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Understanding More About Migraine Can Help Canadians This Holiday Season
For those living with migraine, understanding triggers can be an important step in successful management of their attacks, particularly during busy times of the year. Most Canadains are familiar with the pain typical of a headache. Often, a screen break or fresh air will relieve even the most persistent symptoms. For 4.5 million Canadians living...
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Want Great Content That’s Fully Accessible? Check Out AMI+
AMI+ users can personalize their online experience, making AMI’s high-quality content for the disability community increasingly accessible. Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) is renowned as a non-profit that empowers, entertains, and informs Canadians who are blind, partially-sighted or members of the disability community. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English, and AMI-télé in French,...
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How UN Global Compact Network Canada Is Transforming Equity in Canada
This International Day of Persons with Disabilities, UN Global Compact Network Canada continues to create a just world for persons with disabilities. At the core of the Canadian landscape, a revolution has been unfolding — one that redefines societal norms. Persons with disabilities have become agents of change, dismantling barriers and constructing bridges toward a...
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Embracing Deaf Culture through the Arts and Fine Teas!
Eight unique teas are helping to immerse more Canadians in Deaf culture and experience. Artistic expression may be a language all its own, but it’s one we can all communicate through. Art has the unique ability to transcend culture, highlight shared experiences, and bring people together. From visual to performing, sculpture to canvas, for thousands...
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Creating and Sustaining an Inclusive Environment for People with Disabilities
While Canada has made great strides in improving accessibility for persons with disabilities, more needs to be done. Here’s how CCDI is helping. People with disabilities have much to contribute to society and the workplace. However, many face barriers, such as an inaccessible physical environment, lack of relevant assistive technology services, or negative attitudes of...
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Support for Employers to Strengthen Disability Inclusion
For the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, the Canadian Association for Supported Employment (CASE) encourages employers to reach out to their local employment service providers for support to strengthen disability inclusion. While workplaces across the country struggle to find and retain talent, nearly 645,000 Canadians experiencing disability have the skill and...
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Don’t Let Your Southern Dream Vacation Become a Gastric Nightmare
To get maximum enjoyment out of your southern vacation, know the risks for traveller’s diarrhea and take appropriate precautions. As the weather cools, Canadians are planning their winter escapes to warmer southern climes like the Caribbean and Latin America. But travellers beware! “These areas also have high levels of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria, one...
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Why the Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases Needs Your Support
Support for the Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases helps to improve the health of Canadians and people worldwide. Infectious diseases impact us all, from longstanding challenges from waterborne and foodborne illnesses, to emerging global outbreaks like the global Mpox or the Zika virus, to completely new highly communicable diseases like COVID-19. Pathogens including viruses, bacteria,...
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Updated Testing Guidelines Will Help Providers Identify HIV Sooner
A shorter testing window, quicker linkage to care, and improved awareness of risks and symptoms will reduce HIV transmission in Ontario. HIV (the Human Immunodeficiency Virus) attacks the body’s immune system and, if untreated, can lead to AIDS, a life-threatening condition. While incredible progress has been made in the fight against HIV, there were...
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Natural Supplements Offer Women an Alternative to HRT
Removing the stigma around mid-life body changes empowers women to seek the best solutions from health care practitioners. Menopause marks a new chapter in a woman’s life. In Canada, the average age is just under 52. In the years leading up to the last menstrual period, 80 per cent of women will have symptoms, including...