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.
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.
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.
We thank you for your continued support!
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