By Deron Hamel Summerfest Camp is going into its 22nd year in 2016 and families can register their children for a session in this unique, two-week camping experience starting Dec. 4. Each year Summerfest Camp, which is sponsored by Epilepsy Ontario, has an average of 20 to 40 children and youths who have epilepsy attend…
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…
By Deron Hamel TORONTO – Lynn Zeppieri says the greatest success she experienced at this year’s Epilepsy Action Day was helping MPPs and policy makers see the extent to which epilepsy affects Ontarians and helping them understand the need for interventions to minimize the impact of seizure disorders. Zeppieri, the president of Epilepsy Peterborough and…
By Deron Hamel TORONTO – This year’s Epilepsy Action Day successfully sent a message to Ontario’s MPPs and policy makers that “epilepsy matters and people with epilepsy matter,” says Paul Raymond, Epilepsy Ontario’s executive director. About 30 people representing epilepsy agencies across Ontario were at Queen’s Park on Oct. 27 for Epilepsy Action Day, an…
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