{"id":865,"date":"2017-02-18T02:25:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T02:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/densebreastscanada.ca\/?page_id=865"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:47:42","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/densebreastscanada.ca\/fr\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre association"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\tFond\u00e9e en 2016, Seins Denses Canada (SDC) est une organisation \u00e0 but non lucratif.\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t

Since 2016, Dense Breasts Canada has been advocating for changes to promote earlier detection of breast cancer. Our calls for improving breast screening and equitable access to life-saving care have resulted in important policy changes in breast screening for Canadians across the country.\u00a0DBC is made up of dedicated individuals and healthcare professionals who are committed to raising awareness and advocating for optimal breast cancer screening. DBC is volunteer-run. There are no salaries. DBC does not receive any funding from corporate entities. DBC’s efforts to raise awareness are funded solely by donations from kind and generous Canadians.<\/p>\t\t\n

\n\t\t\tNos objectifs\t<\/h3>\n\t

Informer et sensibiliser le public et les\nprofessionnels de la sant\u00e9 aux dangers li\u00e9s \u00e0 la densit\u00e9 mammaire et \u00e0 l\u2019importance d\u2019un d\u00e9pistage d\u00e8s 40 ans et au-del\u00e0 de 74 ans.<\/p>\n

Agir aupr\u00e8s des programmes provinciaux pour qu\u2019ils acceptent d\u2019offrir un d\u00e9pistage compl\u00e9mentaire aux femmes ayant des seins denses.<\/p>\n

Veiller \u00e0 ce que l\u2019organisme responsable de l\u2019\u00e9laboration des lignes directrices de d\u00e9pistage pour les Canadiennes et les Canadiens, le Comit\u00e9 consultatif national sur les services de sant\u00e9 pr\u00e9ventifs, int\u00e8gre l\u2019expertise clinique et l\u2019exp\u00e9rience des patients, utilise des donn\u00e9es probantes actuelles et inclusives, et accorde la priorit\u00e9 \u00e0 la mise \u00e0 jour des lignes directrices provisoires sur le d\u00e9pistage du cancer du sein.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPourquoi agir maintenant\u2009?\t<\/h3>\n\t

Un d\u00e9pistage optimal du cancer du sein est essentiel : <\/strong>Le d\u00e9pistage optimal du cancer du sein est essentiel : Chaque ann\u00e9e, 30\u2009000 femmes au Canada re\u00e7oivent un diagnostic de cancer du sein et 5\u2009500 en d\u00e9c\u00e8dent. Il est n\u00e9cessaire d\u2019am\u00e9liorer la d\u00e9tection pr\u00e9coce pour offrir \u00e0 toutes une v\u00e9ritable chance de survie.<\/p>\n

Early detection of breast cancer saves lives and improves quality of life.\u00a0Early detection also can mean a better chance to avoid chemotherapy, mastectomy, and axillary dissection.<\/p>\n

Canadians need optimal breast cancer screening which includes: risk assessment at age 25-30; annual screening from age 40-49; screening every 1-2 years from age 50 and past 74, as long as a woman is in good health; and supplemental screening for women with dense breasts. It also means using the latest technology and AI tools to find breast cancer early.<\/p>\n

La densit\u00e9 mammaire est un facteur crucial : <\/strong>La densit\u00e9 mammaire est un facteur crucial : Au Canada, plus de 3 millions de femmes de plus de 40 ans ont des seins denses. SDC cherche \u00e0 sensibiliser les femmes \u00e0 l\u2019importance de comprendre et de prendre en compte leur densit\u00e9 mammaire. Elles peuvent ainsi devenir proactives en r\u00e9duisant leur risque et en ayant des discussions \u00e9clair\u00e9es avec leurs professionnels de la sant\u00e9 sur les d\u00e9pistages compl\u00e9mentaires n\u00e9cessaires.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tPlaidoyers et transformations majeures\t<\/h3>\n\t

Depuis sa fondation en 2016, Seins Denses Canada (SDC) s\u2019est impos\u00e9 comme une force majeure dans la promotion de politiques de d\u00e9pistage du cancer du sein plus efficaces et dans l\u2019\u00e9ducation du public \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle nationale. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un engagement sans faille, SDC a r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 accomplir des progr\u00e8s significatifs en obtenant des modifications de politiques ax\u00e9es sur la d\u00e9tection pr\u00e9coce et un acc\u00e8s \u00e9quitable pour toutes les femmes<\/p>\n

