The Ostomy Canada Connects

is a publication of the United

Ostomy Association of Canada
Inc. This bulletin is published
10 times a year in both English
and French (future) to provide
greater communication to the
chapters. Limited funds only
permit circulation to chapter
leadership who are encouraged
to share the information with
their members by including
items of interest in their news-
letters.

NATIONAL OFFICE:
United Ostomy Association of
Canada Inc.
344 Bloor St. West, Suite 501
Toronto, ON M5S 3A7
Email info1@ostomycanada.ca
416-595-5452
FAX: 416-595-9924
TOLL FREE: 1-888-969-9698
WEBSITE:
www.ostomycanada.ca
PRESIDENT:
Peter Folk
VICE PRESIDENT:
Ann Ivol
TREASURER:
Stephen Maybee
SECRETARY:
Carol Wells
DIRECTORS:
Ed Tummers
Ruth Kenney
John Molnar
Lorrie Pismenny
Andrea Manson
Rosemary Gaffray
Presidents Message
October 2014 Vol 22 Issue 2


Greetings all,
What is in a name . . . Shakespeare wrote that a rose by any other name would
smell as sweet. Well, that is very appropriate in that we are changing the name of
our monthly publication from UOAConnection to Ostomy Canada Connects. It
will still be as sweet as you remember, just a new name to coincide with our name
change to Ostomy Canada Society.
Speaking of names, Industry Canada rejected our application for a change to our
corporate name because the French version we originally proposed (L'Association
Canadienne des Personnes Stomises) was not a good translation of Ostomy Cana-
da Society. We have resubmitted our application under a different name - Socit
Canadienne des Personnes Stomises. Our friends in Quebec have approved this
change and hopefully Industry Canada will as well.
The name of our youth camp is changing from UOAC Ostomy Youth Camp to
Ostomy Canada Youth Camp. To go along with the new name, we are designing
a new brochure.
Take a Look! UOAC has a new updated website! Check out the information sec-
tion for up-to-date information from dieticians, life coaches, pharmacists and peo-
ple with an ostomy. You can write in with your questions and our panel of experts
will answer within 5-7 days.
Want to promote your chapter meetings? Your ostomy days? Send your infor-
mation to web@ostomycanada.ca and we will put it on our website under the
events tab.
Our website is viewed by over 15,000 people per month!
Our Facebook group has passed 600 members!
The 2
nd
Annual Canada Ostomy Day was held on October 4, 2014. Seven chap-
ters across Canada joined in the Stoma Stroll Awareness Walk: Regina (first
year), Hamilton (first year), Saskatoon (first year), Halifax, Calgary, Niagara
and Moncton.
As well, we continued with the Virtual Walk. In conjunction with Canada Ostomy
Day, Ostomy Toronto arranged for the lighting of the CN Tower to promote Cana-
da Ostomy Day! Thank you, Ostomy Toronto! Our fund-raising and awareness
OSTOMY CANADA
CONNECTS
continues until the year end. So visit www.stomastroll.ca to donate and to watch our progress to see if we
reach our goal of $60,000.
The board of directors will continue to hold monthly online meetings (usually a Saturday morning). Any
chapter president that is interested in sitting in as an observer is welcome. Please send an email to the office or
to myself to get an invitation.
Our next online meeting is Saturday October 18.
A great many chapters are doing fund-raising to support sending youth to Ostomy Canada Youth Camp. Jim
Fitzgerald and Jason Boyd embarked on a journey called GI J's - No Guts No Glory 2 guys 2 ostomies 130
km race by paddling a canoe for 130 km on September 13. Here is an update from Jason and Jim:
Okay, a little sad news from the GI J's.
We had to leave the race early. We got stuck in a brutal downpour at our first portage and muscle fa-
tigue set in and muscles were seized up. We couldn't continue.
We made every effort and we are forever grateful to all our supporters. Thank you guys. It's not over
yet. The GI J's will be back!! And stronger than ever before. When we find the next extreme event we
will participate in we will let you all know.
Thanks to the generosity of all our donors and sponsors we have raised close to $11,000 so far and
fundraising is still open. Thank you to each and every one of you that reached down so deep and
helped make the lives of the great kids at the Ostomy Canada Youth Camp at the Easter Seals Camp
Horizon that much better. We are proud of each and every one of you.
UOAC has been involved in their fund-raising activities and the fund-raising webpage at:
http://ostomycanada.akaraisin.com/nogutsnoglory will be kept open until the end of the year.
The Bursary Committee has set the deadline for applications: November 1, 2014. There are five $1000 bursa-
ries available. There are two different types: Ostomates who are attending post-secondary education courses
and Registered Nurses who are attending courses to become an ET. Help spread the word about these two
