The Constable Gerald Breese Centre for Traumatic Life Losses (CGB Centre)

The CGB Centre, a federally incorporated charity established in 2017, has advanced innovative programs including Atticus & Friends, a Hippocampe lending program, and accessible counselling, providing over 1,000 hours of no-cost support to survivors and families.

It also has advanced national and provincial initiatives, including the pursuit of a National Strategy on Brain Injury and the BC Consensus on Brain Injury, Mental Health and Addictions, Canada’s first framework addressing brain injury in relation to mental health, substance use, housing, intimate partner violence, and other intersecting systems. CGB also co-developed the Canadian Charter of Rights for People with Brain Injury, with over 150 people with lived experience across Canada.

In 2025, BC Brain Injury Association (BCBIA) transitioned under the CGB Centre to strengthen alignment, improve coordination, and support a more connected provincial approach. While CGB remains the legal entity, BCBIA continues as the public-facing identity for provincial coordination and system-level work in British Columbia and continues to lead and advance, in collaboration with partners, the BC Consensus and the National Strategy on Brain Injury.

Today, BCBIA is guided by and accountable to people with lived and living experience of brain injury and works alongside community partners, regional organizations, researchers, and decision-makers across provincial, territorial, and national levels to connect knowledge, support collaboration, and advance innovation, strengthening awareness, access to care, and system coordination across British Columbia and nationally.