Consultez les modifications de politiques dans notre mise \u00e0 jour \n\u00ab\u202fAdvocacy Impact\u202f\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Avanc\u00e9es du d\u00e9pistage du cancer du sein au Canada : synth\u00e8se des progr\u00e8s et des acquis politiques (en anglais)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\tNotification concernant la densit\u00e9 mammaire<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Avant les campagnes de sensibilisation men\u00e9es par SDC, aucune femme au pays n\u2019\u00e9tait inform\u00e9e sur la densit\u00e9 mammaire. Aujourd\u2019hui, des avanc\u00e9es notables ont \u00e9t\u00e9 accomplies. Dans huite provinces et territoires, les femmes re\u00e7oivent par courrier\nleur classification de densit\u00e9 mammaire (A, B, C ou D). Dans trois provinces, soit la Saskatchewan, le Qu\u00e9bec, La Colombie-Britannique, et Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, les donn\u00e9es sont accessibles directement par l\u2019interm\u00e9diaire\ndu portail de sant\u00e9 en ligne.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\tD\u00e9tection pr\u00e9coce d\u00e8s 40 ans<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Lorsque DBC a \u00e9t\u00e9 fond\u00e9e, seulement quatre provinces et territoires (la Colombie-Britannique, la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse, l\u2019\u00cele-du-Prince-\u00c9douard et le Yukon) permettaient aux femmes de prendre elles-m\u00eames rendez-vous pour une mammographie de d\u00e9pistage d\u00e8s l\u2019\u00e2ge de 40 ans.\n\nGr\u00e2ce aux efforts de d\u00e9fense des int\u00e9r\u00eats de DBC, men\u00e9s aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de professionnels de la sant\u00e9 et de patients partenaires, ce nombre est maintenant pass\u00e9 \u00e0 huit provinces et territoires (Colombie-Britannique, Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse, \u00cele-du-Prince-\u00c9douard, Yukon, Nouveau-Brunswick, Ontario, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador et Saskatchewan).\n\nLe Manitoba abaissera l\u2019\u00e2ge \u00e0 40 ans en d\u00e9cembre 2026, et l\u2019Alberta en avril 2027. Il ne restera alors plus que les Territoires du Nord-Ouest et le Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 adopter le d\u00e9pistage d\u00e8s 40 ans.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\tD\u00e9pistage compl\u00e9mentaire pour les femmes dont la densit\u00e9 mammaire est \u00e9lev\u00e9e<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Avant la cr\u00e9ation de SDC, le d\u00e9pistage compl\u00e9mentaire pour les femmes ayant une densit\u00e9 mammaire \u00e9lev\u00e9en\u2019\u00e9tait pas largement disponible. Cependant, gr\u00e2ce aux efforts incessants de SDC, des avanc\u00e9es majeures ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9es. Aujourd\u2019hui, les femmes vivant en Colombie-Britannique, en Alberta, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, en Saskatchewan et en Ontario ont acc\u00e8s \u00e0 un d\u00e9pistage compl\u00e9mentaire.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\tAdvocating for Better Preventive Health Guidelines<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

DBC a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le de premier plan dans la r\u00e9forme du processus d\u2019\u00e9laboration des lignes directrices en mati\u00e8re de soins de sant\u00e9 pr\u00e9ventifs au Canada. Par ses t\u00e9moignages devant des comit\u00e9s parlementaires, ses rencontres avec l\u2019Agence de la sant\u00e9 publique du Canada et ses efforts soutenus de d\u00e9fense des droits, DBC a soulev\u00e9 des pr\u00e9occupations concernant la gouvernance, la transparence, l\u2019\u00e9valuation des donn\u00e9es probantes ainsi que le manque d\u2019expertise clinique et de participation des patients dans l\u2019\u00e9laboration des lignes directrices sur le d\u00e9pistage du cancer du sein.<\/p>\n

