GCWCC: Great Canadian Impact Tour
The Great Canadian Impact Tour is a virtual speaker series featuring United Way Centraide and HealthPartners representatives. Tune in weekly to hear stories about how these organizations collaborate, innovate, and serve to build stronger communities and healthier people across Canada!
Schedule
Language: English
Program:
- Lung Association Respiratory Therapy Program – Sonya Liedke, Certified Respiratory Therapist with the Canadian Lung Association
- All That Kids Can Be: Project STEP, mental health & addiction – Trisha Islam – Director, All that Kids Can Be, United Way East Ontario
Duration: 45 minutes
Language: French
Program:
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research – Pierre Couture, Directeur principal du développement philanthropique, des relations avec les gouvernements et des programmes et services chez MS Canada
Innovation and 211 in New Brunswick – Mischka Jacobs, Resource Development Director at United Way Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick
Duration: 45 minutes
Language: English
Program:
- Roots of Hope Program (Suicide Prevention) – Krista Benes, Director of Prevention and Promotion Initiatives at the Mental Health Commission of Canada
- Supporting Seniors: Better at Home and Healthy Aging – Bobbi Symes, Director of Healthy Aging at United Way BC and Kahir Lalji, Provincial Director of Government Relations at United Way BC
Duration: 45 minutes
Language: French
Program:
- Patient Programs and Services at the Kidney Foundation – Helene Boisvert, Directice des programmes at the Kidney Foundation of Canada
- DATAide: Program to enhance digital transformation skills in Quebec’s community sector – Marc-André Delorme, Conseiller planification et développement au Programme DATAide de Centraide du Grand Montréal
Duration: 45 minutes
Language: English
Program:
- Advocacy and the role of health charities in the Canadian health ecosystem – Kim Hanson, CEO of HealthPartners
- Reconciliation, Advocacy, and the Indigenous Advisory Council –
- Joanna Pinnow, Director of Akak’stiman • Community Impact
Duration: 45 minutes
Language: French
Program:
- As long as one person in Canada is living with Cancer – Romain Rigal, Directeur de l’Engagement des partenaires; Stratégies et innovations du cancer at the Canadian Cancer Society
- Poverty and winter: The snowsuit program in Outaouais – TBD speaker from Centraide Outaouais
Duration: 45 minutes
PLEASE NOTE:
Event location: Virtual
Language: Following the opening remarks, these events are unilingual in the language posted in the session description. Translated captions have been made available during the event; however, this service is provided externally and may not adhere to established GCWCC standards. For a translated transcript of the event, please get in touch with team-equipe@gcwcc-ccmtgc.com.
Accessibility: We strive to make all our events as inclusive and accessible as possible. However, this event is not scripted. We have encouraged our presenters to speak to what they know and to speak from the heart. Closed captioning is available through the event platform and a Q&A forum. Visual materials, wherever possible, are presented in an accessible format. If you have any questions before or after the sessions, please get in touch with team-equipe@gcwcc-ccmtgc.com.
Sensitive subject matter: Your donations build stronger communities and healthier people nationwide in a variety of health and social fields. The topics and experiences shared in this series may be triggering for some participants.
Please prioritize your own mental health and well-being. There are resources to support you, such as The Public Service Employee Assistance Program and other Mental Health Resources.
