COMMUNITY INFORMATION DAY
ARTHRITIS RENDEZ-VOUS 2025
Sunday September 28 2025 from 10-4
Sarto-Desnoyers Community Centre – Salons C & D
1335 Chem. du Bord-du-Lac-Lakeshore
Dorval, QC H9S 2E5
A free public event organized by AWISH!
At a glance, this event is all about COMMUNITY & ARTHRITIS:
- Multiple local organizations will have information booths (covering various services, activities, health & wellness)
- Private Ask-A-Doctor or a Pharmacist booths (quick questions + limited availability)
- Several guest speakers (arthritis related topics + Q&A sessions)
- Light refreshments & door prizes (fill out a survey on location – your opinion on the event – and receive a free ticket to the draw)
INFORMATION KIOSKS
- AWISH
- Aubert Financière (Financial Security Adviser)
- Customized Homecare
- EyeNation (Personal Security System)
- Ink Well Journaling
- Montreal Aviation Museum
- Somnolence Canada Foundation
- William Timmons, Retired Fire Chief (Traumas & Crisis Management)
- Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre
- Kiwanis Lakeshore Montreal
- CPMH Community Perspective in Mental Health
- SIM Service de sécurité incendie de Montreal- Fire Prevention
- CRC West Island Community Resource Centre
- TQSOIM Table de Quartier du Sud de l’Ouest-de-L’Île
- C-TVDS Le centre option-prévention toxicomanie, violence, délinquance et santé mentale
- ABOVAS West Island Volunteer Accompaniment Service
- WICA West Island Citizen Advocacy
- West Island Men’s Shed
- Répit-Ressource
- Jane Brereton – Social Worker & Trauma Certified Professional
GUEST SPEAKERS
Q&A session to follow each speaker
- 10:30 am – Dr. Marie Hudson
MD, MPH, FRCPC, Rheumatologist, Researcher
Arthritis 101: Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask - 12:30 pm – Chloe Guan
Student
Personal journey with Juvenile Arthritis - 1:30 pm – Dr. Elizabeth M. Hazel
OLY, MDCM, FRCPC, MM, Rheumatologist
Improving Pediatric to Adult Care – Transition in Young Adults with Rheumatic Diseases - 2:30 pm – Dr. Michael Starr
MD, Professor, Rheumatologist
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Youth & Adults
Youth & Young Adults with Arthritis Program
* COMING SOON TO AWISH *
We envision a community where anyone – of any age – dealing with any form of arthritis can access information and be supported through various services aimed at education & improving quality of life...
If you or someone you know is impacted by arthritis and would like to be kept informed on the progress of our new program and future services offered by AWISH aimed at a younger generation – or if you’d like to offer a skill or a service to this new group – please contact AWISH today!
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