Projects
At The Endo Educational Organization of Canada we are committed to furthering education about endometriosis for people across Canada. We are proud to have collaborated with highly esteemed doctors, advocates and organizations since the beginning of our incorporation. Our priority is to always be learning more in order to help inform and empowering patients who are in the position we were.
The School Outreach Project
Educational Outreach Program
March 2023 – Present
We are proud to announce our collaboration with the organization, EndoWhat to launch the School Outreach Project across High Schools in Canada.
The goal of this program is to reduce the delay to diagnosis for endometriosis, which is generally 7 years minimum, by increasing awareness and education among teachers & students. Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women and 70% of teens with pelvic pain go on to be diagnosed with the disease. As a result, education in high school is imperative so that symptoms can be identified early on and proper medical support organized. High Schools participating in the program will receive an educational package free of cost for teachers, counsellors and educational professionals to utilize. The package includes a DVD copy of the “EndoWhat?” documentary (called film of the year by the Guardian), an infographic poster, educational booklet, discussion guide, and a sample class lesson plan.
Adapted off of the highly successful “School Nurse Toolkit” created by EndoWhat and distributed across the United States, we look forward to working with EndoWhat to bring the same success to Canada with a re-formatted toolkit made relevant for Canadian educators and students.
For more information about the project or to become an official sponsor please email us at info@endocanada.org.
Thankyou to our the Nelson & District Credit Union and Kootenay Coop for your ongoing support with this project.
Project Impact
Packages Donated
Thankyou to Our School Outreach Sponsors
Would you like to sponsor the School Outreach Project? Email us at info@endocanada.org
Education for The Nation
Online Educational Seminar
August 13th & 14th, 2021
Education for the Nation was a 2 day educational event featuring leading specialists and advocates for endometriosis. Speakers included Dr. Kenny R. Sinervo, Dr. Sallie Sarrel, Dr. Andre Vidali, Dr. Wendy Bingham, Shannon Cohn, Les Henderson and more! We were proud to have over 50 attendees join us virtually and particpate in the two day event.
Thankyou to all the volunteers, sponsors, donees and attendees who made this event possible. The funds raised from this event allowed us to purchase the technologies and programs needed to start the creation of the School Outreach Project.
Moontime Sisters Drive
Menstrual Product Drive for Indigenous Communities
November, 2021
To support the ongoing efforts of the Moontime Sisters Organization, our team partcipated in and fundraised in November 2021 across Nelson BC. We recieved over 1000 product donations for the Moontime Sisters organization.
Moon Time Connections is a national Indigenous-led period equity group, under the umbrella of True North Aid that is supporting Indigenous menstruators across Turtle Island by ensuring they have access to menstrual products, and by providing vital menstrual education. To find out more about Moontime Sisters you can visit https://truenorthaid.ca/project/moon-time-connections/
Thankyou to the Kootenay Coop, Remedys RX Nelson, the School House Nelson for your support!
Website Launch
Official Website Launch
February 23, 2021
After 2 years of brainstorming, formatting & reformatting we are happy to announce the launch of our official website. We created this website with 2 goals: awareness of who we are and accessibility to information about endometriosis. In particular, we created our “Events” and “Resource” sections in particular to achieve our goal of education. Coming into Endo Awareness Month we believe this website will be amazing resource for patient’s, supporters and any individual who is looking to learn more about endometriosis.
Demystifying Endometriosis
In-Person Educational Event
June 22, 2019
Hosted in Nelson BC, Demystifying Endometriosis was our premier event. During the event we introduced ourseleves and our mission, and also showcased the EndoWhat film which provides a foundational understanding of endometriosis. With over 75 attendees, the funds from this event allowed us to launch our website!
Thankyou to The Nelson & District Credit Union, Safeway Nelson and all our volunteers for making this night possible.
