The People's Choice Awards recognize the best rapid podium presentation and the best posters presented at the conference. The awards are judged based on the following selection criteria:

• Originality and innovation
• Relevance to the current body of knowledge
• Quality of evidence and objectivity
• Clarity of presentation
• Demonstrated impact and practical implications

Five People's Choice Awards were presented:

Best Rapid Podium Presentation
Wendy Lopez, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 

MATTERS OF THE PLATE – A VOLUNTEER MEAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (MAP) TO IMPROVE THE DIETARY INTAKE OF STROKE PATIENTS IN A REHABILITATION UNIT

Best Poster - 1st Place
Melissa Goddard - Providence Healthcare  

Poster #42: "NO PRACTITIONER IS AN ISLAND": PIONEERING BRIDGES TO ADVANCE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR REHABILITATION SERVICE

Best Poster - 2nd Place
Deanna Feltracco - St. Michael's Hospital 

Poster #44: IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EARLY MOBILITY PROTOCOL FOR CRITICAL CARE 

Best Poster - 3rd Place
Siobhan Donaghy - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre-St. John's Rehab

Poster #47: WHOSE MEETING IS THIS? CO-CREATING A PROCESS FOR CONDUCTING PERSON-CENTRED FAMILY TEAM MEETINGS IN AN INPATIENT REHABILITATION PROGRAM

Best Student Poster
Jasmine Carter - University Health Network

Poster #15: VALIDITY OF THE 14-ITEM CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE (CES-D) AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CARDIOPULMONARY FITNESS IN PARTICIPANTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES ENTERING AN EXERCISE-BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

Abstracts of all poster displays at the conference are available HERE.

Prince's Patient Perspective

Prince Amponsah

No presentation available • Biography

The challenge of frailty in providing rehabilitation to older adults

Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine and Neurology) The Kathryn Allen Weldon Professor of Alzheimer Research, Dalhousie University and staff physician at the Nova Scotia Health Authority

Presentation • Biography

Presentation #1
BRAIN GAIN: TECHNOLOGY-INFUSED COGNITIVE REHABILITATION FOR KIDS WITH BRAIN INJURIES
~ Presenters: Sara Stevens; Lisa Kakonge

Presentation #2 ~ Winner of People's Choice Award
MATTERS OF THE PLATE - A VOLUNTEER MEAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (MAP) TO IMPROVE THE DIETARY INTAKE OF STROKE PATIENTS IN A REHABILITATION UNIT
~ Presenter: Wendy Lopez

Presentation #3
EXPANDING PROFESSIONAL SCOPE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION AND COLLABORATION
~ Presenter: Julia Foster

Presentation #4
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CARE STREAM MODEL IN A REHABILITATION/CCC FACILITY TO SUPPORT COORDINATION, EDUCATION AND SERVICE DELIVERY FOR AN INTEGRATED REGIONAL REHABILITATION SYSTEM ACROSS THE FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE
~ Presenters: Denise Taylor; Susan Franchi

Presentation #5
ADVANCED STROKE EXPERTISE: IMPLEMENTING THE SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO STROKE NETWORK REHABILITATION STROKE UNIT ORIENTATION RESOURCE
~ Presenter: Lyndsey Butler

Presentation #6
INTRODUCTION OF iPAD PATIENT AND FAMILY SATISFACTION SURVEYS ON THE LAKERIDGE HEALTH INTEGRATED STROKE UNIT
~ Presenters: Amy Maebrae-Waller; Allyson Eadie

Morning Sessions

Session A 
From Emergency to Restorative Care: How direct admission to a rehab bed improves Elderly patients' health outcomes and provides a new approach to geriatric rehabilitation and restoration
~ Presenter: Karen Truter

Session B
Supporting Caregivers across the Care Continuum 
~ Presenter: Jill I. Cameron

Session C
The Impacts of Botulinum Toxin-A on People with Spasticity secondary to an UMN Syndrome 
~ Presenters: Pearl Gryfe; Triina Forbell

Afternoon Sessions

Session A
Early Mobility in the ICU - Translating the Rehab Approach into Acute Care 
~ Presenter: Vincent Lo

Session B 
Not Confident? Feeling Unsafe? Empowering Staff to Manage Challenging Behaviours in Rehabilitation 
~ Presenters: Edith Ng; Nathalie Brown

Session C
Implementation and Evaluation of a Community-Based Intensive Rehabilitation Program to Transition Patients Home Earlier from "Assess and Restore" Rehabilitative Care and Build Rehabilitative Care System Capacity
~ Presenters: Joan DeBruyn; Helen Janzen Ezekiel