HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA AWARENESS WEEK

June 6th-12th 2022

ALL WEEK

• SHELL PLACE CANOPY, Fort McMurray AB – Sunset
• SALINE CREEK BRIDGE, Fort McMurray AB – Sunset
• CITY HALL, London ON – Sunset (June 7th-10th)
• RBC PLACE, London ON – Sunset (June 7th-10th)
• DOWNING PLACE & DOWNING STREET, Moncton NB – Sunset

JUNE 6

• BC PLACE, Vancouver BC – Sunset
• THE BLOEDEL CONSERVATORY, Vancouver BC – Sunset
• BROCK UNIVERSITY TOWER, Vancouver BC – Sunset
• BURRARD STREET BRIDGE, Vancouver BC – Sunset
• CITY HALL, Vancouver BC – Sunset
• SCIENCE WORLD DOME, Vancouver BC – Sunset
• SAILS OF LIGHT, Vancouver BC – Sunset
• WINNIPEG SIGN, Winnipeg MB – Sunset
• THE NIAGARA FALLS, Niagara Falls ON – 10:00-10:15pm
• THE MONTRÉAL TOWER, Montréal QC – Sunset
• GOVERNMENT HOUSE, St. John’s NL – Sunset

JUNE 7

• HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE, Edmonton AB  – Sunset

JUNE 8

• LA GRANDE ROUE DE MONTREAL, Montreal QC – Sunset

JUNE 9

• CITY HALL, Kingston ON – Sunset

JUNE 10

• CIVIC CENTRE CLOCK TOWER, Mississauga ON – Sunset

JUNE 11

• CALGARY TOWER, Calgary AB  – Sunset
• THE CN TOWER, Toronto ON – Sunset
• 3D TORONTO SIGN, Toronto ON – Sunset
• CITY HALL, Halifax NS – Sunset (June 11th & 12th)

All the Landmarks above will be illuminated purple for Hidradenitis Suppurativa. If you’d like to participate head on over and take some pictures. We’d love to see them. Post your photos on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter tagging @hsheroesca, and Don’t forget to hashtag #HSHeroes and #Illuminate4HS. Please be sure to follow your Provincial/City Covid-19 guidelines.

Thank you to the Niagara Falls Illumination Board and every landmark which will be illuminated Purple for HS Awareness.

and a very Special Thank You to the HS Heroes, Hidradenitis & Me, and Canadian Skin Patient Alliance Teams for all their hard work in illuminating Canada for Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week.

Join HS Patient Lasha Robert as she tells you her story of hope.

“Things can seem pretty bad sometimes, and I know there’s no cure, but we can see some success.”

After years of misdiagnosis and struggles to manage her HS, Lasha found a care team at Symmetry Dermatology that truly understood the disease. With new hope Lasha, Dr. Keeling, the incredible nurses, and her supportive family, were able to fight back and take control of her hidradenitis suppurativa instead of hidradenitis suppurativa having control of her.

Join Hidradenitis & Me for a special Virtual Awareness Week support group session. With Hidradenitis and Me you will find a safe space for those with HS to express their struggles, connect with others who have HS as well, obtain further knowledge, help bring awareness, and best of all SELF-CARE!!! Self-care is the #1 goal of this support group and to understand that HS is a part of you NOT who you are!!!

Register Now!!!!

Join Bridget Watson-Favaro (RN(EC), NP-PHC, BScN, IIWCC, CEO, Nurse Practitioner Cannabis Specialist) as she educates us on the benefits of usingCannabis treatment for HS, Pain Management, and Mental Health

PART 1: Cannabis Treatment for HS and Chronic Pain

PART 2: Types of Cannabinoids and Their Uses

Join Dr. Jaggi Rao as he educates us on laser therapy and it’s uses in the treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Join Hidradenitis & Me as they host a Virtual Zoom Game Night for Hidradenitis Suppurativa patients, Family, Friends, Caregivers, and medical professionals. We hope to see you there!

Register Now!!!

Join Jaime Gonak BSc(MLS), MLT, and Group Fitness Instructor AFLCA, as she walks us through low impact exercises that can be utilized by HS patients.

DATE: Sunday June 12th, 2022

TIME: 9:00am-12:00pm MDT

LOCATION: Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park Edmonton

Help the HS Heroes and Symmetry Dermatology teams raise awareness about life with Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS). Join us at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park, get your purple on, create a poster with a message of hope, and send us pictures to share with the community to show your support for all those who live with the condition.

Post your photos on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter tagging @hsheroesca and don’t forget to hashtag #Walking4HS #HSHeroes

Join Dr. Daveluy as he tells us about some promising research regarding battlefield acupuncture as a form of pain management for Hidradenitis Suppurativa.

Watch the video HERE!