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SOAR explores intimate partner violence-caused brain injury, educates members of the public and frontline workers, and empowers survivors to live healthy lives free of abuse.

What if these girls never grew up to be 1 in 3 Canadian women who experience intimate partner violence?What if they neve...
10/15/2026

What if these girls never grew up to be 1 in 3 Canadian women who experience intimate partner violence?

What if they never became one of the estimated 250,000 Canadian women who suffer brain injury annually at the hands of an intimate partner?

We can make these what ifs a reality, if we

STOP THE VIOLENCE.

Today, we're joining the Canadian Royal Purple and their movement to raise awareness and end the violence. So the girls of today, don't have to grow up to become one of these statistics.

Share your pics and tag us as we raise awareness about this hidden public health crisis.

For every ONE NHL player concussed on the ice, roughly 5,500 Canadian women sustain a concussion at the hands of their p...
10/13/2026

For every ONE NHL player concussed on the ice, roughly 5,500 Canadian women sustain a concussion at the hands of their partner.

Athlete concussion research has produced return-to-play protocols, sideline testing, and multi-million-dollar research centres.

Help us close the gap on investing in intimate partner violence-caused brain injury research and supports.

🔗soarcanada.ca/donate

10/13/2026

Women’s History Month | Celebrating Women Creating Change

This Women’s History Month, we recognize the women whose leadership, advocacy, and determination are helping build a more equitable and safer Canada. October is a time to celebrate the achievements of women and girls who have shaped our country and continue to drive positive change.

This week, we spotlight Pamela Cross, a Canadian lawyer, educator, and advocate who has dedicated her career to raising awareness of intimate partner violence and supporting survivors. Through her research, writing, and advocacy, she has helped bring national attention to the impact of gender-based violence and the importance of creating safer communities for women and families.

By recognizing advocates like Pamela Cross, we honour the impact of those who have dedicated their lives to advancing equality, raising awareness, and creating lasting change across Canada.

10/13/2026

Why do nearly two-thirds of people living with Alzheimer’s disease happen to be women?

SOAR's Karen Mason (co-founder and Executive Director) and Dr. Paul van Donkelaar (co-founder and Scientific Director) joined Avis Favaro on The Fifth Wave, a podcast from the IWK Foundation, to discuss a connection few people talk about: intimate partner violence and brain injury.

What they shared:
🧠 Up to 80% of women who experience intimate partner violence also have symptoms of a brain injury, and up to 75% never seek medical attention for it.
🧠Strangulation is one of the most under-recognized dangers in IPV. A woman who has been strangled is 7.5 times more likely to be murdered in a future incident.
🧠 Brain injury from IPV is a modifiable risk factor, unlike age or genetics. Early recognition and the right support can change a survivor’s long-term health, but only if healthcare and shelter systems are looking for it.

The episode also features Dr. Jenny Rabin of Sunnybrook Research Institute on how menopause may be a critical turning point for brain aging.

🎧️ Listen: https://iwkfoundation.org/thefifthwave (Season 3, Episode 3)

You can support SOAR's ongoing research. Learn more and donate
🔗 soarproject.ca/donate

Thank you to Foundation and Avis Favaro for bringing this conversation to a wider audience.

This starts younger than people think.A Canadian study of 9th and 10th graders found teens in violent dating relationshi...
10/11/2026

This starts younger than people think.

A Canadian study of 9th and 10th graders found teens in violent dating relationships had significantly higher odds of concussion — and girls were hit hardest.

A "spacey" or "checked out" girl after a fight with her boyfriend isn't just moody. She might have a brain injury. Let's teach the adults around her to notice.

Anxiety. Depression. Trouble focusing. Mood swings.If a survivor of intimate partner violence (IPV) has these symptoms, ...
10/10/2026

Anxiety. Depression. Trouble focusing. Mood swings.

If a survivor of intimate partner violence (IPV) has these symptoms, we usually call it trauma. Sometimes it's also a brain injury — from a blow to the head, from strangulation — that nobody screened for.

Mental health care for survivors has to ask one more question: were you ever hit or strangled?

You can't treat what you don't ask about.

💜 Save the date: Purple Thursday — October 15 💜On October 15, we’re wearing purple so she doesn’t have to.A bruise can b...
10/08/2026

💜 Save the date: Purple Thursday — October 15 💜

On October 15, we’re wearing purple so she doesn’t have to.

A bruise can be easy to see. The brain injury caused by abuse? Not always.

Wear purple. Start a conversation. Help us make the unseen seen.



💜 Wear purple so she doesn’t have to. 💜

We look forward to seeing many familiar faces -- and meeting new ones -- at the 2026 ENIGMA IPV and Pink Concussions IPV...
10/05/2026

We look forward to seeing many familiar faces -- and meeting new ones -- at the 2026 ENIGMA IPV and Pink Concussions IPV-BI Conference.

Join "Empowering Innovation: Highlighting Promising Practices in Intimate Partner Violence & Brain Injury Research, Recognition, and Response!!" virtually on November 17-18, 10AM-6PM EST.

🔗 Registration is FREE and now open: https://bit.ly/4xT4JY0

Concussions don’t all look the same. But many have common signs and symptomsHeadaches. Dizziness. Fatigue. Memory proble...
10/02/2026

Concussions don’t all look the same. But many have common signs and symptoms

Headaches. Dizziness. Fatigue. Memory problems. Trouble concentrating. Sleep changes. Sensitivity to light or noise.

The signs can be easy to miss — especially when we don’t expect a concussion to be connected to violence at home, from someone we know and trust.

This Concussion Awareness Week, take a closer look at what concussion can look like and what it can mean for survivors of intimate partner violence.

Sometimes, there’s more to the story.

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