Our History

EANS is a province-wide organization with an office in Halifax, local Groups around the province and a Chapter in Fredericton, NB. We are structured under a volunteer Board of Directors and a Medical Advisory Committee. The Association employs a full time Executive Director and a part time Administrative Assistant.

EANS is a self-supporting registered charity (BN:119231553RR0001). All money is raised through various fundraising events, individual and corporate donations and grants, memberships and memorial contributions.

The Association was incorporated in 1980. The decision to create an epilepsy organization followed several meetings held by parents of children and health professionals at the IWK Hospital for Children (now the IWK Health Centre). Today the Association serves adults and children with epilepsy, their families, friends and the community at large. We seek to promote a better understanding of this common neurological condition through public education and awareness programs, advocacy, and research.

Since its incorporation EANS has grown from space in a church basement to professional offices in the Medical Arts Building on Spring Garden Road in Halifax. Client service has increased and education, recreation and volunteer programs have been developed. Volunteers are an integral and important part of the work the association undertakes.

EANS is a proud member of the Canadian Epilepsy Alliance.