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Members of the Parkinsn List may be interested in the program of the Parkinson Foundation of Canada for their upcoming AGM and Conference Oct 16-18 TTFN Peter ======================= The Parkinson Foundation of Canada Annual General Meeting and Conference Hilton Hotel, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Setting the Answer…Pointing the Way Friday, October 16 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Registration: Foyer Salle de Bal 1:30 PM Mrs. Jocelyn Garret, Community Investment...Knowing your Audience, Portes Kent and du Palais 3:00 PM Rest Period, Foyer Salle de Bal 3:30 PM Group Discussions * What do you need or expect from the Foundation. * What does the Foundation need from you. Porte Kent and du Palais 4:30 PM End of Sessions 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Cocktail and Informal Get Together, Salle Panorama (23rd Floor) Free Evening Saturday, October 17 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Registration - Foyer Salle de Bal 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast Foyer Salle de Bal 9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks, Blair McRobie, President and C.E.O., Salle de Bal 9:30 AM New Medications in the treatment of Parkinson's: Dr. Jean Rivest, Neurologist, Salle de Bal 10:15 AM Rest Period: Foyer Salle de Bal 10:45 AM Food for Thought and Action Around Family, Friendship and Parkinson's: Dr. Renée Lyons, Ph.D., Salle de Bal 11:45 AM End of Conferences 12:15 PM Banquet: Salle de Bal 2:00 PM Simultaneous presentations: * For Young Onset Parkinsonians: Marie-Josée Fortin, R.N. and Eppie Sime, R.N, Porte St-Louis * For Caregivers Only: Gina Rohs, R.N., Porte Kent * For Parkinsonians and Friends: Hélène Boucher, R.N. and Elaine, Social Worker Porte du Palais 3:00 PM Rest Period: Foyer Salle de Bal 3:30 PM Surgical approaches in the Treatment of Parkinson's: Dr. Andres Lozano, Neurosurgeon, Salle de Bal 4:30 PM End of Conferences 7:30 PM Music, Dancing and Fun - Quebec City Style: $15.00, Salle Panorama (23rd Floor) Sunday, October 18 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM Continental Breakfast: Foyer Salle de Bal Annual General Meeting (Agenda to Come) Invited Guest: Dr. Pierre Blanchet, Neurologist, Salle de Bal Dr. Jean Rivest, neurologist, is the Director of the Movement Disorders Clinic of the Centre universitaire de santé de I'Estrie where he has been practicing since he returned from a two year postgraduate studies in movement disorders and electrophysiology in Great Britain. He also heads the neurology program and teaches general neurology as well as electrophysiology at the Université de Sherbrooke Faculty of Medicine. He is a member of several medical societies, in particular the Canadian Movement Disorders Group. Dr. Rivest is currently involved in numerous sponsored studies, mainly on Parkinson's and has been recently named examiner for the final neurology exam at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jocelyn Ann Garrett has held key public relations positions in health care and in government. Since 1985, she has been involved in all aspects of marketing, public relations, community relations, employee relations ombudsman, media services and volunteer services department. Jocelyn is also the recipient of many achievement awards and has presented on an ongoing basis at the Ontario Hospital Association and IABC International Conferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Andres Lozano, Neurosurgeon received his MD from the University of Ottawa in 1983 and obtained his Ph.D. in 1989 from McGill University in Montréal where he also trained in neurosurgery and received his Royal College Certification in 1990. Since 1991, he has been on staff at the Toronto Hospital and faculty in the Division of neurosurgery at the University of Toronto. He presently holds the position of Associate Professor and Head of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Dr. Lozano is also a clinical scientist of the Medical Research Council of Canada. Dr. Lozano and his team are developing novel strategies to repair and restore function to the nervous system and have made important advances in the surgical treatment of Parkinson's. Dr. Pierre Blanchet, Neurologist, completed his post doctorate studies in Parkinson's at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda in the United States of America. At the time he received a fellowship from the Parkinson Foundation of Canada. Presently, Dr. Blanched is a member of the Movement Disorders team at Le Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and is part of the research program at the André-Viallet Clinical Research Center at the St-Luc Hospital in Montréal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Renée Lyons, Ph.D. is currently Director of the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Center and a Professor in the School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health Professions, Dalhousie University in Halifax. She also holds a cross appointment with the Department of Psychology. Dr. Lyons has been a leader and an advocate in promoting active living for people with disabilities, both provincially and nationally. She also has made significant contributions to the development of services and policies related to the quality of life and chronic illness in Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elspeth (Eppie) Sime, a graduate of the Toronto General Hospital of Nursing serves as a Nurse Coordinator in the Movement Disorders Clinic at the Toronto Hospital, Western Division. She has worked extensively in the support and education of Parkinsonians and their families. Eppie, as a Clinical Nurse in the Parkinson Foundation of Canada funded clinics, speaks often to Parkinson Support Groups and Chapters. She is also a nurse-specialist on the use of mid-brain stimulation as one of the surgical approaches in the treatment of Parkinson's and has published and lectured on this topic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gina Rohs is a graduate of St. Paul's School of Nursing in Saskatoon. She also holds a postgraduate diploma in Neurological Nursing from Foothills Hospital in Calgary. She is presently Nurse Coordinator in the Movement Disorders Clinic in Calgary, providing education and support for clinic and surgical patients and their family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marie-Josée Fortune has been the Nurse-Coordinator of the Movement Disorder Clinic of the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, since February 1997. Her role is to assess the needs of patients with Parkinson's and to plan with them the appropriate interventions to maintain an optimal level of health and well-being. In the last year, she has created two support groups for young Parkinsonians, allowing them to meet and share information, experience and concerns. She has more than 11 years of nursing experience on a short-term geriatric care unit at the Centre hospitalier de Verdun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hélène Boucher holds a baccalaureate in nursing. She is responsible for nursing follow-up within the specialized Parkinson's program at the Day Hospital of the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montreal. She is also co-facilitator of workshops on the psycho-social aspects of Parkinson's. The main goal of these meetings is to improve the quality of life of Parkinsonians, by increasing their abilities to adapt to their condition. . . . . . .................... Élaine Laberge is a social worker, and also holds a baccalaureate in pedagogy, and more than ten years of experience in psychiatry. She has developed a series of workshops, on the psycho-social aspects of Parkinson's, which are part of the specialized program for Parkinsonians at the Day Hospital of the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. These workshops are an excellent opportunity of sharing, and are aimed at improving the quality of life of people affected by Parkinson's. ====================== To Register by Phone: (514) 861-4422 of toll free: 1-800-720-1307 To Register by Mail: The Parkinson Foundation of Canada, 1253, McGill College, Suite 402, Montréal, Quebec, H3B 2Y5 ************************************************************************** Peter Kidd Learning Materials Consulting Services 62 Coronation Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3N 2M6 Canada Tel/FAX: (902) 443-4262 Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa163/peterkidd.html