Event Details

Presenter:

Phyllis Fehr M.L.A., R.N., S.A.N.E., Advocate, Ontario Dementia Advisory Group board member, Dementia Alliance International board member

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Phyllis Fehr was given a working diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's along with Lewy Body dementia; she was 53 years of age at the time. Phyllis promotes the abilities of people living with dementia by advocating for people living with this disease both locally, nationally and internationally. She advocates change for persons with dementia as an Ontario Dementia Advisory board member with a focus on government policy.

Phyllis is on a number of boards and steering committees, including membership on the Advisory Group for the Ontario Dementia strategy and the Early Stage Working Group. She is an active board member for the Dementia LHIN board for HBHN; the Canadian Dementia Priority steering committee and numerous others. She is also a valued volunteer at her local Alzheimer Society for program planning and implementation.

Phyllis is a popular guest speaker at a variety of events from a lived experience perspective, educating about stigma of dementia. Phyllis spoke at the Senate of Canada, Social Affairs, Science and Technology on dementia. She has also spoken at the opening of the seventeenth session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the United Nations on March 20th 2017.

Summary 

Participants in this webinar will:

1. Learn an overview of the human rights’ movement in Canada, including recent developments and engagement with the United Nations

2. Be encouraged to consider how our human rights apply to people living with a dementia

3. Hear personal stories and case examples that illustrate common instances of discrimination and abuse of human rights that occur regularly in our health and social care systems

This integrated KTE webinar event is brought to you by brainXchange in partnership with the Alzheimer Society of Canada and the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA).

We ask that you only register for this event if you are certain you can attend, we also encourage participants joining from the same location or organization to share a computer, as we have limited space. Thank you. 

This event takes place at 12:00 EST.  To check your time zone, please click here.

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