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Praxis is Taking Action for Spinal Cord Injury Care
We are thrilled to announce our support for an exciting new project “Creating the Pathway to Implementation of a National SCI Plan” led by experts from across Canada: Mark Bayley, Judy Gargaro, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Dalton Wolfe, Thuvaraha Jeyakumaran, Lawson Research Institute, Chester Ho, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, and Chris McBride, Spinal Cord Injury Canada & SCI BC and others experts from across Canada.
Why does this matter?
Right now, there are many incredible SCI programs and innovations across the country—but they often work in isolation. This project will unite those efforts under one national plan to ensure better coordination, sustainability, and impact for people living with SCI and their families.
What will we do together?
The project will bring the Canadian SCI community together, including clinicians, researchers, and persons with lived experience to:
- Build shared structures and processes for collaboration
- Prioritize key elements of SCI care and support
- Co-create an evidence-informed, actionable five-year implementation plan.
This action plan will be part of an articulated and integrated National SCI Plan to align and connect existing initiatives – whether focused on evidence-based resources, standards and guidelines, registries, policy initiatives, neurorestorative initiatives, peer support/coaching programs, networks, or care models – under a unifying national framework to maximize collective impact, improve coordination and ensure sustainability.
The goal is to submit this action plan to national funding and policy agencies for phased implementation across Canada to transform SCI care across Canada by working together.
We’re building on Canada’s existing strengths—not duplicating them. This project will create a coordinated, inclusive governance structure that brings together all key interest holders, with persons with lived experience at the center. Through this collaborative planning process, we’ll foster consensus across sectors and define the structures, processes, and partnerships needed to implement and sustain a national plan for SCI care and support—driving long-term system transformation and ensuring best practices are consistently adopted across the country.
Want to be a part of the change?
Join in shaping the National SCI Plan. Email Judy at Judith.Gargaro@uhn.ca.