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When Ryerson student Stephen Ostick, right, took a job as companion to Rod, a brain-damaged 22-year-old, he found a friend as well as an icredible challenge
When Ryerson student Stephen Ostick, right, took a job as companion to Rod, a brain-damaged 22-year-old, he found a friend as well as an icredible challenge

When Ryerson student Stephen Ostick, right, took a job as companion to Rod, a brain-damaged 22-year-old, he found a friend as well as an icredible challenge

Date5/8/1984
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Troubled family: Doug Connell, left, who suffered severe brain damage four years ago when a transport truck slammed into his car, can't understand why his parents, Mary and Ron, don't think he's able to handle his former job.
Troubled family: Doug Connell, left, who suffered severe brain damage four years ago when a transport truck slammed into his car, can't understand why his parents, Mary and Ron, don't think he's able to handle his former job.
4/3/1984
John Craig, left, 22-year-old resident of Ashby House for brain-damaged men, gets helping hand from house parent Bruce Emerson. Residence opened last (...)
John Craig, left, 22-year-old resident of Ashby House for brain-damaged men, gets helping hand from house parent Bruce Emerson. Residence opened last (...)
2/13/1978
Wondrous claims disputed: David Graham, inventor of the Graham Potentializer, claims his rotating bed improves creativity in healthy people and is useful for treating brain-damaged children
Wondrous claims disputed: David Graham, inventor of the Graham Potentializer, claims his rotating bed improves creativity in healthy people and is useful for treating brain-damaged children
2/12/1980
High hopes: Ernie and Louise MacKay of Brampton have high expectations for their 23-year-old son Stephen, who has fought back from severe brain injuries suffered in a bar incident three years ago
High hopes: Ernie and Louise MacKay of Brampton have high expectations for their 23-year-old son Stephen, who has fought back from severe brain injuries suffered in a bar incident three years ago
7/1/1987
Front man: George Makriyiannis, head of property management at Caledon Village, says that when he took on the project he saw it as the ultimate challenge
Front man: George Makriyiannis, head of property management at Caledon Village, says that when he took on the project he saw it as the ultimate challenge
3/2/1983
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
11/18/1983
Student voters at University of Toronto are wooed by Adam Fuersteinberg (right), an English lecturer at Ryerson Institute and NDP candidate in St. Andrew-St. Patrick riding. Despite special attention by all candidates, majority of students in colleges see
Student voters at University of Toronto are wooed by Adam Fuersteinberg (right), an English lecturer at Ryerson Institute and NDP candidate in St. Andrew-St. Patrick riding. Despite special attention by all candidates, majority of students in colleges see
10/2/1967
That winning smile on the left comes from Ken Dimson after 30-year-old insurance salesman beat out Wanda Grendys, right, for Liberal nomination in Scarborough-Ellesmere riding this week. I got word the executive was looking for someone to run, said Dimson. I knew there was going to be some time in my life when I was going to run so thought it might as well be now. Victory was an anti-climax.
That winning smile on the left comes from Ken Dimson after 30-year-old insurance salesman beat out Wanda Grendys, right, for Liberal nomination in Scarborough-Ellesmere riding this week. I got word the executive was looking for someone to run, said Dimson. I knew there was going to be some time in my life when I was going to run so thought it might as well be now. Victory was an anti-climax.
5/12/1977
Family support: B.r.a.i.n.child, the Brain Tumour Research Assistance And Information Network, a group of the families and friends of children with brain tumours, was founded by Dr. James Rutka, front.
Family support: B.r.a.i.n.child, the Brain Tumour Research Assistance And Information Network, a group of the families and friends of children with brain tumours, was founded by Dr. James Rutka, front.
4/9/1998
Playing the crowd: Paul Young has charisma, but the audience seems more aware of it than he is, says reviewer Stephen Ostick of the singer's concert at Maple Leaf Gardens last night
Playing the crowd: Paul Young has charisma, but the audience seems more aware of it than he is, says reviewer Stephen Ostick of the singer's concert at Maple Leaf Gardens last night
10/21/1985
Tips from the champ, Al Gallow, may help this little boy grow up to be a Yo-Yo demonstrator when he's a teenager. Gallow's company hires 15 youths to demonstrate Yo-Yos across Canada each summer and he says job pays well.
Tips from the champ, Al Gallow, may help this little boy grow up to be a Yo-Yo demonstrator when he's a teenager. Gallow's company hires 15 youths to demonstrate Yo-Yos across Canada each summer and he says job pays well.
6/11/1975
New guardian: Lawyer Wilson McTavish, who was associate counsel in the Mississauga rail disaster inquiry, says the challenge in his new job is to protect the rights of people who cannot protect themselves
New guardian: Lawyer Wilson McTavish, who was associate counsel in the Mississauga rail disaster inquiry, says the challenge in his new job is to protect the rights of people who cannot protect themselves
11/23/1984