2nd Annual Family Day &
Huntington Disease Symposium
For families, healthcare professionals, researchers and students.
CITY LOCATION TIME
London ON Parkwood Hospital, 801 Commissioner’s Rd. East 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Ottawa ON Royal Ottawa Mental Health Center
1145 Carling Ave.
Associates in Psychiatry Auditorium, Main Level
12:00 noon – 4:30 pm
Moncton NB University of New Brunswick 10:30 am – 5:15 pm
Winnipeg MB University of Manitoba
Bannatyne Campus, 730 William Ave.
Theater A, Basic Medical Sciences Bldg.
11:30 am – 4:30 pm
Saskatoon SK University of Saskatoon, College of Education,
Education Bldg., 28 Campus Dr. (look for signs)
9:15 am – 2:30 pm
Calgary AB Health Sciences Center, Room G500, 3330
Hospital Dr. N.W.
11:45 am – 3:45 pm
Halifax NS Royal Bank Auditorium, Halifax Infirmary site,
QEII Health Sciences Centre, 1796 Summer St.
1:15 pm – 5:00pm
Family Day – June 6, 2009
An innovative way to connect and learn.
Join us as we beam some of the best HD
researchers in the world to a community
near you!
The Huntington Society of Canada, together
with the Faculty of Medicine at the University
of Ottawa, and with Schools of Medicine and
University Departments across Canada,
are bringing some the best researchers and
clinicians in the world on Huntington disease
(HD) to your community, using the latest in
interactive videoconferencing combined with
local programming initiatives.
Building upon the success of last year’s
Family Days HSC is taking Family Day across
the country again. HSC invites medical
students, individuals living with HD, family
physicians, those at risk for HD, health
professionals, caregivers, researchers,
family members, and university students to
attend this FREE conference.
You will leave knowing the latest news on HD
research and having heard a powerful and
positive message on ways to strengthen the
quality of life of those living with HD.
National Keynote Speakers will provide
insight into the latest HD research news and
living with HD.
Innovative local programming hosted by the
local Chapter will unite professionals and
families in our effort to provide effective
compassionate care, while we collaborate
internationally to reach for the summit –
achieving a world free of Huntington’s
Please check the HSC website www.
huntingtonsociety.ca for details on your local
event.
CITY LOCATION TIME
Peterborough ON Holy Cross Catholic Sec School, 1355 Lansdowne
St. W.
9:00 am – 3:45 pm
Edmonton AB Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Dr. Bill Black
Auditorium, Gleneast, 10230 - 111 Ave.
9:30 am – 2:00 pm
Victoria BC Royal Jubilee Hospital, The Woodward Room,
Begbie Hall, 2101 Richmond Rd.
9:30 am – 3:00 pm
Vancouver BC St. Paul’s Hospital, ROOM 1477, Providence
Level 1, 1081 Burrard St.
9:30 am – 1:30 pm
St. John’s NL Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine,
Medical School, 300 Prince Philip Dr.
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Family Day – June 13, 2009
Keynote Speakers:
June 6, 2009
Dr. Michael Hayden
MB, ChB, PhD, FRCP (C), FRSC
Director of the Center for Molecular Medicine
and Therapeutics, UBC. He focuses his
research primarily on genetic diseases,
including genetics of lipoprotein disorders,
Huntington’s disease, predictive and
personalized medicine. His group has identified
10 disease-causing genes. He is the recipient
of numerous awards including CIHR Canada’s
Health Researcher of the Year for 2008 and was
one of the five finalists of the Globe and Mail’s
Nation Builder competition in 2008.
June 13, 2009
Dr. Blair R. Leavitt
MD,CM FRCPC (Neurology)
Dr. Leavitt is currently a Scientist at
the Centre for Molecular Medicine and
Therapeutics and an Associate Professor
in the Department of Medical Genetics &
the Department of Medicine, Division of
Neurology (Associate) at the University of
British Columbia. A long-standing member of
the HSG, he is a HD clinical trial investigator,
and neurologist at the UBC HD medical clinic
in Vancouver. A laboratory scientist as well
as a practicing neurologist, His laboratory
is dedicated to developing and testing new
treatments for genetic diseases of the brain
and spinal cord. His research also includes
major clinical programs searching
Huntington Disease Symposium
For families, healthcare professionals, researchers and students.