great new programs! Criteria and application forms are available on our website.
On September 27, I hosted a GoToMeeting with several chapter presidents from the provinces of Newfound-
land and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Also in attendance was Roger Ivol, the COSS adminis-
trator. A great many things were discussed during this one hour session. Hopefully it will be a regular event.
Peter Folk
President, United Ostomy Association of Canada
Ostomy Canada Society
Socit Canadienne des Personnes Stomises
peter.folk@ostomycanada.ca
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Website/Social Networking
In 2011we had 660,359 hits from 19,160 unique visitors. During 2012, there were 728,083 hits on
our website by 27,019 unique visitors. During 2013, there were 513,260 hits on our website by
20,245 unique visitors.
For an online map of chapters and districts, click here: http://www.ostomycanada.ca/maps2/map.html
If you have any comment on our website, please contact: Angie Schickerowski or Peter Folk through the na-
tional office email web@ostomycanada.ca
Our website is very popular, a great source of information and at least 6,350 other websites directly link to
ours. More and more people are using the Internet to get Ostomy information and our contact form is used
regularly to contact the office.
Item
September
2014
Unique web visitors (Year to Date) 35,611
Number of Web Visitors (Year to Date) 79,619
Web Hits (Year to Date) 1,232,494
Facebook page likes 262
Facebook group members 602
Facebook Parents group members 56
Facebook 20/40 group members 22
Discussion Board members 68
Twitter Followers 266
LinkedIn group members 39
LinkedIn followers 22
Google+ Circle members 62
uoac1 group members 39
Blog Posts 16
Pinterest Followers 8
Comments on our website [NEW] 22
Stoma Stroll Website Visitors 4,571
Stoma Stroll Unique Visitors 4,152
Stoma Stroll Webpage Views 7,206
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OFFICE COORDINATOR
Carole Pew
OFFICE CHAIR
Stephen Maybee
NATIONAL OFFICE
ADDRESS
344 Bloor St. W., Suite 501
Toronto, ON M5S 3A7
OUTREACH
Administrator: Andy Manson
AWARDS :
Ann Ivol (Leader)
Delilah Guy (Member)
PARENTS OF CHILDREN
WITH AN OSTOMY:
Lyn Atkins (Leader)
Corry Stewart Dorosh (Co-
Leader)
Pat Cimmeck , Karen Lindsay
(Members)
PROFESSIONAL
ADVISORY (INDUSTRY,
MEDICAL OTHER)
Delilah Guy, Jo-Ann Tremblay,
Rory Hornstein, RD, Julie
Singer, Karen Bruton RN BScN
MCISc-WH CETN(C),Shabita
Teja, Contacts from Hollister,
ConvaTec, Coloplast and Salts,
Current CAET President,
Contacts from Crohn's and
Colitis, Colorectal Cancer
Assoc., Bladder Cancer Canada,
etc.
SASO:
Betty Woolridge (Leader)
Ann Ivol, Vacant (Members)
YOUTH CAMP:
Pat Cimmeck (Camp
Administrator)
Lisa Gausman, Karen Spencer
(Members)
20/40:
Angie Schickerowski (Leader)
Andreja (Andy) Lampreht
News from COSS
by Roger Ivol, COSS Administrator
They say that every cloud has a silver lining.
Although there have been three chapters over the past year that have ceased opera-
tions, many of their members have not left UOAC. Some members joined other
chapters; one support group reorganized to become a satellite of another chapter;
and the members of a satellite are in the process of forming an independent chap-
ter. This is a cause for celebration.
Here are the details.
With the disbanding of the Kawartha chapter in Ontario late last year, the presi-
dent of the Oshawa & District Ostomy Association, Joy Baetz, RNET, invited the
members to join Oshawa. Many have done so.
The Central Vancouver Island chapter ceased operations in May of this year. This
chapter had two satellites, Comox Valley and Campbell River. The president of
the Vancouver Ostomy Association, Debra Rooney, sent a letter of invitation to
the members, base chapter and the satellite members, to join Vancouver. Many
have decided to join. In September, the Comox satellite filed papers to officially
re-organize and re-structure as a satellite of Vancouver. Perhaps the Campbell
River group may do the same.
And the Barrie Ostomy group, a satellite of Ostomy Toronto, has decided to be-
come a chapter. The relationship with Ostomy Toronto which has lasted for two
years, will end amicably. The members have taken a bold step and are hopeful to
increase their membership from large outlying communities.
When chapters or satellites get into difficulty - sometimes there are no solutions
from within - their neighbouring chapters will hear the call for help and come to
their aid. And so it is with two of the above support groups. If a chapter is having
a problem, the chapter president should contact the Chapter Outreach Support Ser-
vices Administrator as soon as possible to help prevent a collapse of the group.
There are solutions to almost every problem. What is needed is a willingness to
change or try something new.

