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Advocacy

Celebrating Purple Day at Queen’s Park

March 23, 2016

By Deron Hamel Epilepsy Ontario will be acknowledging Purple Day by distributing purple ribbons to MPPs on March 24 and attending a session at Queen’s Park, where representatives from the Liberal, NDP and Progressive Conservative parties will read member statements focused on epilepsy awareness. 2014 Purple Day Website poster Purple Day is honoured annually by…

People encouraged to share experiences with first responders after a seizure

March 3, 2016

By Deron Hamel Epilepsy Ontario is embarking on an outreach strategy with first responders to build relationships between epilepsy support agencies and police, firefighters and paramedic teams to create training opportunities and encourage appropriate responses to people who may have had a seizure. The first step in this process is gathering people’s stories – both…

9-year-old Miah Wheadon getting ready to raise epilepsy awareness ahead of Purple Day

February 25, 2016

By Deron Hamel Purple Day is just around the corner, and one nine-year-old girl and her mother in a small northern Ontario community are gearing up for their annual drive to raise epilepsy awareness. For the past few years, Grade 4 student Miah Wheadon and her mother, Gina, have approached local businesses in Manitouwadge, Ont.…

Epilepsy Action Day has evolved from an advocacy event to a strategic one

November 13, 2015

By Deron Hamel TORONTO – Epilepsy Action Day has come a long way since 2009, when representatives from Ontario’s epilepsy support agencies began joining advocates from other epilepsy organizations at Queen’s Park to set up information booths, says Paul Raymond. Raymond, Epilepsy Ontario’s executive director, notes that during the past five years Epilepsy Action Day…