On February 11, 2020, Thyroid Patients Canada officially became a nonprofit corporation. It's the first step toward becoming an official registered charity. Three of us patient peer-leaders put together the paperwork -- Tania, Mona and Alexa. There's a team of about 12-16 members on our Advisory Group, but like any organization, not everyone's capable of … Continue reading Thyroid Patients Canada becomes nonprofit corporation
See Part 1 where I introduce my background as a thyroid patient See Part 2 where I talk about my research and advocacy What are your hopes for the future of Thyroid Patients Canada? Updated January 2022 See "Thyroid Patients Canada becomes nonprofit corporation" Above, all, I hope our campaign will become more effective at … Continue reading Part 3: Meet our campaign’s main writer: her hopes
In part 1 of this series, I explained who I am as a thyroid patient. Here I introduce myself as the campaign’s researcher and as a thyroid patient advocate. Updated: January 2022 What kind of research do you do? That’s a complicated question. I play several research roles in my life. I'm a communications scholar … Continue reading Part 2: Meet our campaign’s main writer, advocate and researcher
I've decided it's finally time to put a human face and name behind our campaign so that media can contact us and know who to talk to. Our campaign has experienced significant growth since we started in July 2018. I’ve made 79 blog posts on thyroidpatients.ca and this is my 80th. We also have 25 … Continue reading Meet our campaign’s main writer, Tania Sona Smith
Our thyroid patient campaign's researcher submitted a proposal to speak at the Choosing Wisely national conference in Montreal in May 2019. A second thyroid patient was willing to fund the researcher's trip from Western Canada. A third thyroid patient put the researcher in contact with a thyroid doctor who was willing to support such educational … Continue reading Choosing Wisely chooses not to hear thyroid patient’s research presentation
