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Parkinson's Awareness Month - Day 30 I've gathered links, bookmarks, and URL's for Parkinson Resources on the WWWeb and I plan to post them in bunches on this List in my own personal attempt to raise Parkinson's Awareness around the world... I encourage you all to jump in and critique, improve, support these efforts in whatever way you see fit.... WWWeb Resources 30 - Parkinson's & Canada Victoria Epilepsy and Parkinson's Centre Society 813 Darwin Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8X-2X7 Tel: 250-475-6677 Fax: 250-475-6619 http://www.vepc.bc.ca/ British Columbia Parkinson Disease Association Suite 600 - 890 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C-1K4 Tel: 604-662-3240 Toll Free (B.C. only) 1-800-668-3330 Fax: 604-687-1327 Exec. Director: Lois Raphael WebSite - Under Construction The BCPDA co-operates with The Parkinson Foundation of Canada in disseminating information on Parkinson's disease but is not formally affiliated with that body. University of British Columbia Neurodegenerative Disorders Centre Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre Purdy Pavilion 2221 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T-2B5 Tel: 604-822-7695 Fax: 604-822-7866 http://www.med.ubc.ca/neurodeg.htm Parkinson Society of Southern Alberta (Calgary) Tel: 403-243-9901 Toll Free (Alberta only) 1-800-561-1911 Fax: 403-243-8283 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Ex. Dir.- Southern Alberta-Judy Axelson [log in to unmask] Saskachewan Parkinson Disease Foundation (Saskatoon) Tel: 306-966-8160 Fax: 306-966-8030 Parkinson's Disease Winnipeg Young Onset Parkinson's Group of Manitoba Wayne Buchannan 204-667-6247 after 6:00 pm Email: [log in to unmask] Manitoba Clearinghouse Concerning Disabilities Inc. 825 Sherbrook St. Winnipeg Tel: 204-772-6979 Fax: 204-786-0860 Parkinson Foundation - Southwestern Ontario Region http://www3.sympatico.ca/pf.swo/index.html Parkinson Foundation of Canada (PFC) 4211 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2P-2A9 Tel: 416-227-9700 Toll Free 1-800-565-3000 Fax: E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.parkinson.ca/ Parkinson's Society of Ottawa-Carleton (PSOC) 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y-4E9 Tel: 613-722-9238 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/freeport/social.services/parkinson/menu The Society co-operates with The Parkinson Foundation of Canada in disseminating information on Parkinson's disease but is not formally affiliated with that body. Quebec Tel: 514-861-4422 Toll Free 1-800-720-1307 Fax: 514-861-4510 Parkinson's Foundation in the Maritimes Tel: 902-422-3656 Toll Free (NB, NS, & PEI Only) 1-800-663-2468 Fax: 902-422-3797 http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Health/NSPF/nsd-pfc.html St. John's Regional Chapter - Parkinson Foundation of Canada Tel: 709-754-4428 Toll Free (Nfld. Only) 1-800-567-7020 Fax: 709-754-5868 http://www.infonet.st-johns.nf.ca/providers/parkinson/index.html Personal Site with Parkinson's Theme & Loads of Links... Janet Paterson's Site http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ Joe's Story http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/pienet/joestory/index.html PD Surgery / Hole-In-The-Head-Gang Webpages http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/hithgang/index.html WWWeb Resources - Links http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/wwweb/index.html A guide to Living with Parkinsonism http://www.canoe.com/HealthReference/parkinson_1.html Consumer's Health Information Services Toll Free Numbers http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/TRL/centres/chis/tollfree.html Canadian Information By Subject - Medicine http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/caninfo/ep061.htm Your Home Canada Links http://www.yourhomecanada.com/seniors/senior.html http://www.yourhomecanada.com/canada/medical.html Government of Canada Primary Internet Site (Canada Site) http://canada.gc.ca/main_e.html Government of Canada - Directory Are you looking for Government of Canada information? A Member of Parliament, Member of the Senate, or a public servant? An Internet address? This is the place. http://canada.gc.ca/directories/direct_e.html Government of Canada Internet Addresses http://canada.gc.ca/directories/internet_e.html All the Federal HomePages for Every Dept. Health Canada OnLine http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/ http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/links.htm National Health & Research