En mars 2025, le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral a suspendu les travaux du Groupe d\u2019\u00e9tude canadien sur les soins de sant\u00e9 pr\u00e9ventifs et a lanc\u00e9 un examen complet du processus. Le 10 juin 2026, le Groupe d\u2019\u00e9tude a \u00e9t\u00e9 officiellement remplac\u00e9 par le Comit\u00e9 consultatif national sur les services de sant\u00e9 pr\u00e9ventifs, un nouvel organisme con\u00e7u pour renforcer l\u2019\u00e9laboration des lignes directrices en mati\u00e8re de pr\u00e9vention gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une plus grande transparence, une meilleure responsabilisation, une expertise accrue et une participation significative des patients<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\tSensibilisation<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Au-del\u00e0 des changements de politiqueS, l\u2019organisation a accompli des progr\u00e8s remarquables dans la sensibilisation du public \u00e0 l\u2019importance du d\u00e9pistage du cancer du sein. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des campagnes \u00e9ducatives, \u00e0 une pr\u00e9sence accrue sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux et \u00e0 des partenariats avec des sp\u00e9cialistes en cancer du sein, SDC a permis aux femmes d\u2019acqu\u00e9rir les comp\u00e9tences n\u00e9cessaires pour assurer activement leur sant\u00e9 et prendre des d\u00e9cisions \u00e9clair\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\tSoutien public et mobilisation citoyenne<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

SDC a r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 obtenir le soutien du public pour des politiques de d\u00e9pistage plus efficaces. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 son discours et \u00e0 son engagement dans la communaut\u00e9, SDC a renforc\u00e9 la voix des femmes au Canada qui demandent un acc\u00e8s accru au d\u00e9pistage du cancer du sein.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\tNotre \u00e9quipe de direction\n\t\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\"jennie\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\tJennie Dale\n\t\t\t\t

JENNIE DALE<\/strong>
Founder, Executive Director
<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jennie is the founder and Executive Director of Dense Breasts Canada (DBC). She volunteers full time for DBC, running daily operations. She lives in Ontario and was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer in 2014.<\/p>\n

Jennie was inspired by the successful advocacy efforts of American organizations, areyoudense.org,\u00a0 densebreast-info.org and Joan Lunden’s book “Had I Known.” Jennie felt strongly that it was wrong to withhold potentially lifesaving information about breast density from women.\u00a0 DBC was founded in 2016 and Jennie began to learn about additional injustices and inequities in breast cancer screening in Canada, DBC’s goals and mission expanded. DBC raises awareness and advocates for optimal breast cancer screening.<\/p>\n

Jennie teamed up with breast cancer survivors and experts nationwide to advocate for optimal breast screening for all Canadians. Together, they have successfully advocated for almost 20 changes in breast screening practices in provinces and territories.<\/p>\n

Successful advocacy has resulted in density notification across the country and most provinces\/territories lowering the screening age from 50 to 40. It has also resulted in an increase in jurisdictions offering supplemental screening.<\/p>\n

Advocacy continues on these goals: supplemental screening for individuals with dense breasts; self-referral for mammograms at 40 and past 74.<\/p>\n

Jennie is a firm believer that your postal code should not determine whether breast cancer is detected early.<\/p>\n

Jennie collaborates with Canada’s leading breast screening experts in advocating on a federal level as well. She has met often with Ministers, MPs, and government officials to advocate for necessary revisions to the harmful national breast cancer screening guidelines and reform of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Jennie has testified to the Federal Health Committee and Status of Women Committee about inequitable breast cancer screening practices and written numerous briefs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DBC’s actions have been instrumental in bringing forth significant\u00a0 progress. An External Expert Review was appointed by PHAC to review the outdated processes and methodology of the Task Force and the Health Minister placed a pause on the work of the Task Force. Jennie testified to the External Expert Review and was happy to see many of DBC’s recommendations in the report by the review panel. Jennie is looking forward to the modernization of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jennie has published in the journal Current Oncology. Jennie has also joined forces with experts in many specialties who share similar concerns about their guidelines and is a member of the Coalition for Responsible Health Care Guidelines.<\/a> She is also a member of the Patient Engagement Working Group for the Canadian Society of Breast Imaging and a patient partner advisor on research being performed at Sunnybrook Hospital and Lakehead University.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Jennie was named a top 5 finalist in Charity Village’s awards in the category of Most Outstanding Impact by a Volunteer.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"Paula\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\tDre Paula Gordon\n\t\t\t\t

Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Conseill\u00e8re m\u00e9dicale<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dre Paula Gordon est professeure clinique au d\u00e9partement de radiologie de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de la Colombie-Britannique. Elle est directrice du Sadie Diamond Breast Program du BC Women\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n

Durant les ann\u00e9es 80, ses recherches sur les biopsies mammaires sous guidage \u00e9chographique ont permis \u00e0 cette technologie de devenir la norme de soins au travers le monde. Cette intervention a permis possible le diagnostic exact des masses au sein qui exigeaient ant\u00e9rieurement une intervention et a permis aux femmes d\u2019\u00e9viter la chirurgie pour les anomalies non canc\u00e9reuses.<\/p>\n

