We are pleased to note that we – the Atlantic Cancer Consortium Patient Advisory Committee (ACC PAC) – have just published our 2nd scholarly paper!! 💓
In this paper, we describe our experience with organizing a Public Conference on Precision Medicine (March 15, 2025) for Atlantic Canadians, self-reflections, feedback received and lessons learnt for future public partnerships and conferences
Take a look!!
What an impressive track-record – The ACC PAC was formed in Jan 2024, and this is our second manuscript peer-reviewed and published freely available to global audience
Congrats everyone – hope more to come!
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Conference recordings_Cancer is Personal: Humanizing Precision Medicine in Atlantic Canada
We are pleased to share the recorded talks delivered on March 15, 2025, as part of the public conference named Cancer is Personal: Humanizing Precision Medicine in Atlantic Canada!
We thank all speakers for making their talks public and tech staff for making this possible.
On behalf of ACC PAC, Sevtap Savas, PhD.
Conference Schedule (Cancer is Personal: Humanizing Precision Medicine in Atlantic Canada)
We will update this page as we finalize the schedule
Register http://bit.ly/4h4spjb
Introducing Conference speakers (Cancer is Personal: Humanizing Precision Medicine in Atlantic Canada)
Special guest, Darrell Fox
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Lianne Mantla-Look
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Derrick Bishop
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Dr. Cara MacInnis
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Gilles LeBlanc
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Jennifer Coish
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Dr. Amanda Bolderston
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Dr. Rodney Quellette
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Dr. Angela Hyde
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Dr. Ravi RamjeesinghMD, Ph.D
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Kathleen Buckley
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Chantal Boudreau
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Michelle Barton
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Marianne Arab
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Nicole Cardoulis
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Olivier Savoie
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Dr. Sevtap Savas
Registration is open: Cancer is Personal: Humanizing Precision Medicine in Atlantic Canada (public conference)
***For schedule, please see here: https://strength-in-community.ca/2025/02/18/conference-schedule-cancer-is-personal-humanizing-precision-medicine-in-atlantic-canada/
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We are pleased to invite all Atlantic Canadians to this free, virtual, and public conference on cancer and Precision Medicine on March 15, 2025!
This conference is organized by the Atlantic Cancer Consortium Patient Advisory Committee (ACC PAC), consisting of 14 members from across Atlantic Canada.
The conference will include speakers representing cancer patients, caregivers, researchers, healthcare and support service providers, leaders, and advocates.
Opening and closing keynote speeches will be delivered by a panel of patients and our special guest (Darrell Fox, the younger brother of Terry Fox), respectively.
Topics include lived experiences of patients and caregivers from various backgrounds, clinical trials in cancer, precision medicine in cancer, clinical and support services offered to cancer patients in Atlantic Canada, and role of advocacy in changing things for the better.
Select speeches will be delivered in French.
Register here: https://mun.jotform.com/250295627862061
Thank you – Organizing Committee: Jennifer Coish, Beverly Pausche, Georgia Skardasi, Sevtap Savas.
***For updates, info, and conference schedule, please continue to visit this website.
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Tentative schedule (Feb 14, 2025) – subject to change
Special Episodes 15 and 16 – Advocacy, and issues and recent changes in workplace legislations when it comes to cancer
We were pleased to have two special podcast episodes in September and October with Tracy Slaney and Heather Mulligan.
Tracy Slaney is an amazing advocate and caregiver in Newfoundland and Labrador. Heather Mulligan is from Canadian Cancer Society Advocacy unit in Atlantic Canada.
We have had cozy and very informative chats about what it means to be an advocate, and how organizations like Canadian Cancer Society are helping with advocating/lobbying the governments for change. One recent example is extension of unpaid sick leave and job protection in Nova Scotia.
We hope to see similar changes in other Atlantic Canada provinces, including Newfoundland and Labrador.
You can find our special podcast episodes here:
Episode 15 (special episode) – A heartwarming story of cancer advocacy and caregiving by Tracy Slaney:
Episode 16 (special episode) – Role of advocacy in changing sick leave legislations in Atlantic Canada:
Thank you for listening and enjoy!