National strategy announced to protect Canada’s high-performance athletes from concussions

A national concussion strategy was unveiled in Calgary on Monday and officials say the guidelines will help protect Canada’s high-performance athletes from sports-related concussions. The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network, Own the Podium, Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee developed the standardized sport-related concussion guidelines to help protect and assess the health and safety of athletes. “The purpose of this is to provide a stan