Au cours de sa carri\u00e8re, Dre Gordon a publi\u00e9 30 articles dans des revues \u00e0 comit\u00e9 de lecture. Son travail de recherche au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1990 \u00e9tait le premier \u00e0 d\u00e9montrer que l\u2019ultrason pouvait d\u00e9tecter les cancers non d\u00e9tect\u00e9s par les mammographies. Ceci a engendr\u00e9 un changement de paradigme dans la gestion du d\u00e9pistage chez les femmes aux seins denses qui a d\u00e9but\u00e9 aux \u00c9.-U. en 2009, et qui s\u2019\u00e9tend maintenant au Canada, au Royaume-Uni, en Australie et en Europe.<\/p>\n

En 1996, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 membre du groupe de travail d\u2019experts du centre de sant\u00e9 des femmes de la C.-B. pour un programme pilote au sujet de l\u2019\u00e9valuation et de diagnostic mammaire. Depuis, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 directrice m\u00e9dicale du Sadie Diamond Breast Program de 2007 \u00e0 2019. Au cours de cette p\u00e9riode, elle a obtenu des fonds de la fondation Diamond et de l\u2019autorit\u00e9 provinciale de services de sant\u00e9 en vue d\u2019acqu\u00e9rir la premi\u00e8re technologie de tomosynth\u00e8se (mammographie 3D) en C.-B. et cr\u00e9er la bourse de recherche d\u2019imagerie du sein de Vancouver dans le but de former les leaders du futurs de ce domaine. Elle a fait en sorte que les stagiaires puissent alterner entre le centre de soins de sant\u00e9 de la femme de la C.-B., l\u2019organisme du cancer de la C.-B. et le bureau de Dre Warren et associ\u00e9s afin d\u2019assurer leur exposition \u00e0 de multiples experts. En raison de la r\u00e9putation du programme, elle a \u00e9galement form\u00e9 des boursiers auto-financ\u00e9s d\u2019autres provinces, des \u00c9.-U. et du Moyen-Orient<\/p>\n

Avec l\u2019acquisition de la tomosynth\u00e8se, Dre Gordon a permis \u00e0 la ville de Vancouver de figurer parmi l\u2019un des premiers sites canadiens \u00e0 se joindre au TMIST : the tomosynthesis mammographic imaging screening trial (essai sur le d\u00e9pistage du cancer du sein par imagerie de tomosynth\u00e8se mammaire), un essai multicentrique financ\u00e9 par la FDA. Ceci lui a permis de donner des centaines d\u2019heures b\u00e9n\u00e9voles en participant \u00e0 la planification et \u00e0 la pr\u00e9paration du proc\u00e8s en tant que site principal canadien.<\/p>\n

Dre Gordon est tr\u00e8s appr\u00e9ci\u00e9e pour son mentorat d\u2019\u00e9tudiants en m\u00e9decine, des r\u00e9sidents en radiologie et des boursiers en imagerie du sein, ainsi que pour l\u2019enseignement qu\u2019elle offre \u00e0 ses patients individuels et au public. Elle est une \u00e9ducatrice populaire lors d\u2019ateliers pratiques \u00e0 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de radiologie d\u2019Am\u00e9rique du Nord, o\u00f9 les radiologues apprennent \u00e0 effectuer des biopsies \u00e0 l\u2019aiguille et d\u2019autres interventions avec \u00e9choguidage, et ce, chaque ann\u00e9e depuis leur introduction en 1993.<\/p>\n

Conf\u00e9renci\u00e8re, mod\u00e9ratrice et membre de comit\u00e9 tr\u00e8s recherch\u00e9e, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 invit\u00e9e \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter durant des centaines d\u2019expos\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle locale, nationale et internationale, et a \u00e9galement participe \u00e0 des groupes scientifiques au travers l\u2019Am\u00e9rique du Nord.<\/p>\n

Elle agit \u00e0 titre de b\u00e9n\u00e9vole et de r\u00e9lectrice de plusieurs revues m\u00e9dicales, ainsi que de conseill\u00e8re b\u00e9n\u00e9vole pour Seins Denses Canada, un groupe de d\u00e9fense des droits des patients et \u00e0 un site Web \u00e9ducatif : Dense Breast Info (infos sur les seins denses).<\/p>\n

