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About The Canadian Celiac Association
MISSION STATEMENT
The Canadian Celiac Association is a national organization dedicated to providing services to support persons afflicted with celiac disease and/or Dermatitis Herpetiformis through programs of Awareness, Advocacy, Education and Research. Celiacs are served by local Chapters throughout Canada, which united, form a national body called the Canadian Celiac Association. The Association is incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act. The National Association and the local Chapters are registered Charities.
VICTORIA CHAPTER
The Victoria Chapter is one of twenty-eight affiliated chapters comprising the Canadian Celiac Association. The Victoria Chapter first started in 1984. The Victoria Chapter covers Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands and even has members in the Yukon. There are two satellite support groups on Vancouver Island, one in Nanaimo and one in Comox. We currently have around 430 members.
Our email address:
To view other celiac chapters across Canada, click here .
What’s New?
Check out these two news clips on celiac disease. When the Health Matters screen is loaded, click on Celiac and Children on the right hand side of the screen OR enter Celiac and Children OR Celiac Disease Test into the search button. The search button is under the Health Matters bar on the right of the screen where 250 clips are stored.
http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/edmonton/features/healthmatters/index.html
Thanks to Mike Murphy of the Moncton Chapter for sending this clip.
VICTORIA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER
Our Chapter newsletter for October November 2008 is on our website. Look under Publications or click here to view our 24 page newsletter with a special feature on young people living with the gluten free diet. No password required for access this month.
CANADIAN LIVING MAGAZINE
The October issue of Canadian Living Magazine has a long feature article on celiac disease. Also check out their online issue.
Look out for Readers Digest November issue—there will be an article about celiac disease with information from a Chapter member.
LABELLING
Government of Canada Announces Proposed New Labelling Requirements to Protect Health of Canadians
22 July 2008
OTTAWA - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today announced increased protection for Canadians with food allergies by introducing new labelling requirements for food allergens, gluten sources and added sulphites contained in prepackaged foods. Health Canada also announced the launch of several allergy studies, including a large national study of food allergy prevalence, and two studies on the dietary habits and coping skills of people with celiac disease who are on a gluten-free diet.
The improved regulations would require that manufacturers declare all food allergens, gluten sources and added sulphites on labels of prepackaged foods. The regulations would also detail exactly how these allergens, glutens and sulphites are to be listed on food labels.
The announcement followed a letter writing campaign to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, requesting that these long-delayed regulations be put into law.
To view the complete press release on the Health Canada website:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/nr-cp/_2008/2008_117-eng.php
For more information on the proposed Food Allergen Labelling Regulatory Amendments:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/label-etiquet/allergen/index-eng.php
NEW LINKS
We’ve added more links for you to browse.
TGIF-The Gluten Intolerance Festival
We welcomed 600 delegates from across Canada and the US
to Victoria, home of the Canadian Celiac Association Conference May 9-11, 2008.
Thank you for supporting TGIF!
As hosts we had a wonderful time and we hope you did too.
Our speakers were knowledgeable, inspiring and entertaining.
Our sponsors were extremely generous and our exhibitors were superb.
Our Partners and Friends were also very generous.
Our sister Chapters supported us, especially the Vancouver Chapter who made a generous donation to help us host the conference.
The exhibits show was educational and fun.
The Fairmont Empress Hotel provided wonderful gluten free meals and the banquet food was outstanding.
TGIF Supporters
Look at the extensive list of our supporters.
TGIF Speaker Presentations
Link to speaker presentations for Dr. Fasano, Dr. Godefroy, Dr.Rashid and Dr. Lakhani.
TGIF Photograph Gallery
Browse through our gallery of photographs and see if you can spot yourself at TGIF.
TGIF Exhibits Show Open to the Public
For the first time ever we opened the trade show to the public on Saturday, May 10 in the afternoon.
The response was more than overwhelming.
850 local people visited the trade show
850 members of the public poured through the doors of the conference centre wanting to learn more about celiac disease and the gluten free diet.
Need more information?
If you are visiting this site for the first time as a result of attending the trade show, check out our information about celiac disease, The Canadian Celiac Association and our local Chapter on this website or look at the Links page for more websites.
What trade show visitors saw and learned:
Information about celiac disease and the gluten free diet.
A demonstration of the new test for celiac disease
2G Pharma tested and counseled about 80 people for celiac disease with the brand new product, a celiac home testing kit, launched at the conference.
And more…
More than 40 booths demonstrated gluten free food with free samples to try.
Gluten free cookbook authors sold the latest gluten free cookbooks.
And everyone coming through the door learned more about celiac disease and the gluten free diet all for a $2 entrance fee.
The Savvy Celiac Guide was Launched
We printed 1500 copies of the Savvy Celiac Guide and every one is gone.
Every conference delegate and every exhibits show visitor received a copy of this excellent guide.
Click here to download your copy.
