YWCA campaign with Trevor Linden highlights the shocking rate of concussion from domestic violence
For every NHL concussion, it is estimated that more than 7,000 women in Canada suffer the same injury because of violence by an intimate partner, according to recent calculations by YWCA. Concussions are the leading cause of brain injury in Canada — and concussions sustained by intimate partner violence is a historically taboo topic that often goes unreported, underreported and untreated.
So, YWCA Metro Vancouver and former National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star Trevor Linden have partnered on a new public service announcement, titled “Concussion Story”, to highlight the shocking rate of concussion from violence by an intimate partner.