Heads up! Rowan's Law is solid step on path to concussion awareness

The passage of Rowan’s Law by the province is merely a step in the right direction.  Long overdue, especially since Ottawa-area high school rugby player Rowan Stringer died in 2013 from the impact of two concussions in a week, the concussion protocol bill was passed in March.

To be clear — legislation will not prevent concussions. For that, there is a much different conversation required to safeguard activities in which humans participate and collide with themselves or the ground.  Ontario is the first province in Canada to legislate a solid policy toward concussion treatment.

The challenge now is bringing together sports groups and athletes, the medical profession and government into an aligned system that looks out for, well, brains after the initial injury and preventing the next.

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“I don’t think concussions are exploding,” he said. “But I think recognition of concussions is exploding.”