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Want to know more about the Rick Hansen SCI Registry—and see and hear from Rick Hansen himself about why the Registry is so important? Click on the screen to play this ten minute video.

Registered Participants

There are over

2500

Canadians with traumatic SCI who are participating in the registry as of April 2012.

Thank you for sharing your data and your experiences.

Sites Across Canada

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Rick Hansen Institute

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The Rick Hansen Institute is a Canada-wide collaboration of people with SCI, researchers, health care professionals, and service providers committed to minimizing disability and maximizing quality of life for people with SCI.

Canada's National SCI Registry

Welcome to the Rick Hansen SCI Registry (RHSCIR). Working with our partners in SCI health care and research across Canada, we are collecting, managing and analyzing important data from Canadians with spinal cord injuries. We're also expanding internationally and are already working with partners in Australia. Our goal is to provide the baseline information needed to greatly accelerate spinal cord injury research in Canada and around the globe.

Latest Registry News...

Enrolment Surges

Enrolment in the Rick Hansen SCI Registry has dramatically increased over the past few years. As of March 22nd, 2012, over 2500 participants have consented to have their SCI-related data captured by the Registry.
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Registry Down Under

In April 2010, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh visited the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre and announced that the next Rick Hansen SCI Registry site would be located in Brisbane. The significance of this cannot be understated: with the announcement of her government’s $1 million funding for the new Brisbane site, Premier Bligh is making it possible for the Registry to officially move beyond Canadian borders and become a global entity.
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