International Stroke Conference (March 17-19)

To support our continued commitment to building stroke expertise within our region, the Northwestern Ontario Regional Stroke Network (NWORSN) is pleased to offer full coverage of the registration cost of the virtual International Stroke Conference on March 17-19, 2021.

The target participants are those who work directly with stroke patients or within the stroke program. This is open to all disciplines (ex. Nursing, OT, PT, RD etc).

The successful applicants will receive full coverage of the registration fees (AHA Members pay $49 or Non-Members pay $99).

For those interested and able to accommodate their work schedules please fill out an application through the NWORSN website. All interested applicants would be responsible to apply for funding by March 1th, 2021.

Weblink for application: https://tbrhsc.net/programs-services/stroke-program/nwostroke/education-and-events/the-northwestern-ontario-regional-stroke-network-education-fund/

The successful applicants will be notified within 72 hours of submitting their application. Upon confirmation of registration support, the clinician must immediately complete the online registration.

  • For TBRHSC employees, please provide the Northwestern Regional Stroke Network with proof of registration and fill out form FIN-10, which will be submitted for reimbursement. Reimbursement must be submitted to NWORSN no later than March 8th, 2021.
  • For external applicants, please provide your internal finance department with proof of registration and fill out the appropriate form within your organization. Your finance department will invoice TBRHSC for reimbursement. Reimbursement must be submitted to TBRHSC finance department no later than March 8th, 2021.

See the link below for more details about the conference on the at-a-glance agenda.
https://professional.heart.org/es/meetings/international-stroke-conference

If you have any additional questions please do not hesitate to ask!
Thank you,

The Northwestern Ontario Regional Stroke Network
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Medical Centre, 201-984 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 7C7
phone: (807) 684-6703
fax: (807) 684-5883 For more information, visit www.nwostroke.ca