UOAC Visiting Program update
A Visitor Training session was held at the Conference in St. Johns, this past Au-
gust. There were 26 people who had signed up for the visitor training refresher
course. As it turned out, some of the people who registered for the course were
first-timers, meaning that the session had to be complete rather than abridged.
But how can you present a five hour course when you only have three hours avail-
able? You condense it. We knew it wouldnt be easy, but with some creative
condensing we were able to cover all the important elements. Fortunately, not
everyone attended the training which gave us some breathing room. The final
total was 11 candidates, some of whom attended the training for the first time, two
observers, and four COSS personnel as instructors.
(Continued on page 5)
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If your chapter is planning to conduct a Visitor Training course in the near future, contact your COSS Co-
ordinator or Administrator. They may be able to offer support with sample agendas , course materials and
suggestions for a first-rate presentation. You can find out who your Co-ordinator is for your area by contact-
ing the UOAC office.
On September 13, a Visitor Training session was hosted by the Moncton chapter. Judy Steeves, Lifetime Vis-
itor, Roger Ivol, COSS Administrator and Joan Peddle, RNET, conducted the training in which 11 new visi-
tors were certified. We thank all chapters who have held Visitor Training courses this year and congratulate
every newly-certified and re-certified visitor on their success.
Roger Ivol, COSS Administrator

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Lisa Gausman with Peter Folk: Lisa is the 2014 winner of the Presidents Award



PEG BOARD


LOOK FOR UNSUNG HEROES IN YOUR CHAPTERS. LET'S
HONOUR THEM BY TELLING US WHAT THEY DO.
Surely there have to be men and women in your chapters who are doing all the little things that make the
chapter tick. Email Joel Jacobson, Ostomy Canada Connects editor, through the national office email at
info1@ostomycanada.ca with their story.
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GOVERNANCE:
Administrator: Ann Ivol
BYLAWS:
Ed Tummers (Leader)
Carol Wells, Lorrie Pismenny (Members)
MEMBERSHIP
Andrea Manson (Leader)
Ann Ivol, Steve Maybee, Ruth Kenney (Members)
NATIONAL OFFICE:
Steve Maybee (Leader)
Peter Folk, UOAC Office (Members)
NOMINATIONS & ELECTIONS:
Peter Folk (Leader)
Ann Ivol (Member)
POLICIES & PROCEDURRES:
Ann Ivol (Leader)
Delilah Guy, Rosemary Gaffray (members)
STRATEGIC PLANNING (ANNUAL
OPERATIONAL PLAN
Executive Committee (Leader)
Board of Directors, UOAC Office (Members)
PRIVACY:
Privacy Officer (Vacant)
John Molnar (Member)
COSS (DSS):
Roger Ivol (Leader)
Jean-Pierre Lapointe (Quebec Rep),
Vacant (Pacific Rep),
Angela McGinn (Atlantic Rep), Gerard Dakiniewich
(Prairies Rep), John Molnar (Southern Ontario Rep
(Niagara; Brantford; Halton-Peel; Toronto; London),
Roger Ivol (South Ontario Rep (Hamilton; Stratford;
Kitchener-Waterloo; Windsor; Sarnia),
Richard Olley (North Ontario Rep)
ADVOCACY:
Ed Tummers Administrator
Advocacy:
Ruth Kenney (Leader)
Delilah Guy, Lorrie Pismenny, Jim Fitzgerald
(Members)

