled care
Presenters: Beth Linkewich, Regional Director, North & East GTA Stroke Network and Nicola Tahair, Regional Director, Toronto West Stroke Network
Certificate of Attendance: Hyperacute Workshop From Dawn to Defuse3
Certificate _ September 29 2020
Hyperacute Stroke Care: From DAWN to DEFUSE 3 and Beyond
Dr. Christine Hawkes’ Presentation
Dr. Wes Oczkowski’s Presentation: Part 1
Dr. Wes Oczkowski’s Presentation: Part 2
Dr. Christine Hawkes’ Slideshow Presentation
Rhonda Whiteman and Stefan Pagliuso’s Slideshow Presentation
Dr. Wes Oczkowski’s Slideshow Presentation
Why 911? Optimizing Stroke Care in Northwestern Ontario
Presenters: Dr Ayman Hassan, Keli Cristofaro and Kristina Visser
Stroke and COVID-19: What’s the latest and where can we find resources?
Presenters: Dr. Luciana Catanese and Jean Morrow, RN
From Scene to Suite 2020: Regional Paramedic Stroke Workshop
Presentation 2 – Central South Regional Stroke Endovascular Performance Metrics – March 42020
Presentation 3 – Acute Stroke Bypass Protocol – Champlain Region
Presentation 4 – Huron Perth Implementation of EMS Stroke Scale Pilot final
Presentation 5 – EVT CorHeath EMS Transport Working Group
Taking the Stress Out of Aerobic Exercise Workshop- February 25,2020
When Stroke Becomes the Life Ending Event
Presenter: Dr. W. J. Oczkowski
Provincial Stroke Rounds – When Stroke is the Life Ending Event
Presented by Dr. Wes Oczkowski on February 5, 2020.
Paediatric Code Stroke “Time is Brain” & Paediatric Endovascular Stroke Therapy
Presenter: Dr. Andrea Andrade, MD; CSCN-EEG and Dr. Sachin Pandey, MD, FRCP
Stroke Prevention Clinics Best Practice and Beyond
Presenters: Dr. Demetrios Sahlas & Lisa Fronzi
Selecting patients for Endovascular Therapy (EVT) 0-6 hours and beyond
Presenter: Dr. Frank Silver, Stroke Neurologist, Toronto Western Hospital, Professor of Medicine (Neurology), University of Toronto, Medical Director, Ontario Telestroke Program Affiliate Scientist, Institute for Evaluative Sciences presenting.
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Standards of Care: Preparing for bundled care using an interprofessional cross-continuum best practice resource
Presenters: Beth Linkewich, Regional Program Director & Fatima Quraishi, Regional Education Coordinator from the North & East GTA Stroke Network
2019 Facilitating Recovery: Interprofessional Best Practices for Stroke Rehab Workshop
Current and Future Trends in Stroke Rehabilitation – Dr Robert Teasell
Brain mapping and Clinical Presentation – Donna Gill and Dr Jim Sahlas
Post- Stroke Depression and Emotional Disturbances – Dr Justine Spencer.
Part 1 Complex Stroke Patients… Spasticity presentation – Dr Paul Stacey
Part 2 Complex Stroke Patients… Spasticity presentation- Dr. Paul Stacey
Part 3 Complex Stroke Patients… Spasticity presentation – Dr Paul Stacey
Part 4 Complex Stroke Patients… Spasticity presentation – Dr Paul Stacey