Development Program The NHRDP funds research and development to advance the understanding of, and response to, national health issues. The program also supports the career development of researchers through its training and career awards program and provides contributions toward health research http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iacb-dgiac/nhrdp/indexe.html Medical Research Council The Medical Research Council of Canada is the major federal agency responsible for funding health research in Canada. Its role is to promote, assist and undertake basic, applied and clinical research in the health sciences in Canada. It also has a major role in supporting the research training of health scientists and acts as an advisor on health research to the federal Minister of Health. http://www.mrc.gc.ca/welcome.html Canadian Institutes of Health Research The Canadian Institutes of Health Research is a broad national coalition that is supporting the development of an organization that can provide the federal government with an effective and imaginative means of fostering a holistic national health research effort. This initiative follows an extensive consultation with a variety of stakeholder groups from across the country. conferences and workshops. http://www.cihr.org/english.cfm Canadian Institute for Health Information http://www.cihi.ca/eindex.htm Canada'a Research Based Pharmaceutical Companies http://www.canadapharma.org/en/index.html Canadian Medical Association http://www.cma.ca/eng-index.asp The Canadian Movement Disorder Group http://www.cmdg.org/ Members across Canada from West to East http://www.cmdg.org/across_canada/across_canada.htm Other Neurologists in Canada - Find a Neurologist http://www.aan.com/roster_f.html Brain Research Centre http://www.brain.ubc.ca/index.htm Dr. Donald Calne http://www.brain.ubc.ca/d_calne.htm Dr. A. Jon Stoessl http://www.interchange.ubc.ca/neurosci/faculty/stoessl.html TRIUMF: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) http://www.triumf.ca/welcome/index.html http://www.triumf.ca/welcome/petscan.html The UBC/TRIUMF PET Program http://www.brain.ubc.ca/pet_program.htm U of T Faculty of Medicine - Neurosurgery http://brodel.med.utoronto.ca/NEURO/NEUROindex.html Andres M. Lozano, M.D., Ph.D. (McGill), FRCSC http://www.toronto.edu/neurosci/Profiles/Lozano-rev.htm http://brodel.med.utoronto.ca/NEURO/NEUROfaculty/NEUROfacLozano.html Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital http://www.mcgill.ca/mni/ Canadian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences http://www.ualberta.ca/~csps/ http://www.ualberta.ca/~csps/links.htm Medications http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/cmdg/medicati/Links/links.htm Prescription Drug Information for Canadians http://www3.islandnet.com/~rinfocan/ http://www3.islandnet.com/~rinfocan/noframes/pd.htm International drug cross-referencing- a drug marketed under one trade name in one country may be marketed under a different name in another. This may be of concern for travellers who have run out of their prescription and need a refill in another country but can not obtain the refill because the trade name is unrecognised in the country they travel to. Cost: FREE. http://www3.islandnet.com/~rinfocan/services.html Seniors Guide to Federal Programs and Services http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/guide/en/intro_e.html Table of Contents http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/guide/en/conten_e.html B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities BCCPD http://www.bccpd.bc.ca Canadian Employment Links (Scroll down to Diabilities) http://www.possibilitiesproject.com/links/ RetireWeb is a WWW site packed with Financial Planning Information for Canadians of All Ages http://www.retireweb.com/ Scroll these URL's, peruse them, forward them to someone to promote Parkinson's Awareness.... murray ********************************************************** Disclaimer: Be forewarned... you must never assume that information obtained from the web is necessarily the best information available (or even valid). Remember, no one sets content rules on the Internet. That said, there is an education awaiting you! Links to Web sites are provided for information purposes. I assume no responsibility or liability for material on linked sites. Please Be Advised: Medical information should always be reviewed with your physician or attending professional before attempting to change any medication or therapy. *********************************************************** [log in to unmask]