Programs
 
Our progams focus on three major areas:
 
 Education
 
  • Grade 5 students in the Halifax Regional Municipality are offered an epilepsy education presentation each year.
  • Schools outside of Halifax Regional Municipality visited upon request.
  • Schools can request a presentation for any grade level, including teacher in services.
  • Educational talks are given to variety of community organizations, employers, government departments, institutions, etc.
  • Annual spring & fall public awareness workshops: guest speakers include local and visiting neurologists and other professionals.
  • Educational displays around the province take place throughout the year.
  • March is Epilepsy Awareness Month and is the focus of a nation wide campaign to raise awareness about epilepsy.  In Nova Scotia we arrange media interviews, newspaper articles, press releases, displays, etc.
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    Scholarships / Bursaries
     

    The Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia invites applications from students with epilepsy for the following scholarships/bursaries.  Deadline is May 15th, winners will be notified June 15th.

    1. The Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia Memorial Scholarship/Bursary - value $500 each, 2 available.
    2. The James Russell Kline Memorial Bursary - value $500.

    Congratulations to the 2007 Scholarship Winners:

    EANS Memorial Scholarship
    Rebecca Redden, Iona

    James Russell Kline Memorial Bursary
    Michael Stanley, Westville
    Ryan Hancock, Lunenburg
    Tyler Dyke, Dartmouth

    Scholarship Application Form

     
    Research Grant
     
    Guidelines for Application to the Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia (EANS) Research Fund
     
    General Policy

    Each year in September, a percentage of the EANS Sunflower Campaign profits will be set aside and placed into a Research Fund that is a sub-account of our General Operating Account.  Research money will be available on October 31st of every 2nd year to the winner of the competition.  There will be an open competition for an EANS Research Grant.

    Purpose of the EANS Research Grant

    The EANS Research Grant exists to stimulate research that has a direct link with epilepsy, its causes, treatments, quality of life issues, outcomes, psychosocial issues, and program evaluation.  Research projects examining people whose lives are affected by epilepsy are favored over animal experimentation.  Pilot work that is descriptive in nature will be considered, especially if it provides preliminary information on persons living in Nova Scotia.

    Equipment and direct operating costs (including salary of research assistant) are eligible expenses.  Salaries of investigators, graduate students, post-doctoral students, and travel to meetings are not eligible expenses.  Funding will not be awarded to run a clinical program, unless the purpose of the funding is to evaluate the efficacy of a new program.  The principle criteria used to judge applications are the relevance to EANS, the scientific merit of the proposal, the feasibility of the project and the track record of the applicant(s).  There is a limit of one application per investigator every two years.

    The 2005 EANS Research Grant has been awarded to Dr. Jeannette McGlone to conduct a study entitled Is Emotional Intelligence Affected by Temporal Lobe Resection?

    Research Grant Application