Webinar Series

Ovarian Cancer Canada hosts informative webinars on a range of topics for women living with ovarian cancer and their family members. Webinars are one hour in duration and free for everyone in Canada. Recordings of past sessions can also be heard below by selecting a link.

Upcoming webinars

Travel Insurance: What you need to know if you have cancer
Have you tried to purchase travel insurance since you were diagnosed with ovarian cancer? Do you have questions about your eligibility and what you can do if you want to travel outside Canada? This presentation will provide some basic information about how travel insurance works, policy terms such as eligibility, stability, exclusions, pre-existing medical conditions, and differences between group plans and individual ones.

English presentation:
Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 12:00 (EST), presented by Pam Langevin, Medi-Quote Insurance Brokers
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French presentation:
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 12:00 (EST), presented by Patrick Charbonneau ASA ACIA, Optimum Reassurance Inc. and Josef Mory, TuGo Travel Insurance
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Past webinar recordings

English webinars

Medical Cannabis: the facts about cannabis as a treatment for cancer and cancer related symptoms, by Dr. Michael Verbora, recorded on November 21, 2018
Implications of a BRCA+ test result: Options for family members and women with ovarian cancer, by Dr. Lesa Dawson, recorded on May 3, 2018
Cancer Genetics: Genetic Testing and Ovarian Cancer, by Dr. Robyn Comeau, recorded on March 15, 2018
Cancer Genetics: What you need to know, by Laura Palmer, recorded on March 1st, 2018
Ovarian Cancer 101, by Prafull Ghatage, MB, FRCS, recorded on November 15, 2017
Living with recurrence, by Helen Martin and Marilyn Williams, recorded on March 30, 2017
Treatment for Recurrence, by Dr. Paul Hoskins, recorded on February 14, 2017
Coping with Fear of Recurrence, by Dale Dirkse, recorded on November 24, 2016
Ovarian Cancer 101, by Dr. Alon Altman, recorded on October 18, 2016
Ovarian Cancer Research and You: Ovarian Cancer 101 and the Impact of Research, by Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden, recorded on May 15, 2016
Ovarian Cancer Research and You: Going Viral: Harnessing Viruses for Ovarian Cancer Immunovirotherapy, by Dr. Evanthia Galanis, recorded on May 15, 2016
Ovarian Cancer Research and You: New Treatments on the Horizon for Ovarian Cancer, by Dr. Hal W. Hirte, recorded on May 15, 2016
Sexuality and Women Living With Ovarian Cancer, by Dr. Catherine Classen and Lisa Skelding, recorded on January 27, 2016
For Younger Women with Gynecological Cancer, by Karine Chalifour, recorded on June 4, 2015
Genetics and Ovarian Cancer, by Melanie Taylor, recorded on April 29, 2015
Research Impact of Ovarian Cancer Canada's Investment, by Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden, recorded on March 4, 2015
Treatment Side Effects and How to Manage Them, by Christa Slatnik, recorded on February 10, 2015
Ovarian Cancer 101, by Dr. Danielle Vicus, recorded on December 4, 2014
Side effects from ovarian cancer treatment and how to manage them, by Janet Giroux, recorded on January 22, 2014
Coping with an ovarian cancer diagnosis, by Dr. John Robinson and Dr. Lauren Walker, recorded on December 4, 2013
New Directions in Treatment of Ovarian Cancer, by Amit M. Oza, recorded on October 16, 2013

French webinars

Cannabis à des fins médicales (Medical cannabis), by Vi Dam, MSc, from Santé Cannabis, recorded on November 29, 2018
Implications d’un résultat positif à un test de mutation des gènes BRCA – Options pour les membres de la famille et les femmes atteintes du cancer de l’ovaire (Implications of a BRCA+ test result: Options for family members and women with ovarian cancer), by Dr. Joannie Neveu, recorded on June 4, 2018
La génétique du cancer: les tests génétiques et le cancer de l'ovaire (Cancer Genetics: Genetic Testing and Ovarian Cancer), by Dr. Samantha Dubé, recorded on March 21, 2018
La génétique du cancer: ce qu’il faut savoir (Cancer Genetics: What you need to know), by Nadine Dumas, MSc, CCGC, recorded on February 28, 2018
Vivre avec la récidive (Living with Recurrence), by Houda Moussallier and Francine Belisle, recorded on March 27, 2017
Traitement de la récidive (Treatment of Recurrence), by Dr. Paul Bessette, recorded on February 23, 2017
Composer avec la peur de la récidive (Coping with Fear of Recurrence), by Aude Caplette-Gingras, recorded on November 23, 2016
Cancer de l’ovaire 101 (Ovarian Cancer 101), by Dr. Diane Provencher, recorded on November 8, 2016
Cancer de l’ovaire 101 (Ovarian Cancer 101), by Dr. Paul Bessette, recorded on March 26, 2015
Effets secondaires du traitement et leur gestion (Treatment side effects and how to manage them), by Isabelle Pouliot, recorded on February 11, 2015

Due to technical difficulties, the slides were not recorded in conjunction with the audio portion of the presentation. You can load the Powerpoint slides here and click on the link to listen to the audio presentation simultaneously. We apologize for this inconvenience.

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