FIMRC UofT

There will be an information session on Jan 25th @ 7pm in the Hart House South Dining Hall. If you’re interested in volunteering in a medical clinic in Peru, come and join us! We’ll have detailed info + personal experiences to tell you. Trip details will also be posted on this website sometime after the 25th.

The Redwood is looking for volunteers to help at their annual Gimme Shelter fundraiser on Feb 8th 5:30-9pm. For more info click here.

Out second General Meeting will be taking place next Wednesday (Jan 18th)
at 5:30pm in SS 1074. Come out to learn about all of our events for this semester and how you can get involved in them, including a chicken wing eating competition! New members are always welcome.

Susan Chatwood will be giving a talk on healthcare challenges in Canada’s north on Wed Jan 11th, 12-1pm in the 7th Floor Conference Room of Sick Kids Hospital. If you’re interested in attending please contact us at fimrc@utoronto.ca

About:

SUSAN CHATWOOD is the Executive and Scientific Director of the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and President of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health. She has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of British Columbia, holds a Masters in Epidemiology from McGill University and is conducting her PhD in the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. Susan has an interest in building sustainable health research capacity in northern regions and enhancing circumpolar perspectives. She has spent most of her career in remote and northern communities, working in the clinical setting, public health and research. Her current projects within the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research include the development of research infrastructure within the Arctic Research Infrastructure Program  and the establishment of a data center which will include a branch office of Statistics Canada Regional Data Center andCircumpolar Health Observatory. Other activities include projects related to the development of ethical guidelines for health research in the Northwest Territories, dissemination of evidence for northern populations and participatory projects with a focus on food security, climate change and homelessness.

With exams over, we’ve had some time to update our website! It’s now a bit wider to fit more content, a cool faded fimrc logo background, and links to facebook and twitter! If you have any suggestions on how we can improve, please email us at fimrc@utoronto.ca

Happy Holidays:)

Thanks to everyone who came to our booth to show support towards fighting AIDS stigma. You can see pictures of our board here. A special thanks to the children from the Teresa Group for supporting us with drawings and messages of their own:)

FIMRC will be holding a booth on the second floor of Robart’s library to raise awareness about AIDS stigma Thurs Dec 1st, 10am – 4pm. We encourage everyone to come support us by written messages on our “Fight AIDS Stigma” board, and wearing a red ribbon.

If you’re interested in volunteering with us that day, please email fimrc@utoronto.ca

Looking for research and/or volunteering opportunities? Come tomorrow to the Volunteer and Research Fair tomorrow in MSB lobby from 10-4. FIMRC will be there too! http://sb.sa.utoronto.ca/events/volunteer-and-research-fair/

There will be a general meeting on Tues Oct 4pm in the Hart House South Dining hall. Come learn about our group, its volunteering opportunities, and volunteer trip abroad this summer.

Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome.

Thanks to everyone who came out to support us on Sep 27th to raise awareness for POGO’s September childhood cancer awareness month. It was great to see a variety of people, from students to tourists (yay doraemon!), and even a current cancer patient express their thoughts through drawings and messages. You can see all the pictures here.