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West
Coast
Homeopathic Society
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WCHS
Highlights of
WCHS Activities and Events
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2008
April:
Our members' involvement in the 2008 Homeopathy
Awareness Week includes free lectures, meet & greets,
information booths and displays, plus discounts and media coverage.
April:
The last weekend of the month marks another successful Annual
Conference, AGM, and Post Conference Seminar for WCHS.
June:
WCHS representatives attend two stakeholders meetings with staff
from Health Canada regarding our concerns about Bills C-51 and C-52.
2007
April:
Thanks to contributions
by WCHS members Diane Louie (HAW Coordinator) and Judy Chorney and
Marilyn Hirsekorn, this year's Homeopathy
Awareness Week celebrations are a big success.
April:
WCHS celebrates another
successful Conference/AGM,
followed the next day with a Post Conference seminar.
October:
WCHS sponsors another
information booth at the Vancouver
Health Show, with over a dozen professional and student members
explaining homeopathy to interested passers-by.
2006
March:
West Coast Homeopathic Society and
the Canadian Society of Homeopaths submit a joint response
to the Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) as part of their consultative process to review compounding and
raw materials interim policies affecting natural health products.
May:
At another
successful Conference/AGM, this
year held at
the Arbutus Club in Vancouver, members ratify the Board's
direction regarding the Canadian Society of Homeopaths and elect a new
Board of Directors.
November:
The first
snowfall of the season blankets Vancouver as WCHS members
celebrate the end of another busy year at our
first WinterFest party at the Arbutus Club.
2005
January:
A dozen WCHS members
take shifts staffing the WCHS booth at the Victoria Health Show,
distributing more pamphlets than ever before!
April:
WCHS joins over 3 dozen
other organizations from over 2 dozen countries to celebrate World
Homeopathy Awareness Week in honour
of the 250th anniversary of Hahnemann's birth.
May:
"Great",
"wonderful", "brilliant", and "superb" are
some of the descriptions from attendees of
the WCHS Annual Conference
in Vancouver, with keynote speakers, Karen Allen and Robin Logan, and
celebrating our Society's 10th anniversary.
June:
The Political Action
committee investigates the question of regulation for homeopaths in
Ontario and, as a result, the
Board
submits a response to the Health
Professions Regulatory Advisory Council
and at least 40 WCHS members
respond with their own comments.
July:
After two years of
investigation and negotiation, the Board finally announces a WCHS
professional liability insurance group plan for our professional
members.
September:
WCHS celebrates the
250th anniversary
of Hahnemann's birth
on the waterfront at Vancouver's beautiful Locarno Beach.
2004
January:
The WCHS booth at this year's Victoria Health Show attracted
over 500 visitors and garnered praise from the Show's organizers.
June:
Members from coast to coast
celebrate Homeopathy Awareness Week
with free lectures, open houses, mini-clinics, meet & greets, and more!
June:
Our 2004 Annual
General Meeting is preceded by a full-day Conference
featuring Keynote Speakers Lianne South and Neil Tessler, plus a panel discussion
with Michael Goldberg and Julie-Anne Lee.
2003
January:
WCHS members reach 600 interested people at
the
Victoria Health Show.
April:
WCHS is invited to participate in
the
Alternative and Integrative Medicine Society (AIMS) Conference
at UBC where we
present homeopathy to interested university students and other health
conscious people.
June:
Thanks to many advertisers who took a chance on our
newsletter project, the first issue
of Homeopathy Now is released, with
a print run of 900 copies.
August:
An anonymous donation provides start-up funds for
a Scholarship Fund.
September:
Over 55 people attend our
2003 Annual General Meeting
electing a new Board of Directors and, afterwards,
enjoying a festive potluck and an abundant raffle.
October:
WCHS members explain homeopathy to nearly 800
people at the Vancouver Health Show.
November:
WCHS raises $1,555 from
the Silent Auction
held during the HANP Annual Conference in Vancouver.
Many thanks to the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic
Physicians for inviting us to participate!
December:
The Board
establishes an Endowment Fund to award grants in support of
homeopathic projects – terms for which will be determined next year.

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