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URL:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/events/sep-9-2020-womens-brain
 -health-conference-womens-health-advocacy/
SUMMARY:Women's Brain Health Conference—Women's Health Advocacy
DESCRIPTION:\n\nThese Special Presentations are part of our Women's Br
 ain Health Virtual Conference Series\, which brings attention to the brai
 n health issues women face and encourages the medical\, scientific and com
 mercial communities to address them. In this session\, we will hear from t
 hree community stakeholders that fiercly advocate for women's health in Ca
 nada.\n\nThe first presentation offers insight into how one grassroots org
 anization is poised to make waves in federal policy-making\, in part throu
 gh the power of media and advocacy. The Canadian Perinatal Mental Health C
 ollaborative (CPMHC) is Canada’s first and only perinatal mental health
  advocacy organization to lobby the federal government to enact a nation
 al perinatal mental health strategy. Learn how two women began a mission t
 o change the system and\, in the process\, have been joined by dozens of h
 eath care practitioners\, researchers\, and individuals with lived experi
 ence representing all provinces and territories. Using a variety of media
  outreach strategies\, CPMHC is sharing stories\, conducting national surv
 eys\, and both spreading awareness and moving the conversation on perinata
 l mental health forward.\n\nConversations about menopause don’t work if 
 they continue to perpetuate myths and misinformation. Yet menopause headl
 ines are becoming more mainstream—especially in the last eight years sin
 ce Shirley Weir launched Menopause Chicks onto the world stage to “crack
  open the conversation.” If you saw “menopause” in the title of thi
 s presentation and thought: hot\, old\, tired\, bitchy or fat…think aga
 in! Our second presentation is not about what your mother neglected to wa
 rn you about. Fifty-three-year old women’s health advocate\, Shirley Wei
 r\, is going to unpack how menopause (and all of its unspoken assumption
 s) has become a social construct with media\, marketers and the medical c
 ommunity. She will describe how this outdated innuendo is preventing wome
 n from accessing the health care they deserve\, and how it’s costing us 
 our relationships\, workplaces and communities. Join us for this importa
 nt conversation as Shirley wants to hear your ideas for how we move the 
 menopause conversation from innuendo to innovation and build a new model
  for women’s midlife health.\n\n\n\nSpeaker\nPresentation Title\n\n\nPat
 ricia Tomasi\, Journalist &amp\; Co-Founder of the Canadian Perinatal Ment
 al Health Collaborative\n\nJamie Charlebois\, Co-Founder of the Canadian P
 erinatal Mental Health Collaborative\, RN and Perinatal Mood Disorder Coor
 dinator\nMom on a Mission: Getting government to enact a National Perinata
 l Mental Health Strategy through the power of media and advocacy.\n\n\nShi
 rley Weir\, Founder Menopause Chicks\nMenopause UNSpoken: What is NOT bei
 ng said when we TALK about menopause (...and how it’s keeping women from
  living their healthiest midlife!)\n\n\n\nAgenda\n9:00-9:05—Welcome\n\n9
 :05-9:30—Mom on a Mission\n\n9:30-9:55—Menopause UNSpoken\n\n9:55-10:0
 0—Closing Remarks\nIndividual Event Cost\nGeneral Public: $15\n\nStudent
 s: $10\n\nWe offer you the option of registering for individual events o
 r signing up for the entire series. Click here to learn more about the 
 conference\, or register for this event below.\n\n*If you registered for t
 he Women's Brain Health Conference before April 2020 you will automatica
 lly be given access to this event at no additional charge. However\, we a
 sk that you sign up if you'd like to attend so we can send meeting detail
 s only to those interested in joining. When registering\, please use the d
 iscount code provided to you by email on Sep 3. \n\n&nbsp\;
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