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Nova Scotia Breast Screening Advocates is a dedicated group of volunteers who are advocating for supplementary breast screening for women with dense breasts and promote awareness on the importance of screening.
Nova Scotia Breast Screening Advocates is a dedicated group of volunteers who are advocating for supplementary breast screening for women with dense breasts and promote awareness on the importance of screening.
In December 2024, following the heartbreaking loss of fellow advocate, Tanja Harrison, we found ourselves surrounded by more volunteers than ever, and we are now a group fondly known as "Tanja's Army". We are more determined than ever to raise awareness and advocate for the best possible breast cancer screening for all women. Tanja's passing serves as a poignant reminder of the injustices faced by women accessing equitable healthcare in general, but in particular, those with with dense breasts, and the heightened risks to their health and lives.
In December 2024, following the heartbreaking loss of fellow advocate, Tanja Harrison, we found ourselves surrounded by more volunteers than ever, and we are now a group fondly known as "Tanja's Army". We are more determined than ever to raise awareness and advocate for the best possible breast cancer screening for all women. Tanja's passing serves as a poignant reminder of the injustices faced by women accessing equitable healthcare in general, but in particular, those with with dense breasts, and the heightened risks to their health and lives.
Though her voice has fallen silent, it lives on through the voices of others, carrying her message forward.
Our Goals: Awareness and Advocacy
Our Goals: Awareness and Advocacy
Raise public and governmental awareness about the risks of dense breasts and the critical need for supplementary screening.
Advocate for an end to the current policy that denies family doctors the ability to issue requisitions for ultrasound or MRI, supplementary to mammogram, for women with dense breasts.
Urge our government and healthcare system to take immediate, life-saving action in providing supplementary screening for women with dense breasts.
Meet Our Volunteer Advocates
Meet Our Volunteer Advocates
Elizabeth Shein
Tanya MacPhee
Kim Harris
Lindsay Houghton
Candace Oakley
Patti Greenlaw
Jodi Lazare
Tanja Harrison
In memory, honorary advocate
Sherri Thom
WE NEED YOU!
WE NEED YOU!
Click here to find out
Click here to find out
how you can help.
how you can help.
Any time commitment, large or small, short term or long term, will make a difference.
We are looking for:
AMBASSADORS - Help us spread the word about the risks associated with dense breasts and the screening challenges. You can email or hand out leaflets/brochures to women’s organizations, support groups, health professionals, naturopaths, gyms, churches.
Invite your friends to follow Nova Scotia Breast Screening Advocates on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Share posts where permitted in relevant groups.
INFLUENCERS - Use your influence to spread the word and help make some noise.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS EXPERTISE - Provide your advice, insights to help us make policy change.
COMMUNICATIONS/MARKETING EXPERTISE - Use your communications skills to help us plan campaigns and reach our target audience in the most effective way.
PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERTISE - Help us write effective media releases to ensure our message has wide reach and help us build relationships with media.
ADVOCACY - Contact MLAs, and other government with our prepared letter and/or arrange an in-person visit.
NETWORK LIAISON - Contact and engage breast cancer-related organizations to support our cause (i.e. nurses, oncologists, health professionals, support groups) with a letter that has been prepared already.
VIDEOGRAPHY / PHOTOGRAPHY / WRITERS - Film, capture and write survivor stories and stories of loved ones who lost their battle.
ADMININSTRATIVE ASSISTANT - Help with various administration tasks.
STORY TELLER - Tell your dense breasts story, survivor story or the story of someone else.
CONTACT: nsbreastcanceradvocates@gmail.com
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