Toronto, September 24th to 27th: Lyme Disease in the crosshairs

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The next number of days are very important for lyme disease awareness in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Mainstream media involvement in spreading the word about the facts, risks and prevalence of lyme disease has been on the rise over the last year or so. Please, please, please…. if you know someone in the GTA forward the following information to them, especially if they enjoy the outdoors – cottages, hiking, camping, walking in the woods, strolling outdoors, etc… (yes, this pretty much covers everyone).

1. Tune in Friday Sept. 24th – “Under Our Skin” producer/director Andy Wilson will be interviewed Friday, Sept. 24th on Goldhawk Fights Back radio at 12:10 pm EDT ahead of this weekend’s film screening.

2. See the Oscar finalist “Under Our Skin” – A gripping tale of microbes, medicine & money. “Under Our Skin” exposes the hidden story of Lyme disease, one of the most controversial and fastest growing epidemics of our time. Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010 at the Isabel Bader Theatre, University of Toronto, Victoria College campus. Two showings. For more information, check out the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation information pages (here, here and here).

3. Toronto 2010 Wall of Hope – Please join the annual public demonstration at Queen’s Park, to raise awareness about issues that continue to face the Lyme disease community.

  • Queen’s Park (south lawn)
  • Monday September 27th
  • 12 noon until 1:00 p.m.

A message from the GTA Lyme support group:

The Toronto event will take place right in front of the Ontario Legislature. Please come early and bring along a packed lunch if you would like to join us for a picnic on the beautiful Legislature grounds following the festivities. We are honoured this year to welcome CanLyme president Jim Wilson to our event, in addition to MPP France Gelinas and lawyer Paul Haefling. Please make sure your MPP is aware and invite them to come and learn more about Lyme issues facing patients throughout Canada. Please put your creative juices to work and bring along some eye-catching posters. Come, be encouraged, and let’s make our voices heard! Let’s keep the momentum building. Visit Lyme Action online for additional information and any last minute announcements.