About EANS
 
Our Vision
 
That people with epilepsy have an optimal quality of life.
 
Our Mission
 
We support individuals with epilepsy through personal and public education, client based services and (support of) research.
 
Value Statements
 
  • All people touched by epilepsy are important to us at EANS.  We welcome them with respect, compassion and enthusiasm.

  • A person’s life should not be defined or unnecessarily limited by epilepsy.  We support individuals towards independent and fulfilled lives.

  • As long as people with epilepsy need us, we must exist.  As the needs change, we respond.
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    Our History
     

    EANS is a province-wide organization with an office in Halifax and community action groups around the province.  We are structured under a volunteer Board of Directors and a Medical Advisory Committee.  The association employs a full time Outreach Support Coordinator and a full time Community Group Facilitator.

    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 Grace Health Center).  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.

    During the last twenty years EANS has grown from space in a church basement to professional offices.  Client service has increased and education and volunteer programs developed.  Volunteers are an integral and important part of the work the association undertakes.  Membership stands at approximately 600 individuals and families province wide.

    EANS is a proud member of the Canadian Epilepsy Alliance.

     
     
    2006-07 Board of Directors
     
      President Steve Fesmire
     
    Past President Deirdre Floyd
     
    Secretary Carol Camfield
     
    Treasurer John Skuggedal
     
    Outreach Support Coordinator Iris Elliott
     
    Board Members
     
    Trish PooleBarbara Gauvin
    Peter CamfieldNancy Gilbert
    Carol CamfieldLeslie Crotty
    Steve Fesmire 
     
    Committee Chairpersons
     
    Finance and Human Resources Steve Fesmire and Dierdre Floyd
    Education Carol Camfield and Terry Hurley
    Nominations Deirdre Floyd
     
    Honorary Members Gerard and Dorothy Murphy
     Christine Gentleman
     Denis and Muriel Ryan
     
    Community Action Group Representatives Nancy Hood, Yarmouth
     Cathy Wagner & Carolyn Collicut, Bridgewater
     Joe Mombourquette & Bernadette Joseph, Sydney
     Linda Diggins, Trenton
     Shelley Langmaid, Fredericton, NB
     
    Medical Advisory Committee Dr. Mark Sadler
     Dr. Peter Camfield
     Edie Smith
     Susan Rahey
     
    Legal Advisory Committee Andy Montgomery
     Jim Musgrave