Welcome to the United Ostomy Association of Canada Website!
The United Ostomy Association of Canada Inc. is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to assisting all persons facing life with gastrointestinal or urinary diversions by providing emotional support, experienced and practical help, instructional and informational services through its membership, to the family unit, associated caregivers and the general public.
This site is designed to provide information about UOAC and its services. By
joining together, we will enhance the quality of life for ourselves and
for others who have had or will have bowel or bladder diversionary
surgery. We encourage you to contact a local support group in your area.
There is a wide selection of material available through the UOAC office. Highlights of several publications are outlined here. Some items are free of charge, while others must be purchased. For pricing and to order, click here to access the Publication Order Form.
World Ostomy Day is September 29, 2012.
World Ostomy Day & Ostomy Awareness Day is fast approaching. To be part of this worldwide phenomenon, please consider donating to the UOAC in honour of this day.
Go to the “Donations” button and please be as generous as possible.You can now donate to the United Ostomy Association of Canada Inc. through CanadaHelps.org. Click on the image below:
The United Ostomy Association of Canada Inc. has created a Traveller’s Communication Card for your use. It can be downloaded on this page, or you can ask the office for a copy. Download the Travel Passport by clicking here.
Our Discussion Board is now active! Read the announcement here. Go directly to the discussion board here.
We publish a monthly newsletter to keep members informed of the latest information. For the latest news about the UOAC, read the May 2012 UOAConnection. To read the last three issues of the UOAConnection, click here.
Read this month's President's message here.
The 2012 conference will be in Toronto, Ontario. See our events section for more details.
WANTED
Submissions of articles: inspirational stories, struggles, triumphs,
travel, unforgettable moments, family - whatever story you have to tell
we would like you to submit.
Ostomy Canada is a magazine FOR ostomates, BY ostomates and non ostomates.Content is only as good as the submissions received. Without submissions, there is no magazine.
All submissions are welcomed and appreciated and should be sent to the editor: Lisa Gausman via the UOAC office by email or mail.
For comments on the website, contact the webmaster at email web@ostomycanada.ca
Upcoming Events
Life tells the stories ...
Robert Wychers, Ostomy Toronto (April 2012)If you've ever been to an Ostomy Toronto meeting, you've met Robert Wychers - Robert is our faithful greeter at the door and welcomes everyone with a smile, a name tag and tickets for the 50/50 draw. If you haven't met Robert yet, you will if you're coming to the UOAC conference as he will be one of the people serving you coffee and offering conversation in our hospitality room. This job is perfectly suited to Robert and I'm sure by of the conference, he will have met everyone. Robert rarely misses a meeting, brings all the AV equipment I can't carry even though he too takes transit. He is the first one there to set up the room and put up signs as our new location is a bit of a maze and the last one to leave.
Robert has been our program director for many years, a member of our board and is always the first to volunteer to help. He brings an interesting perspective to all our meetings. This past year we've done a lot of displays and he takes our signs and all materials faithfully to each location - not an easy task by transit in a city the size of Toronto and he sometimes does more than one display a week. This year, he helped with the distribution of our new materials, a huge task that involved dropping packages with every ET and ostomy supplier in the GTA. He was also instrumental in finding our new meeting location when the church we were using was closing.
For everything Robert does, he truly deserves the title of Unsung Hero!
