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Epilepsy Ontario

Support from OPP helps Sgt. Rob Jamieson continue the career he loves

March 5, 2015

By Deron Hamel Next to his family, there’s nothing Rob Jamieson says he loves more than his career in law enforcement. A sergeant with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), he has always given a 100-per-cent effort to the organization he serves and to his colleagues. And after he suffered his first two seizures in November…

Mandatory drug-shortage reporting a good start, but don’t stop there: Daryl Yeo

February 26, 2015

Daryl Yeo recalls the day in January 2013 when he learned of a clobazam shortage from an Epilepsy Ontario newsletter and had to contact his daughter, Lindsay, to ensure she had enough of the medication. Lindsay, who lives with epilepsy, contacted her pharmacy only to learn it had run out of clobazam, which sent her…

Amherstburg mother a true champion of epilepsy awareness

February 19, 2015

Deanna Sinasac has worked tirelessly to raise epilepsy awareness in Amherstburg, Ont., especially among students and staff at her daughter’s primary school. Her daughter, Alexis, is a Grade 4 student at Amherstburg Public School. She also has epilepsy. But because of her mother’s efforts to raise epilepsy awareness at the school, staff and students have…

Pharma companies will be federally mandated to report drug shortages

February 12, 2015

The federal government announced Feb. 10 that Canadian pharmaceutical companies must post all actual and anticipated medication shortages in coming months, a move that is welcomed by the epilepsy advocacy community. Drug shortages have affected the epilepsy community in recent years. In January 2013, it was announced that clobazam, an anticonvulsant medication, was in short…