Next PCSO meeting Thursday, 16 January 2025 – Guest Speaker, PhD Candidate at the University of Ottawa
Our next regular monthly PCSO meeting will be at the Ottawa Cancer Foundation’s Maplesoft-Jones Centre [MAP] on 16 January 2025, starting at 6:30 pm. Our guest speaker will be Nicole Anna Rutkowski, PhD Candidate at the University of Ottawa.
To attend in person
- Please register early at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), and please ensure that you include the number of attendees in your party.
- By email, we’ll either confirm your reservation, or advise you that we’ve reached the Centre’s capacity of 24 persons.
Note: Masks are not mandatory but are recommended in the Maplesoft-Jones Centre
To attend virtually by Zoom
- To register, please click on this link. After registering, you’ll receive an email with instructions for joining the meeting.
Our Guest Speaker Nicole Anna Rutkowski
Topic: Why am I still tired? Tips for sleep and fatigue for people living with or beyond cancer.
This talk will review sleep difficulties and cancer-related fatigue, discuss when to see a doctor for sleep difficulties, and provide practical, evidence-based tips/strategies for improving sleep. mood, and fatigue.
Nicole Rutkowski is a PhD Candidate at the University of Ottawa and Fellow at the Arthur JE Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre with the Department of Psychosocial Oncology in Calgary, Alberta. Her research is in health psychology, specifically in psycho-social oncology, and the impacts of cancer on adolescent and young adults, cancer-related fatigue, and overall well-being beyond cancer.
Tentative PCS Ottawa meeting schedule 2024 – 2025
Here’s the PCS Ottawa meeting schedule for now through to our annual BBQ event in August 2025. These meetings will be ‘hybrid’ – both virtual and in-person – unless noted otherwise. The *In Person* portions of hybrid meetings will take place at the Maplesoft-Jones Centre [MAP] unless otherwise noted. Please check for updates on our website and by email notifications before each meeting.
| Dates | Format | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||
| 02 January | Social Drop-in *In Person* | Maplesoft-Jones Centre |
| 16 January | Guest speaker | Nicole Rutkowski, PhD student, Ottawa University School of Psychology |
| 06 February | Social Drop-in *In Person* | St Stephen’s Anglican Church |
| 20 February | Sharing Session | In-person portion at the Maplesoft-Jones Centre |
| 06 March | Social Drop-in *In Person* | Maplesoft-Jones Centre |
| 20 March | Guest speaker | Marc Séguin, Author ‘Advocacy in Aging’ |
| 03 April | Social Drop-in *In Person* | St Stephen’s Anglican Church |
| 17 April | Sharing session | In-person portion at the Maplesoft-Jones Centre |
| 15 May | AGM | TBA - Watch our website for details |
| 19 June | Guest speaker | TBA - Watch our website for details |
| 21 August | Annual PCS Ottawa BBQ *In Person* | Watch our website for details |
Past Events
Next PCSO meeting Thursday, 21 November 2024- Guest Speaker Mélina Ladouceur, MSW, RSW, NBC-HWC Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist.
Our next regular monthly PCSO meeting will be at the Ottawa Cancer Foundation’s Maplesoft-Jones Centre [MAP] on 21 November 2024, starting at 6:30 pm. Our guest speaker will be Mélina Ladouceur, MSW, RSW, NBC-HWC Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist.
Next PCSO meeting Thursday, 17 October 2024 – Guest Speaker Jennifer Jones, PhD.
Our next regular monthly PCSO meeting will be at the Ottawa Cancer Foundation’s Maplesoft-Jones Centre [MAP] on 17 October 2024, starting at 6:30 pm. Our guest speaker will be Jennifer Jones, PhD. Dr. Jones’ topic for the evening will be ‘The Importance of Cancer Rehabilitation’
Regular PCS Ottawa Meetings
Unless otherwise noted, we hold Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa’s regular monthly meetings at the Maplesoft-Jones Cancer Survivorship Centre [Map] on the third Thursday of each month. We don’t hold meetings in the months of July and August, except for our ever-popular annual BBQ on the third Thursday of August.
We offer most of our meetings in hybrid format, allowing you to attend either in person or virtually. Watch our Meetings and Events website page or your e-mail inbox for meeting locations and specific registration instructions.
We normally start our meetings with a social gathering at 6:30 pm, followed at 7:00 pm with brief business announcements, followed by either a guest speaker or a sharing session.
2023 Wrap-up
The Walnut is the official newsletter for PCS Ottawa, currently published periodically through the year.
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