Asthma-Safe Classrooms & COVID-19
WHAT: A free webcast series that answers your questions about managing pediatric asthma and keeping kids with asthma safe from COVID-19.
WHO: Parents and guardians of children with asthma
WHERE: Everywhere (via Zoom) – but get the most of these sessions by registering for one in your region:
COVID-19 Policy Series
Each session of our COVID-19 Policy Series will be dedicated to a specific topic in health and care that’s being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of these sessions? To highlight topics that deserve urgent and immediate attention by policymakers in Ontario or Canada.
These sessions are open to all, but will be most impactful for policy makers and advocates.
COVID-19 and Lung Cancer Care
Friday, November 13 at 10:00 a.m. EST
In this session, Dr. Wheatley-Price will explore how the various aspects of lung cancer care have been disrupted due to COVID-19 precautions, and what the impact of this will be on patients.
COVID-19 and Asthma Care
Tuesday, November 17 at 4:00 p.m. EST
In this session, Dr. Samir Gupta will provide us with his expert opinion on how contracting COVID-19 affects individuals with asthma, what areas of care have been disrupted for asthma patients, and how to ensure proper management of asthma moving forward.
COVID-19 and Long-term Care
Tuesday, November 17 at 4:00 p.m. EST
In this session, two leading experts in the area of infectious disease and geriatric care will shed light on how infectious disease outbreaks happen in long-term care homes, and what needs to happen moving forward to protect seniors now and prevent outbreaks in the future.
Arcade for Airways
In Arcade for Airways we’re teaming up with celebrity gamers to raise urgently-needed funds to bring together programs and support, public education, policy change, practice change and research to give people with lung cancer a fighting chance. Join us from February 7 to February 25 as we live-stream. You can take part by streaming, donating, or spreading the word that we’re on a mission to fight lung cancer and create a world where Canadians can breathe better.
Need Continuing Medical Education?
Calling all health-care providers! The Lung Health Foundation hosts various continuing medical education programs including an annual conference, Mainpro+ certified workshops, OTN and webcasts on a wide range of topics from diagnosis and management of asthma and COPD, Spirometry Interpretation and Motivational Interviewing.