Canadian sport buying into national concussion guideline: Podborski
A man known for skiing on the edge of danger feels Canadian sport is a safer place.
Former national-team racer and Crazy Canuck Steve Podborski, now CEO and president of Parachute Canada, said the majority of national sport organizations have adopted the Canadian Guideline on Concussion in Sport.
The federal government committed $1.4 million and tasked Parachute Canada, whose mission statement is injury prevention and saving lives, with developing harmonized concussion protocols that can fit all sports.
The objective was to have 20 sport organizations sign on within a year of publication, but the uptake has been faster than that.