September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

5 09 2010

I’m a regular reader of the BlogHer community posts. Seems I always learn something new when I visit. Among their many terrific blogs I enjoy staying in touch with www.52weeksofimpact.org. Dynamic duo Corinne and Nils have done another great service by reminding us that this month is the annual awareness effort in the fight against ovarian cancer (the disease that took Corinne’s mother).

For information, support, or to find out how you can help, visit www.ovariancanada.org.

As I write today, Alan Brook, Kash and Kasturi Nayak are hopefully nearing the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in their Great Climb – honouring Alan’s late wife Adriana and raising funds for Ovarian Cancer Canada. Good luck to this gutsy trio! They picked a gruelling way to get the message out and raise awareness. My good friend Tracy made the trek/climb a few years ago for a U.K.-based cause and I remember her stories vividly (you don’t know blisters until you’ve climbed Kilimanjaro!).


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Connections – if you work with women who have substance abuse issues…

5 09 2010

I will be facilitating four regional networking sessions across Canada later this month for Connections, a knowledge exchange network for agencies serving women with substance abuse issues.

“The goal of Connections research is to improve services for women with substance use issues and their children in Canada. Children born to women who used substances during pregnancy are at greater risk for health and developmental problems. Women who continue to use substances after childbirth may have diminished capacity for parenting and have their own social and health problems” (from the Connections web site).

If you work in the substance abuse field, and particularly with women, check out the Connections web site and watch for us in St. John’s, Ottawa, Saskatoon and Vancouver.

www.connectionscanada.ca


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Child abuse – be informed

5 09 2010

Helpful and important information, research and insights about child abuse prevention, education and treatment from the Community Child Abuse Council of Canada: Spring 2010 Leadership Briefing. See the full series at www.childabusecouncil.on.ca.


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