Avec ses coll\u00e8gues de partout au Canada, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 membres fondateurs de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 canadienne de l\u2019imagerie mammaire.<\/p>\n

Dre Gordon a jou\u00e9 le r\u00f4le de b\u00e9n\u00e9vole et de pr\u00e9sidente pour des dizaines de comit\u00e9s :<\/p>\n

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  • \u00b7\tMembre, Lower Mainland Innovation and Integration Fund Committee for Breast Health<\/li>\n
  • \u00b7\tPr\u00e9sidente, Early Detection Committee, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation 2020 Project<\/li>\n
  • \u00b7\tPr\u00e9sidente, Early Detection Committee of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC\/Yukon Division,<\/li>\n
  • \u00b7\tMembre, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Breast Cancer Prevention and Risk Assessment Clinic Advisory Board<\/li>\n
  • \u00b7\tPr\u00e9sidente, Academic Committee of the Screening Mammography Program of British Columbia,<\/li>\n
  • \u00b7\tCopr\u00e9sidente, Workforce Committee of the Provincial Breast Health Strategy et membre des Steering, Clinical Pathway and Prevention Committees of the Provincial Breast Health Strategy<\/li>\n
  • \u00b7\tMembre, Provincial Radiology Expert Committee et r\u00e9lectrice pour le Canadian Association of Radiology Mammography Accreditation program<\/li>\n
  • \u00b7\tR\u00e9lectrice des directives des pratiques cliniques pour le American College of Radiology<\/li>\n
  • \u00b7\tR\u00e9lectrice des directives des pratiques cliniques pour la Canadian Association of Radiologists<\/li>\n
  • \u00b7\tMembre, UBC Radiology Advisory Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    En plus de consacrer tout son temps \u00e0 l\u2019am\u00e9lioration de la sant\u00e9 des seins, elle est \u00e9galement administratrice du conseil Canucks for Kids Fund depuis 2006.<\/p>\n

    En reconnaissance de ses contributions dans domaine de l\u2019imagerie mammaire, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9e boursi\u00e8re de la Society of Breast Imaging, une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 du American College of Radiology en plus d\u2019\u00eatre b\u00e9n\u00e9vole pour son conseil d\u2019administration.<\/p>\n

    Ses autres prix et distinctions incluent :<\/p>\n

    Officer, Order of Canada<\/p>\n

    \u2022\tPrix du Canadian Heads of Academic Radiology Development<\/p>\n

    BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital Award of Excellence in Education<\/p>\n

    \u2022\tPrix en \u00e9ducation Killam de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de la Colombie Britannique<\/p>\n

    \u2022\tM\u00e9daille du jubil\u00e9 de la Reine Elizabeth II<\/p>\n

    \u2022\tOrdre de la Colombie Britannique<\/p>\n

    Honorary alumnus award from the UBC Medical Alumni Association.<\/p>\n

    \u2022\tPrix du r\u00e9seau du Women\u2019s Executive Network nommer une des 100 femmes les plus influentes et pionni\u00e8res au Canada<\/p>\n

    Was called “one of the greatest Canadian specialists in breast cancer detection and diagnosis” by the Ministry for the Status of Women, on the occasion of the International Day of Radiology<\/p>\n

    Best Teacher – UBC Radiology Residents<\/p>\n

    2022 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Prix d’excellence – Specialist of the Year award, Region 1<\/p>\n

    UBC Radiology 2022 Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Research\/Discovery\/Innovation<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/newsroom.royalcollege.ca\/a-specialist-renowned-for-outstanding-patient-care-and-advocacy-in-the-community\/<\/p>\n

    TWITTER HANDLE @DrPaulaGordon<\/p>\n

    \n\t\t\t\t\"Karen\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\tKaren Goldenberg\n\t\t\t\t

    Karen Goldenberg<\/b><\/p>\n

    Dense Breasts Canada announces Karen Goldenberg, CM, O.Ont, as Honourary Patron<\/p>\n

    Dense Breasts Canada is delighted to name Karen Goldenberg Honourary Patron. Karen has worked tirelessly throughout her life to improve lives in both the health and social service sectors. Karen is a recipient of both the Order of Ontario and Order of Canada. Known as a compassionate and strategic thinker, Karen is a change maker who led JVS Toronto and founded COTA. She has had numerous roles in the health sector. Her affiliation with Dense Breasts Canada has been ongoing.<\/p>\n

