Network News - Winter/Spring 2010 - Canadian Breast Cancer ...

CBCN Board Members, staff and participants at the Western Regional Meeting in Calgary, November 2009
issues, and has clarified its position
in relation to other cancers with an
ongoing scan of existing initiatives.
The Board of Directors of CBCN is
currently reviewing its 2010 priorities
in light of the direction provided
at the Stakeholder Consultation.
Revised priorities will be printed in an
upcoming Network News.
Breast & Women’s Cancers:
Increasing Capacity through
Sharing Knowledge, Skills and
Best Practices
Breast and Women’s Cancers is a oneyear
project of the Canadian Breast
Cancer Network which encompasses
two skill development Webinars on the
determinants of health and capacity
building and three regional meetings
to discuss the impact of the move
towards breast and women’s cancers.
The objectives of this project are
to create opportunities for breast
and women’s cancers communities
to increase their capacity to share
knowledge of risk factors and
conditions with their members
and clients through networking,
knowledge exchange, and education
and skills development, to utilize
CBCN’s commissioned research
on partnerships and its companion
template partnership agreement to
increase capacity in the breast and
women’s cancers communities and
to create and manage partnerships
and utilize the Model for National
Collaboration to promote and improve
collaboration between breast and
women’s cancers organizations to
increase capacity for networking and
information and knowledge sharing.
The project will end March 31, 2010.
Atlantic Regional Meeting
The Atlantic Regional Meeting was
held in Halifax in October 2009.
Participants from across the region
were invited, including representatives
from breast and women’s cancer
networks, related organizations, and
survivors. 18 participants attended the
meeting, plus CBCN staff members
and facilitators.
During the consultation, attendees
were updated on previous
collaboration in the region and
reminded of the history of the breast
cancer networks and the move
towards women’s cancers. Attendees
engaged in group work to discuss
the opportunities and challenges of
expanding the networks to include
gynecological cancers, regionally and
provincially, and provincial objectives
and timelines were defined. Attendees
also brainstormed opportunities for
collaboration with other provinces
and networks, other cancers, and new
groups. An education session was also
held to educate participants about
preparing research projects for ethics
review.
Attendees were enthusiastic about
the opportunities for collaboration
throughout the region, and identified
actions and timelines for three main
objectives:
Speaker’s Series
Facilitator Training Manual for
Community Contacts
Resources for Newly Diagnosed
Women (gynecological cancers)
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