Mental health & wellness webinar
Mental health & wellness webinar
Have questions about managing your epilepsy? Join us for a special webinar in collaboration with Epilepsy Durham Region & Epilepsy Toronto.
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Mental health & wellness webinar
Educate your family, friends or coworkers with an Epilepsy Awareness Month & Purple Day Presentation.
#IAM1IN100 CAMPAIGN
A campaign in partnership with the Canadian Epilepsy Alliance and epilepsy agencies across Canada to show what it means to live with epilepsy.
Wear purple or other Awareness clothing
Show your strength as a person living with epilepsy or support a friend or family member living with epilepsy by wearing a t-shirt, sweatshirt or hoodie from the Epilepsy Shop.
Show your support for EYR by using code 011 and you'll get 15% off your total order upon checkout!
When you make a purchase from the Epilepsy Shop you are helping to provide education, advocacy, information and support services to the almost 95,000 people living with epilepsy and their families in Ontario.
lighhting your city or town purple
Every year more and more monuments across Canada are being lit purple for epilepsy awareness. Find out if a landmark in your community can be lit purple. Call or write them, share why it’s important to you that it be lit purple and the story behind Purple Day.
If a landmark in your community is lit purple don’t forget to post photos and tag EYR on X (@epilepsyyork), Instagram (@epilepsy_york) & Facebook (@epilepsyyorkregion).
Show your support with a poster!
Put up a poster at your school, workplace or organization recognizing Epilepsy Awareness Month & Purple Day.
Sharing your story as a person living with epilepsy.
Personal stories are a great way to raise awareness and help people understand what living with seizures is like. Epilepsy is still largely misunderstood in the general public and educating others about what epilepsy is can help in reducing the stigma attached to the condition. Share your epilepsy story with friends or on social media and tag EYR on X (@epilepsyyork), Instagram (@epilepsy_york) & Facebook (@epilepsyyorkregion).
participate in Purple Day on March 26
This movement was started in 2008 by Cassidy Megan, a girl from Nova Scotia who wanted her friends to know what it really meant for her to live with epilepsy. Her dream of sharing her story has turned into a recognized, global movement to raise awareness for epilepsy on March 26th.
March 26th is now officially known as Purple Day in Canada thanks to the passing of a federal private member’s bill supported by all parties in Parliament in June 2012.
Help spread awareness on this day by wearing something purple.