- In 2003, the Government of Canada through Western Economic Diversification invested $15 million over a seven year period in the Rick Hansen SCI Leadership Fund. This fund was dedicated to articulation of a vision; to bringing together people with SCI, researchers and service providers; all aligned to identify and implement breakthrough solutions that focus on accelerating quality of life of people with SCI
- Two new national initiatives were created and supported by this Leadership Fund: the National SCI Solutions Alliance and the SCI Translational Research Network - later combining to become the SCI Solutions Network
- Through the leadership of the Rick Hansen Foundation, $107 million in new funding has been generated for related strategy-driven initiatives from the Canadian public, government, granting agencies and individual donors.
Together, this pan-Canadian 'solutions movement' is committed to collaborative efforts to minimize disability and maximize quality of life for people with SCI.
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