2010 Information Days

Registration is now open for the 2010 Information Day program.

2010 Calgary Information Day Conference
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gregory Cairncross, University of Calgary
"Oligodendroglioma - Past, Present, Future"

2010 London Information Day Conference
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rolando Del Maestro,William Feindel Chair in Neuro-Oncology at McGill University; Director of the Montreal Neuological Institute’s Brain Tumour Research Centre (BTRC)
“State of the Art: Surgical Management of Gliomas”

2010 Halifax Information Day Conference
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Abhijit Guha, Neurosurgery, Western Hospital, Toronto, Co-Director and Sr. Sceintist: Arthur & Sonia Labatts Brain Tumor Center, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
"Glioblastoma - Can we change its appetite to our benefit?"

Click on the button to the left to learn more about the importance of Information Days to patients, caregivers and health care professionals (opens with Microsoft Media Player). This series of brain tumour conferences features the latest developments in the field of treatment and research and allows people to share information and experiences.

Thank you to all our 2009 Participants
Over 600 people attended our program of 2009 events held in three cities. Brain Tumour Information Days are an incredible opportunity for families to learn more about this disease directly from Canada's top medical professionals. Our three conferences in Halifax, London and Calgary are now over, but more information is still available for you. Please visit www.infodays.ca to review our programs, or click on the presentations to the right for videos and documents.
Photogalleries are also available for viewing (at the bottom, or use the drop-down box) by CLICKING HERE.

Information Day 2009 Presentation DVDs:
As part of our ongoing commitment to education, Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada has made a DVD of selected presentations from our 2009 Information Day Conference program. The free DVDs are now available and contain the following sessions;

• Dr. Vivek Mehta (Halifax Keynote): The Peaks and Valleys of Brain Tumour Treatment
• Hali Bauld & Chantal Leblanc (Halifax): Supporting Children Through Treatment and Diagnosis: A Family Perspective
• Dr. Peter Dirks (London Keynote): Brain Tumours: A Stem Cell Disease
• Dr. Glenn Bauman (London): Radiation Therapy for Brain Tumours: What’s New?
• Dr. Brian Thiessen (Calgary Keynote): Brain Tumour Basics
• Dr. Kenn Petruk (Calgary): Glioblastoma Treatments: Evolving from the Defeat of a Cure Toward the Victory of Control

If you or a friend, family member or colleague are interested in receiving a DVD at no cost, please contact Jennifer McIntosh, Education and Volunteer Services Officer, at (800) 265-5106 ext. 231 or at jmcintosh@braintumour.ca

2009 HALIFAX INFORMATION DAY CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Vivek Mehta, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alberta
"The Peaks and Valleys of Brain Tumour Treatment"

2009 LONDON INFORMATION DAY CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Peter Dirks, Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
"Brain Tumours: A Stem Cell Disease"

2009 CALGARY INFORMATION DAY CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Brian Thiessen, Neuro-Oncology, BC Cancer Agency
"Brain Tumour Basics"

Brain Tumour Information Days 2009 were made possible through the generous contributions of our National Sponsors:
Schering-Plough  |  AstraZeneca  |  Roche  |  WestJet

For more information about next year's conferences, please contact Jennifer McIntosh at 1-800-265-5106, ext. 231 or jmcintosh@braintumour.ca.

Information and registration can also be found at www.infodays.ca.

View previous years keynote lectures to your right ->