• On June 29th, 2018 the government announced its final decision on how it will handle a reform of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA).

    “We are very disappointed that this government is not acting in this mandate to protect our health and our environment from the toxics that wreak havoc on our communities, and will do so for generations to come,” says Jennifer Beeman, Executive Director of Breast Cancer Action Quebec (BCAQc).

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  • Working Women and Breast Cancer: The State of the Evidence

    Now available in French

    A major publication on occupational breast cancer, Working Women and Breast Cancer: The State of the Evidence, published by the Breast Cancer Fund, has now been translated into French thanks to the outstanding work of professional translators Geneviève Tardif and Christine Laprise, both longtime translators for Breast Cancer Action Quebec. We give them our deepest thanks for their invaluable work.

    Read Work and Female Breast Cancer: The State of the Evidence, 2002-2017

    Read Work and Breast Cancer: Recommendations to address research needs

    Read Travail et cancer du sein chez la femme : un aperçu des données probantes pour la période 2002-2017

    Read Travail et cancer du sein : Recommandations répondant aux besoins de la recherche

  • Toxic Exposures are a Feminist Issue!

    Canadian Women against Toxic Substances

    Gender, biology and determinants of health, such as socio-economic status, employment, belonging to racialized groups and Indigenous communities, all play important roles affecting Canadian women’s health in relation to exposures to toxic substances. Canadian Women against Toxic Substances are concerned that the present-day laws which oversee the regulation and control of toxic substances do not adequately account for these factors, leaving women and the next generation vulnerable to a wide range of long-term negative health effects.

    The foundation of our environmental regulations - The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) - is currently under review by the federal government. A serious reform of this legislation is of vital importance to Canadian women, as workers, mothers, caregivers and for all the other essential roles they play in our communities and in all their diverse realities. It is a question of the most fundamental environmental health justice.

    Read further and see how exposure to toxic substances is a feminist issue. You may be surprised to learn among other things, that despite fundamental differences in biology between men and women, animal studies that too frequently relied on male-only models still dominate the scientific evidence.

    Click here to learn more

  • Book a workshop

    Breast Cancer Action Quebec offers a range of educational workshops:

    • Prevention and Action Against Cancer and Toxicants (PACT)
    • Beast of Beauty
    • Chemical Detective
    • Breast Cancer and the Workplace
    • From Anger to Conformity: What has happened to a feminist analysis of breast cancer?

      We have a team of facilitators available to give them in schools, workplaces, community groups and faith-based groups. The length can be adapted to different circumstances. Call us if you are interested in one for your group.
       

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5 pm to 6 pm: a light supper (ground floor)
6 pm to 6:30 pm: launch of video capsules from our Breast Cancer and Immigrant and Racialized Women program (second floor)
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm: Annual General Meeting (second floor)
7:30 to 9:00 pm: Jennifer Beeman's presentation "Plastics and Breast Cancer" and a discussion with guests from the Zero Waste movement (second floor)

We have enjoyed a relaxing summer and are gearing up for an exciting and busy fall. And you?

This year at our Annual General Meeting on September 25th, we begin with a light supper. Come join us for some tasty food and get caught up with staff and member friends you have not seen for awhile at our wonderful new office at La Maison Parent Roback.

We will also launch our new video capsules from our Breast Cancer and Immigrant and Racialized Women program. The business part of the evening starts at 6:30 and continues until 7:30. There will be elections for new board members. Please come and meet our outstanding candidates Bintou Diallo and Natasha Harvey.

Then we invite you to hear Jennifer speak about plastics and breast cancer followed by a discussion with guests from the Zero Waste movement in Montreal.

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BCAQc relies on membership dues and private donations to stay in operation. Membership entitles you to advance notice of seminars and workshops as well as a subscription to our electronic newsletter— BCAQc Connected.

A strong membership also helps to substantiate our financial applications for government grants and private foundations. Please consider joining us today!

For twenty five years — with your support — BCAQc has been working hard to get vital information about environmental and chemical links to breast cancer to the public, and we now know that our message is being heard.

We ask you to consider a financial gift to Breast Cancer Action Quebec to help us to continue to get this vital information to the public.

There are many ways you can be involved: volunteer, write a letter to the editor, book an educational workshop for your school, community group or work place.

Engage with us, follow us on social media, share your opinions and ideas – take BCAQc’s message to your community! Be a voice for a change!
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