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Poor health linked to poverty

A recent study published by Statistics Canada and reported by CBC news highlights an important issue in women’s health in Canada today: the conclusively demonstrated link between women’s poverty and poor health.

The StatsCan study indicates that a clear association exists between the occurrence of type 2 diabetes in women and their socio-economic level. In particular, women in lower-income households were more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those in high-income households.

Read the CBC news story: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/18/diabetes-income-canadians.html#ixzz0xA5NdqRB

Read the Statistics Canada study: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2010003/article/11325-eng.htm

affiché dans In the news, Physical health.

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par DIVA – 5 septembre 2010

Il reste des billets!

Vous voulez voir les Raptors à Toronto? Offrir à un être cher un cadeau surprise de diamants et de perles? Vous pavaner avec un gilet de curling porté au match de la médaille d’or des Jeux olympiques et autographié par John Morris ou un bâton de hockey signé par Chris Neal? Vous voulez apprendre le karaté? Ou peut-être préférez-vous une journée au spa? Pourquoi pas du golf sur les meilleurs terrains? À vous de choisir…

Si ces trésors de la vente aux enchères par écrit et bien d’autres vous intéressent, nous vous invitons à vous joindre à nous, à la Classique de golf de la Fondation DIVA, au Camelot Golf and Country Club, le 20 septembre. Il reste aussi des billets pour le déjeuner et le discours-programme, ce qui vous permettra de faire des offres pour ces articles extraordinaires.

Renseignements: http://www.divafoundation.org/Golf-f.html
Billets: par courriel  tickets@divafoundation.org ou comuniquez avec Anne Marie au 613-829-0211

Ne tardez tard. RÉSERVEZ VOS PLACES DÈS MAINTENANT!

affiché dans Events, Golf Classic.

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par DIVA – 3 septembre 2010

DIVA on Daytime on Rogers TV!

DIVA Foundation President Grace Betts, and board member Dr. Emma Stodel appear on the television program Daytime to promote the upcoming DIVA Foundation Golf Classic. The interview airs today on Rogers TV at 11:00 AM, 3:00 PM, 5:30 PM, and  10:30 PM. [To watch the segment click here]

Grace and Emma speak with TL Rader and guest host Cub Carson about the DIVA Foundation, upcoming events, and what participants can expect from the DIVA Foundation Golf Classic on September 20th. Emma also discusses the psychology of golf and gives a glimpse of what participants at the Golf Classic can expect during her seminar on the mental game of golf.

To buy tickets for the DIVA Foundation Golf Classic email tickets@divafoundation.org or call Darlene at 613 444 0123

For more information visit http://divafoundation.org/Golf.html

affiché dans About DIVA, Events, Golf Classic, In the news.

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par DIVA – 23 août 2010

Now available: tickets for Golf Classic lunch and keynote address

If you’re not a golfer or don’t have a full day to commit, you can still enjoy The DIVA Foundation Golf Classic and support the DIVA Foundation Speakers’ Series. Tickets are now available for just the lunch and keynote address portion of the event. The keynote speaker is Olympic gold medalist Sylvie Fréchette. Your lunch and keynote ticket also enables you to participate in the silent auction.

Tickets for the lunch and keynote address are $75.

To purchase tickets,  call Darlene Wilson at (613) 444-0123, or email tickets@divafoundation.org.

affiché dans Events, Golf Classic.

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par DIVA – 17 août 2010

Reminder: Get your tickets for the DIVA Foundation Golf Classic!

The deadline for buying tickets for the DIVA Foundation Golf Classic is August 10, so be sure toget your tickets now!

When?

Monday 20 September, 2010 8:00 AM for breakfast

Where?

Camelot Golf and Country Club, Cumberland, Ontario (http://www.camelotgolf.ca/)

The event

  • Nine holes of golf in a scramble format
  • Half day of golf instruction (short and long game clinics with CPGA pros; mental game seminar with Dr. Emma Stodel)
  • Inspirational keynote by Sylvie Fréchette, Olympic gold-medalist in synchronized swimming
  • Silent auction
  • Breakfast, lunch, and cocktail reception

The purpose

To raise money for The DIVA Foundation’s 2011 Speakers’ Series. The Speakers’ Series provides affordable education for women about important women’s health issues. The 2011 series will address four pillars of women’s health: physical, mental, social, and financial. The Speakers’ Series will showcase some of the most notable experts in fields related to women’s health. The series will include 5 presentations in Ottawa or Gatineau and will be delivered in either English or French. Click here for more information on The DIVA Foundation Speakers’ Series.

Tickets

$200 per golfer
Register now!

affiché dans Events, Golf Classic.

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par DIVA – 3 août 2010

Registration open for the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference

The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) Conference, Changing the National Perspective on Hospice Palliative Care, will be held October 28–31 at The Westin hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.

In May, 2009 the DIVA Foundation partnered with CHPCA to host the Celebrating Excellence in Hospice Palliative Care and Recognizing the Challenges of Caregiving luncheon at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa. The DIVA Foundation recognizes the important role that women play in providing end-of-life care in Canada.

The CHPCA Conference is the foremost national conference in Canada focusing on hospice palliative care. This event provides hospice palliative care professionals, volunteers, and family or informal caregivers with the opportunity to share their experience and expertise on a national platform. For more information, please visit: http://conference.chpca.net/chpca 

Throughout the conference, participants will learn about the important issues facing people who work with those who are dying, and will hear experts in a number of fields debate and discuss these issues and offer solutions. Participants will hear both consensus and controversy, and will leave with many answers, and perhaps some questions not thought of before.

