The Canadian Stroke Network and the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) have joined forces to create a blueprint to improve the quality of life and the health of Canadians.

In six years, a national registry established to find out as much as possible about stroke in Canada has helped to reshape care, to evaluate the health-care system and to provide valuable research data.

Seven years after creation of the award-winning Focus on Stroke training program -- an initiative developed by the Canadian Stroke Network and its partners the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and AstraZeneca Canada – the impact has been profound.

Canada’s stroke nurses are leading the way in efforts to advance the Canadian Stroke Strategy, a national plan to ensure access to organized stroke care across the country.

From the U.K. to the U.S. to Russia to Korea, stroke research communities around the world have been knocking at the door of the Canadian Stroke Network this year for leadership and guidance.