If you’re a healthcare professional, register and attend the “Increasing Access to Cancer Screening in Immigrant Communities: A Proactive Approach” event, which is brought to you by Mobilizing Newcomers and Immigrants to Cancer Screening Programs.
Join your colleagues for this CME accredited event that will explore the barriers that immigrant communities face when accessing healthcare in the community.
Event Details
- Wednesday, November 20, 2013
- 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
- Aeolian Performing Arts Centre, 795 Dundas Street East, London, ON
- Includes theatre, dinner and presentation
- Register by Friday, November 15: http://mobilizingnewcomers.eventbrite.ca
- Free event
Featuring
- "The Other End of the Line” theatrical
performance by MT Space - Presentation
Presenters
- Dr. Bhooma Bhayana Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
- Dr. Jan Owen Primary Care Lead, South West Regional Cancer Program
- Dr. Adriana Diaz PHAC Project Coordinator
About Mobilizing Newcomers and Immigrants to Cancer Screening Programs
The Middlesex-London Health Unit is a partner in a 2-year collaborative community project "Mobilizing Newcomers and Immigrants to Cancer Screening Programs" funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Together with the South West Regional Cancer Program, London Intercommunity Health Centre and the Canadian Cancer Society Elgin-Middlesex, we are working to promote:
- Equitable access to information and education about cancer prevention and screening
- Participation in provincial cancer screening programs for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers