List of events planned across Canada for World Hepatitis Day 2009
NWT HIV Hepatitis C Support Network Open House and Activities
When: May 19
Where: North West Territories
Contact: Ms. Audrey Zoe or Debbie Russell, 867-873-8397
Positive Living North HCV 101 workshop and educational games
When: May 19
Where: Prince George, BC
Contact: Christa Lepik, 250-552-1172, clepik@positivelivingnorth.ca
Website: www.positivelivingnorth.ca
HepCBC and AIDS Vancouver Island, various activities including a ribbon campaign and participation in the Victoria Day parade
When: Throughout May
Where: Victoria, BC
Contact: jessicachan.hepcbc@gmail.com
Website: www.hepcbc.ca
HepCCanada’s Second Annual World Hepatitis Day Celebration
When: Morning of May 19, 2009
Where: Vancouver City Hall, BC
Who: Global Music Group recording artists Cliff Lee and Tom Lawreszuk from SevenSecondChase will be performing a live acoustic version of 'Here In The End', the lead off single from their new album 'Waiting For The Future To Change'; and people living with hepatitis
Contact: Kelly O’Dell, Kelly@hepccanada.com
Website: www.hepccanada.com, www.bccdc.org
Awareness activities throughout Vancouver
When: May 19, 2009
Where: Government offices,health clinics,dental clinics, harm reduction clinics, Insite, BCCDC's clinics, BC transplant, coffee shops, bakeries, nail shops, pubs/restaurants, piercing salons and tattoo parlors and a range of other businesses throughout Vancouver will support The Living For A Change Initiative by displaying posters and
handing out information. Some participating businesses will have
special in-store giveaways!
Contact: Kelly@hepccanada.com
Website: www.hepccanada.com, www.hepccanada.com, www.bccdc.org
Vancouver Inner City Clinics – Education and Awareness
When: During the week of May 19
Where: Clinic waiting rooms, Vancouver, BC. Staff will offer contests and quizzes about Hep C and Hep B with prizes and handouts for participants.
Who: Campaign Living For A Change 2009 and Hep C Canada
Contact: Lesley Gallagher, lgalla@interchange.ubc.ca or Kelly O’Dell, Kelly@hepccanada.com
Website: www.hepccanada.com
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) World Hepatitis Day awareness-raising demonstration
When: On or around May 19
Where: Vancouver, BC
Contact: Ann Livingston, annlive@telus.net
Harm Reduction Network, various events to promote awareness of Hepatitis
When: Various days throughout May
Where: Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray, Grand Prairie, Red Deer, Calgary, AB
Contact: Lynda Watson Waddington, lyndawaddington@hotmail.com
Youth Forum focusing on Hep C
When: On or near May 19
Where: Regina, SK
Contact: All Nations Hope AIDS Network Inc., toll-free 1-877-210-7622, allnationalhope@sasktel.net
Website: www.allnationshope.ca
Partners in Caring Conference on Hepatitis C, HIV and STI
Postponed, due to increased public health activity on the part of several
sponsors regarding H1N1 influenza within North America. The event will be
rescheduled and a new date confirmed in the near future.