    Karen is delighted to be an Honourary Patron of Dense Breasts Canada: “I am acutely aware of the need for proper screening of all women 40 and up. But what drew me to Dense Breasts Canada was the fact that so many women’s cancers were going undetected simply because of dense breast tissue. DBC has advocated successfully to ensure proper notification to women with dense breasts. The next step will be making ultrasound available to those who require it. I applaud this mission and am happy to be associated with it.”<\/p>\n

    \n\t\t\t\t\"ADVOCATE\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\tAnnie Slight\n\t\t\t\t

    ANNIE SLIGHT<\/b>
    Director, Advocacy and Education, Quebec<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Annie is the Director of Advocacy and Education in Quebec. She lives in Montreal. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2013 at age 42. After a normal mammogram, Annie discovered a lump six months later. As a breast cancer survivor, she feels strongly about giving back and advocating for women. She also is passionate about ensuring that women receive information about their breast density so that they can make informed healthcare decisions. Annie began working with DBC in 2018. For the past five years, Annie has been raising awareness through numerous interviews in the media, actively spreading the word on social media and speaking to women at events. She has been advocating intensively for policy change.<\/p>\n

    Quebec was the first province to make it mandatory to include breast density information in the mammogram report sent to the doctor. However, doctors are not relaying the density information to women and most women do not know to ask their doctor. The government committed to providing the density category in the Health Booklet in 2021, but this is not enough. Annie continues to advocate so that all women in Quebec will be told their breast density in their mammogram results letter, as is being done in other provinces. She is also advocating for screening at age 40 in Quebec, one of the last provinces to lower the screening age.<\/p>\n

    \n\t\t\t\t\"Joan\"\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\tJoan Bush\n\t\t\t\t

    JOAN BUSH<\/b>
    Advisor <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Joan Bush has served in a variety of capacities: as a Director of The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, a Director of Canada-Rwanda Board of Trade, member of the International Women’s Forum (IWF) executive, and a board member of the Yee Hong Wellness Foundation, which supports culturally and linguistically appropriate care for over 15,000 seniors from different ethnic communities. She is also a member of the Women for Nature Initiative.<\/p>\n

    She has also served two terms as a governor on the Board of Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. In 2012, Joan became a recipient of Queen’s Diamond Jubilee for her outstanding community service. As a Director of the Kiani Foundation, she has contributed extensively to the community through numerous charities including hospitals, scholarships, youth education, and women’s shelters.<\/p>\n

    Joan is passionate about raising awareness of the risks of dense breasts and ensuring that women across Canada understand their density and the importance of additional screening. She understands the significance of dense breasts from her own personal experience when an additional cancer was masked by dense tissue and only seen on MRI.<\/p>\n

    \n\t\t\t\t\"Eevin\"\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\tEevin-Leigh Schlamp\n\t\t\t\t

    EEVIN-LEIGH SCHLAMP<\/b>
    Graphic Design<\/strong><\/p>\nEevin-Leigh is a contemporary artist and graphic designer based in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia. Her professional background is in Marketing, Advertising, and Graphic Design. “In 2020, I set out in search of a place where my contributions would feel more meaningful,” and that summer she met Jennie Dale. “When I first spoke with Jennie, I knew with DBC that I had found a network of women who were passionately advocating to make better changes for women’s breast health across Canada. They rally with that same passion every day, relentlessly fighting for better breast screening and necessary revisions to the current Canadian Task Force breast cancer screening guidelines, which put Canadian women’s lives at risk.”\n\u00a0\nDBC has made great progress in educating and advocating for Canadians, and Eevin-Leigh continues advocating by volunteering her creativity as a graphic designer for their social media pages. She designs social media content and assists with marketing and administration.\n\u00a0\nAs a wife and mom of two children, she knows that moms are always busy looking after their family, and more often than not, they don’t make time for their own health. “I want my designs to inspire hope and courage for other Canadian moms out there to take the initiative to get a mammogram at 40 and understand their breast density.”\n

    \n\t\t\tNos porte-paroles\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRosiline Kraft
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    Ontario\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDiane Wilson
    Ontario\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKathy Kaufield
    Nouveau-Brunswick
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    Ontario\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShira Farber
    Ontario\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCarolyn Holland
    Ontario\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJenny Borgfjord
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    Ontario\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNikita Baxi
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    Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFiona McIntyre
    Manitoba\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLindsay Viera
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    Tanja Harrison
    Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTanya MacPhee
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