26 • BrainMatters • Fall/Winter 2024
BAYCREST IN PICTURES
Apotex resident Ruth and
workshop facilitator Yahn
Nemirovsky enjoy a Flower
Pounding Workshop.
Undergraduate students presented their
research projects at the Research Training
Centre's annual Summer Student Data Blitz.
Jagger Smith, Dr. Morris Freeman and Deb Galet
attended the biennial meeting of the World
Federation of Neurology Speciality Group on
Aphasia, Dementia and Cognitive Disorders,
held in Japan.
Megan Richardson facilitates GrandPals, a
weekly intergenerational art session, enjoyed
by Apotex residents and students from
St. Margaret Catholic school.
Canadian Icons: Celebrating
Cultural Heroes exhibit opened
this May at the Ronald and
Nancy Kalifer Culture Hub.
The event included a celebrity
panel moderated by Jeanne
Beker that featured Gil Moore,
Charles Pachter, Marilyn
Lightstone, Rosalie Sharp and
Paul Godfrey.
The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation powered by Baycrest (CABHI) welcomed the
Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the
Honourable Marco Mendicino, MP for Eglinton-Lawrence to celebrate CABHI-funded portfolio
projects and meet some of the leading Canadian innovators in aging and brain health.
The Brain Project returned this summer to the
fountain at Nathan Phillips Square with a focus
on the importance of physical activity to protect
brain health.
