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Epilepsy Awareness

Agency works with media to bring supports to family of boy with epilepsy

August 18, 2016

By Deron Hamel Epilepsy Halton Peel Hamilton communications manager Trevor Gordon was scanning online news stories in May when he came across a Global News article about a Mississauga family who was trying to find supports for the 5-year-old boy they had adopted who is living with epilepsy. In May, Rosy Garcia and Andres Sosa…

Westmount Gardens wins Epilepsy Support Centre’s Purple Day Challenge

July 21, 2016

By Deron Hamel Westmount Gardens, a London, Ont. long-term care home, is the winner of the Epilepsy Support Centre’s 2016 Purple Day Challenge, an annual contest where seniors’ care homes raise epilepsy awareness. Now in its second year, the Purple Day Challenge was launched to recognize the increasing prevalence of epilepsy in the senior population…

Spy-themed gala raising money to support people with epilepsy

July 14, 2016

By Deron Hamel Epilepsy Ontario and EpLink are teaming up to host the organizations’ first annual Brain Benefit Ball to raise money in support of people living with epilepsy. The event, called the Shaken, Not Stirred gala, will be held in Toronto Oct. 20 and will feature a James Bond theme that promises “an evening…