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The University of Calgary has teamed up with the National Football League and research centres across the country to study the effect of sports-related concussions on youth.

On Thursday, the league gave the university a $12-million donation to lead the SHRed Concussions study to monitor concussions in high schools in a bid to reduce sport-related concussions and their consequences in youth.

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“It altered my life,” said Ash Kolstad, a student researcher in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the U of C who suffered a concussion at age 12 when he was checked from behind in a hockey game.

“This research is really important because it sheds light on the impact of concussions and will help provide families with the most current and accurate information, which is reassuring to them.”

The program is led by the university’s Dr. Carolyn Emery and is sponsored by the NFL’s scientific advisory board through the league’s Play Smart. Play Safe. initiative.