CITY LOCATION TIME
London ON Parkwood Hospital, 801 Commissioner’s Rd. East 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Ottawa ON Royal Ottawa Mental Health Center
1145 Carling Ave.
Associates in Psychiatry Auditorium, Main Level
12:00 noon – 4:30 pm
Moncton NB University of New Brunswick 10:30 am – 5:15 pm
Winnipeg MB University of Manitoba
Bannatyne Campus, 730 William Ave.
Theater A, Basic Medical Sciences Bldg.
11:30 am – 4:30 pm
Saskatoon SK University of Saskatoon, College of Education,
Education Bldg., 28 Campus Dr. (look for signs)
9:15 am – 2:30 pm
Calgary AB Health Sciences Center, Room G500, 3330
Hospital Dr. N.W.
11:45 am – 3:45 pm
Halifax NS Royal Bank Auditorium, Halifax Infirmary site,
QEII Health Sciences Centre, 1796 Summer St.
1:15 pm – 5:00pm
Family Day – June 6, 2009
An innovative way to connect and learn.
Join us as we beam some of the best HD
researchers in the world to a community
near you!
The Huntington Society of Canada, together
with the Faculty of Medicine at the University
of Ottawa, and with Schools of Medicine and
University Departments across Canada,
are bringing some the best researchers and
clinicians in the world on Huntington disease
(HD) to your community, using the latest in
interactive videoconferencing combined with
local programming initiatives.
Building upon the success of last year’s
Family Days HSC is taking Family Day across
the country again. HSC invites medical
students, individuals living with HD, family
physicians, those at risk for HD, health
professionals, caregivers, researchers,
family members, and university students to
attend this FREE conference.
You will leave knowing the latest news on HD
research and having heard a powerful and
positive message on ways to strengthen the
quality of life of those living with HD.
National Keynote Speakers will provide
insight into the latest HD research news and
living with HD.
Innovative local programming hosted by the
local Chapter will unite professionals and
families in our effort to provide effective
compassionate care, while we collaborate
internationally to reach for the summit –
achieving a world free of Huntington’s
Please check the HSC website www.
huntingtonsociety.ca for details on your local
event.
CITY LOCATION TIME
Peterborough ON Holy Cross Catholic Sec School, 1355 Lansdowne
St. W.
9:00 am – 3:45 pm
Edmonton AB Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Dr. Bill Black
Auditorium, Gleneast, 10230 - 111 Ave.
9:30 am – 2:00 pm
Victoria BC Royal Jubilee Hospital, The Woodward Room,
Begbie Hall, 2101 Richmond Rd.
9:30 am – 3:00 pm
Vancouver BC St. Paul’s Hospital, ROOM 1477, Providence
Level 1, 1081 Burrard St.
9:30 am – 1:30 pm
St. John’s NL Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine,
Medical School, 300 Prince Philip Dr.
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Family Day – June 13, 2009
Keynote Speakers:
June 6, 2009
Dr. Michael Hayden
MB, ChB, PhD, FRCP (C), FRSC
Director of the Center for Molecular Medicine
and Therapeutics, UBC. He focuses his
research primarily on genetic diseases,
including genetics of lipoprotein disorders,
Huntington’s disease, predictive and
personalized medicine. His group has identified
10 disease-causing genes. He is the recipient
of numerous awards including CIHR Canada’s
Health Researcher of the Year for 2008 and was
one of the five finalists of the Globe and Mail’s
Nation Builder competition in 2008.
June 13, 2009
Dr. Blair R. Leavitt
MD,CM FRCPC (Neurology)
Dr. Leavitt is currently a Scientist at
the Centre for Molecular Medicine and
Therapeutics and an Associate Professor
in the Department of Medical Genetics &
the Department of Medicine, Division of
Neurology (Associate) at the University of
British Columbia. A long-standing member of
the HSG, he is a HD clinical trial investigator,
and neurologist at the UBC HD medical clinic
in Vancouver. A laboratory scientist as well
as a practicing neurologist, His laboratory
is dedicated to developing and testing new
treatments for genetic diseases of the brain
and spinal cord. His research also includes
major clinical programs searching
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