The conference will feature the following plenary speakers:

  • The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, a champion for hospice palliative care in Canada since 1994 as a Senator and as federal Cabinet Minister
  • Dr. Kathleen M. Foley, Medical Director of the International Palliative Care Initiative of the Public Health Program of the Open Society Institute
  • Dr. David Kuhl, Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia and the Director of the Centre for Practitioner Renewal
  • Maureen McTeer, Canadian lawyer, author of Tough Choices: Living and Dying in the 21st Century, and recipient of the DIVA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women’s Health and Well-Being.

Registration for the conference is now open; the early bird deadline for registration is July 15. Click here to register and for more information.

affiché dans Events.

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par DIVA – 13 juillet 2010

G8 leaders pledge $5 billion for maternal and child health initiatives

At this weekend’s meeting of the G8 leaders in Muskoka, Ontario, Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged $1.1 billion of new dollars toward the UN Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health. (The government will also renew $1.75 billion in existing maternal health spending.) In total, the G8 members and other countries will commit a total of $7.3 billion over the next five years for global maternal and child health initiatives.

The UN Millenium Development Goals  for maternal and child health aim to do the following:

  • Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio
  • Achieve universal access to reproductive health
  • Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

Prime Minister Harper promoted the maternal health initiative as a key issue at this year’s G8 and G20 summits. Canada set an example by committing, proportionately, the largest amount of funds toward the cause. Aid groups, however, say that the total amount pledged falls far short of what is actually required to sufficiently reduce maternal and infant mortality and illness or provide universal access to reproductive health in the developing world and come close to meeting the Millenium Development Goals.  

Few details are available about any specific plans in place for the funds, although the Prime Minister’s Office stated that funds will be directed toward a limited number of high-risk countries such as Haiti, Afghanistan, Mali, Tanzania and Mozambique. Funding would target initiatives aimed at improving care for pregnancy and child delivery, on nutrition for mothers and young children, and addressing the leading killers of young children. The Canadian government also confirmed in late 2009 that although it would support family-planning measures, including contraception, in its child and maternal health-care initiative for developing countries, it would not fund abortions.

Read more about the commitments toward maternal and child health at the G8 and G20 summits:

The Globe and Mail

CBC News

Read more about the problems facing maternal and child health in the developing world:

CBC News – FAQ: Achieving maternal and child health goals

UN Millenium Development Goals for Maternal Health

UN Millenium Development Goals for Child Health

Canada’s Plan for reaching MDG’s for Maternal Health

Canada’s Plan for reaching the MDG’s for Child Health

affiché dans In the news.

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par DIVA – 28 juin 2010

Canadians, especially women, are feeling pressed for time

The Canadian Index of Wellbeing released a report on Tuesday that indicates that Canadians, particularly women, are experiencing increasing stress from feeling pressed for time.

The demands of childcare, single-parenting and caring for aging relatives — tasks which are most often taken on by women — are cited as key reasons that people are feeling the time crunch. In general, a higher proportion of females (22.7%) than males (16.6%) reported feeling time pressure.

The report lists the following pressures that are contributing to Canadians’ time crunch:

  •  A greater demand by consumers for services in the evenings, weekends and holiday
  • A lack of comprehensive childcare support for many Canadians
  • An increase in urban sprawl (people are spending more time commuting to work)
  • Greater innovation and adaptation of workplace technologies (smartphones and laptops keep employees perpetually “on call”)
  • An increase in passive activities among children and adolescents (young people are exceeding recommended amounts of time in front of the TV, video, and computer screens)
  •  An aging population (in the absence of community support for seniors, families are taking on the care of their elder members)
  • Leisure and culture activities are becoming more expensive.  

You can read the report, Caught in the Time Crunch: Time Use, Leisure and Culture in Canada (PDF, 1MB), or visit the Canadian Index of Wellbeing web site for more information about factors affecting Canadians’ way of life.

affiché dans In the news, Social health.

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par DIVA – 19 juin 2010

The G(irls)20 Summit, 2010

The Girls and Women project is a coalition of global partners whose purpose is to generate and support “a global conversation about the economic prowess of girls and women”, and to provide a space where women’s voices and ideas can be shared globally.

The project is culminating this year in the G(irls)20 Summit in Toronto on June 15 to 26, an inaugural gathering of women from each of the G20 countries which will parallel the G20 Summit of political leaders occurring the following week in Muskoka. Female delegates from the G20 countries will meet to share ideas on how to reach the UN’s Millenium Development Goals that most impact women and girls. Panelists from around the world representing corporate, non-profit, research, and education sectors will be speaking during the first few days of the conference. The second part of the conference will consist of workshops covering the topics of blogging, media and public relations, using digital media to communicate to the world, government relations, intergenerational mentorship and leadership, and managing finances. Delegates will also travel to Ottawa to meet with Canadian Members of Parliament and Senators.

Next year, G(irls)20 Summit will reconvene prior to the G20 Summit in France.

Meanwhile, the Girls and Women project is inviting everyone to share their ideas on “how to provide universal education, improve child and maternal health, and eradicate poverty so that girls and women can fully realize their potential and contribute to the economic prosperity and stability of their communities and countries.” Visit The Change Room to share your ideas, or read or vote for others’ ideas about what actions or initiatives should be implemented to maximize the impact of women in the world.

affiché dans Events, In the news.

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par DIVA – 8 juin 2010

We’re On Twitter!

The DIVA Foundation is now live on Twitter. Be sure to start following us so you can stay up-to-date with what we’re doing, thinking, and posting about.

To follow us, login to your Twitter account and search for DIVAFoundation.

affiché dans About DIVA.

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par DIVA – 4 juin 2010