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DEBRA Canada is proud to announce that the DEBRA International 2012 Congress will be held in the cosmopolitan city of Toronto, Ontario.  Toronto is home of the country’s primary multidisciplinary EB clinic. DEBRA Canada President, Gena Brumitt, will co-chair the conference with Dr. Elena Pope, Head of Pediatric Dermatology at the Hospital for Sick Children.  An advisory panel is presently being assembled.

The conference dates are set for September 13-16, 2012. A patient care conference will take place on the 13th, and EB families are welcome to register for the entire conference or just attend the one-day patient care portion. All conference attendees will receive a free ticket to the Royal Ontario Museum, and the conference will open with a Canadian First Nations smudging ceremony.

Citizenship & Immigration Canada has been notified of our international event. Please see this website for information about visiting Canada: www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/meeting.asp.  Check the list of countries to see if your visit requires a Temporary Resident Visa. If you need a letter of invitation to support your TRV, please email ehoyos@debracanada.org with your contact information, and DEBRA Canada’s administrative assistant, Erin, will send one promptly. Further details about the venue, agenda, hotel information, and official registration will be available soon, through a new website created specifically for the congress.

We welcome you all!

To read the online newspaper article on the Butterfly Tattoo (Ajax) fundraising event click here:

http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1280121–ajax-tattoo-artists-ink-their-support-for-fundraiser

Here is her video: MEET LIZ TRINNEAR

Gallery: Liz’s exclusive TORO Woman pics

You can also follow her on her own MuchMusic webpage LIZ ONLINE

See you all next year!!!

Thanks to the generosity of the Gopalani family, a fund has been set up at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), which gives people affected by EB and their immediate families the chance to experience one of Canada’s premier cultural institutions at no charge. Contact Erin Hoyos, Administrative Assistant for DEBRA Canada (ehoyos@debracanada.org), to arrange for your free tickets.

To make a tax deductible contribution, kindly visit: www.rom.on.ca/donatenow and under the “My Gift is Towards” drop-down menu option, please select the “Gopalani Family Fund.” Every $10.00 raised enables one child with special needs to visit the ROM. Thank you for your support!