Donate to UOAC

We have signed up to receive donations online through Cana-

daHelps.org. This is a handy way for you to make a donation with-
out even leaving the comfort of your computer chair. Simply visit
our website at: http://www.ostomycanada.ca/ and click on the im-
age that looks like this:




This will bring up a secure website that will allow you to enter
your credit card or PayPal information. Canada Helps will issue a
donation receipt right away and email it to you.
Have you set up your 2014 monthly donations yet?
Set it and forget it. Heres how:
1. Set up or log into your CanadaHelps MyCanadaHelps account.
Remember that you need to save a credit card on file for
monthly donation!
2. Click the Monthly Giving tab.
3. Search for UNITED OSTOMY ASSOCIATION
OF CANADA INC.
1. Click DONATE MONTHLY.
2. Enter the details of your monthly donation.
Visit our donation page: http://www.ostomycanada.ca/donations
You can now donate to the United Ostomy Association of
Canada Inc. through PayPal

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Chapter Information on the Website

Did you know that our website www.ostomycanada.ca had over a half million hits last year? A lot of the visi-
tors visited the website to look for a support group in their area. Therefore, it is important that this information
be kept up to date! Make sure when sending the information in to the UOAC office that the chapters contact
information is current - phone number, email contact, newsletter availability, website, annual dues, meeting
dates and times. Visit our chapters page on our website at http://www.ostomycanada.ca/chapters and let the
UOAC office know via email if any of the information needs to be updated. Weve had at least one chapter
past president contact the office to tell us that the website still included their phone number instead of the cur-
rent president. Please check your chapters listing to make sure the updates have been done correctly!

Upcoming Events:
October 17, 2014 Deadline to comply with Canadas Not-for-Profit Act
October 30 - November 2 - CAET Conference in Toronto
November 1, 2014 - Deadline for Bursary applications
November 18, 2014 Niagara Ostomy Day. 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
December 3, 2014. Annual Christmas Dinner for Newfoundland & Labrador Chapter #604. More infor-
mation to follow.
Note: If your chapter has an upcoming event that you would like added here or on the national website, please
email the details to Carol Wells through the national office email.
Want to promote your chapter meetings? Your ostomy days? Send your information to
web@ostomycanada.ca and we will put it on our website under the events tab.









