“Your medication isn’t available”. This shocking news from your pharmacist comes out of the blue with little time to seek solutions. Unfortunately, it’s often the first notice that people receive that there is a drug shortage and many people with epilepsy cannot simply change their medication safely on short notice. Over the past five years…

Donna Pammer and Dianne McKenzie say the best thing that could stem from their epilepsy support agencies hosting screenings of On the Edge would be for people who are not connected to the epilepsy community to attend — and walk away with a better understanding of the condition. On the Edge is a documentary about…

Epilepsy Ontario  is excited to announce On the Edge: Living with Epilepsy Road Tour. Additional screenings will take place in Ottawa, Durham Region (Whitby) and London. Each film screening will include a facilitated conversation including a clinician, a person who has epilepsy and community epilepsy representative.  On the Edge: Living with Epilepsy is a documentary told through the eyes…

  Epilepsy Ontario gives a big shout out to the staff and students of Langstaff Secondary School who organized a Purple Day event during March – Epilepsy Awareness Month – for Epilepsy Ontario.  Their fantastic efforts played a key role in raising important awareness about epilepsy at the school as well as raising $793.94 for…