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!
Tag: PEI
Podcast episode 21 – “But Don, all cancers are treatable”
Welcome to our new podcast!
Our guest today is Dr. Don Desserud!
Don has brough fresh perspectives to our podcast as someone with lived experience of cancer and as a political science professor from PEI.
We talked mainly about two important topics:
1. Impact of clinic communication on patients and importance of trauma-informed communications by healthcare providers
2. Practical tips for advocacy at the government level
We hope that you will enjoy this episode as much as we have.
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