FROM THE EDITOR

EDITORS MESSAGE
Today is October 8 and Im about eight days late. Thank God I took my pill, eh? I should be OK but IF IVE BE-
COME PREGNANT, at my age and gender, Im sure to make the cover of People Magazine and make tons of
money of which Id give a generous portion to Ostomy Canada, of course.
How did I get to this digression?
Oh, yeah!! Im late --- filing my piece for the Connection, which might be now Ostomy Canada Connects, a very
catchy title for this publication.
The name, either now or in the very near future, indicates that the national organization wants to, and must, con-
nect with each and every member of Ostomy Canada. I know this monthly epistle arrives at the desktop or mailbox
of chapter presidents, secretaries, and newsletter editors but there are so many others in the individual chapters
who would benefit from various articles, information bits and national highlights that are printed in it.
You can use any or all (that might be a bit much) of OC Connects in your chapter newsletter to spread the word of
what national is doing to benefit all of us.
Speaking of national activities, Stoma Stroll just concluded and, if Halifax was any example, created tremendous
awareness for ostomies and ostomates.
In Halifax, there was media coverage prior to the Stroll through the Halifax Public Gardens, one of the citys
proudest tourist attractions and most beautiful sites.
To see more than 40 people waving banners, wearing Stoma Stroll t-shirts, laughing, enjoying themselves, talking
with curious passers-by, even greeting a wedding party with bride and groom in their finery, was quite uplifting.
The Halifax stroll was led by a member of the RCMP in his scarlets, who happened to be related to the Stroll chair,
and was in town on family business. He willingly donned his dress outfit and created even more awareness for the
group.
Of course, raising funds was another impetus for the Stoma Stroll and Halifax collected over $2,000. Im sure oth-
er chapters across the country well exceeded that total and congrats on your achievement.
To all of you who participated, good for you and thank you.
And speaking of thanks, Thanksgiving Day is but five days away from when Im writing this little gem.
Lets all give thanks that were here to celebrate, in most cases because of our Ostomy surgery.
Were thankful that people in Ostomy Canada and our local chapters provide support for those dark days, few and
far between, I hope, when we fret about our situation.
Were thankful that we are positive enough to help others through their transition from what we perceived as nor-
mal to our new normal .
Were thankful that todays appliances give us comfort and ease, compared to early ostomates who suffered terri-
bly with bare-bones equipment.
And Im thankful I took my pill today and am no longer late --- with this message.
Joel Jacobson
Editor
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CONFERENCE:
Delilah Guy (Administrator)
Carol Wells ,St. Johns, & Gander Chapters
(Members)
INTERNATION RELATIONS:
Pat Cimmeck (Leader)
Lisa Gausman (Member)
PUBLIC AWARENESS (INCLUDES
COD&WOD):
Andrea Manson (Leader)
Delilah Guy, Carol Wells, Lorrie Pismenny
(Members)
FINANCE & FUNDRAISING
Administrator: Steve Maybee
FINANCE:
Steve Maybee (Leader)
Executive Committee (Member)
FUNDRAISING:
Andrea Manson (Leader)
Carol Wells, Andrea Manson, Roger Ivol, Steve
Manson, John Delaney (Members)
BURSARY:
Rosemary Gaffray (Leader)
Roger Ivol, Andrea Manson, Rosemary Gaffray
MARKETING & COMMUNICATION
Administrator: Carol Wells
CONNECTION:
Carol Wells (Leader)
Ann Ivol, Joel Jacobson, Lorrie Pismenny UOAC
Office (Members)
OSTOMY CANADA:
Lisa Gausman (Leader)
Lorne Aronson (Advertising), Elizabeth Lindner,
UOAC Office (Members)
PUBLICATIONS:
Ann Ivol (Leader)
Joel Jacobson, Andrea Manson (Members)
SOCIAL MEDIA / WEBSITE:
Peter Folk, (Leader)
Angie Schickerowski (webmaster), Andrea Manson,
Lisa Gausman, John Molnar, Carol Wells

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Ostomy Canada Connects
Jokes for Today
This is the story of four people named Everybody, Somebody, An-
ybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and
everybody was asked to do it. Anybody could have done it, but No-
body did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Every-
bodys job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody
realized that Everybody wouldnt do it. Consequently, it wound up
that Nobody told Anybody, so Everybody blamed Somebody.


I went into my proctologists office for my first rectal exam. His
new nurse took me to an examining room and told me to get un-
dressed and have a seat until the doctor could see me. She said that
he would only be a few minutes. After putting on the gown that she
gave me I sat down. While waiting I observed that there were three
items on the stand next to the exam table. A tube of K-Y jelly; a
rubber glove; and a beer. When the doctor finally came I said,
Look Doc, Im a little confused. This is my first exam, I know
what the K-Y is for, and I know what the glove is for, but can you
tell me what the BEER is for.? At that time the doctor became no-
ticeably outraged and stormed over to the door. The doctor flung
the door open and yelled to his nurse..Darn it Helen I said
Butt Light.