When: TBD
Where: Winnipeg, MB
Who: Public Health Agency of Canada, First Nations and Inuit Health, Correctional
Service Canada, Manitoba Corrections, Manitoba Health and Healthy Living, Healthy Child Manitoba and support from the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network and Nine Circles Community Health Centre
Contact: Maxine Zasitko, PHAC, (204) 789-7412
Website: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
Distribution of promotional materials and ‘tagging’ of every 12th person in downtown Winnipeg
When: May 19
Where: Downtown Winnipeg, MB
Who: Canadian Liver Foundation, local media, advocates, and health care professionals
Contact: Kim Barnes, kbarnes@liver.ca
Website: www.liver.ca
Information kiosk at local shopping centre to generate awareness of Hep B and C in the community
When: May 19-21
Where: Thunder Bay, ON
Contact: AIDS Thunder Bay, 807-345-1516, info@aidsthunderbay.org
Website: www.aidsthunderbay.org
Am I Number 12? Cookie sale and distribution, information kiosks in high schools,
When: May 19-22
Where: Sudbury, ON
Who: Ontario Hepatitis C Treatment Program, Sudbury Action Centre for Youth, Canadian Red Dragon Tattoo Studio, Golden Grain Bakeries and local high schools
Contact: (705) 561-6231, hepctreatment@persona.ca
Website: www.sacy.ca
Region of Waterloo Public Health Department, window display and messages about World Hepatitis Day posted on TV screens in clinic waiting rooms
When: Throughout May
Where: Waterloo, ON
Contact: Nadine Parsons, (519) 883-2006 Ext. 5271
Hepatitis B & C Awareness Month in Chinese Community of Toronto
When: Throughout May
Where: Toronto, ON
Contact: Yee Hong Centre, (416) 321-6333, ext 2632, maria.chu@yeehong.com
City of Toronto Proclaims May 19, 2009 as Hepatitis Awareness Day
When: May 19, 2009
Where: Toronto, ON
Open house, Toronto Western Hospital Liver Centre
When: May 19
Where: Toronto, ON
Contact: Dave.Wong@uhn.on.ca
Website: www.torontoliver.ca
Hep C Tattooing Project, education and awareness presentations for grade 11 students
When: On or around May 13
Where: St. Catharines, ON
Contact: Niagara Region Public Health Infectious Disease program, Kathy.dallaire@niagararegion.ca
Parliamentary Breakfast to raise awareness among MPs and senators
When: May 12
Where: Ottawa, ON
Contact: (613) 241-5785, whd@csih.org
Website: www.csih.org
Awareness-raising at the Canadian Hemophilia Society’s Rendez-Vous 2009 event
When: May 7-10
Where: Ottawa, ON
Who: Canadian Hemophilia Society and Association of Hemophilia Clinic Directors of Canada
Contact: (514) 848-0503, 1-800-668-2686, mlong@hemophilia.ca
Website: www.hemophilia.ca
Living with Liver Disease session on viral hepatitis, its transmission, prevention and treatment; hosted by the Canadian Liver Foundation
When: May 20, 7-9pm
Where: Blue Mountain Café, 1587 Bank Street ,Ottawa, ON
Who: Canadian Liver Foundation - Speaker Dr. Gary Garber, Head Division of Infectious Diseases, Ottawa Hospital.
Contact: Annette Martin, amartin@liver.ca
Website: www.liver.ca
Information table at community-wide event to educate and raise awareness of Hepatitis C and B
When: May 23
Where: Ottawa-Barhaven, ON
Contact: Dr.Nivin Sharaf, navysharaf@hotmail.com
Asian Health Symposium
When: May 24, 10a.m. – 4p.m.
Where: Ottawa
Who: The Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Society, in partnership with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, the City of Ottawa, and eight Asian communities
Contact: Bach Mai Nguyen, Mai_Nguyen@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit Hepatitis C Community Round Table
When: Not specified
Where: Smith Falls, ON
Contact: Martina Flanagan, Martina.Flanagan@healthunit.org
Awareness-raising events in two federal penitentiaries (La Macaza and Joliette)
When: May 19
Where: La Macaza and Joliette, QC
Contact: Centre Associatif Polyvalent d’Aide Hépatite C, (514) 521-0444/1-866-522-0444, capahc@capahc.org
Website: www.capahc.org
Distribution of promotional and educational materials to local health clinics, tattoo parlours, and aestheticians, and to the Fredericton Needle Exchange Program participants
When: Week leading up to May 19
Where: Throughout New Brunswick
Contact: AIDS New Brunswick, 506-459-7518, volsidaids@nb.aibn.com
Website: www.aidsnb.com
Taking Hepatitis Awareness to the Streets of Nova Scotia
When: May 19
Where: Street campaign throughout the province, NS
Contact: (902) 420-1767, Program@HepatitisOutreach.com
Website: www.HepatitisOutreach.com
National Canadian Research Training Program in Hepatitis C (NCRTP-HepC) Promotional booths in various cities
When: May 19
Where: St. John’s, Halifax, Fredericton, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Saskatoon, and Edmonton
Contact: Maureen Barrow, (416)-603-5800 ext. 3695, mbarrow@uhnresearch.ca
Website: http://www.ncrtp-hepc.ca
Canadian Liver Foundation educational booths across the country
When: May 19
Where: University of New Brunswick (Fredericton), Newfoundland Health Sciences Centre (St. John’s), University of Alberta (Edmonton), Toronto General Hospital (Toronto), IWK Health Centre/Canadian Centre for Vaccinology (Halifax), McGill University (Montreal)
Who: In collaboration with NCRTP-HepC
Contact: Ms. Billie Potkonjak, bpotkonjak@liver.ca
Website: www.liver.ca