Health/Health Advocacy (57)
By Bella Sie On April 27, 2011 | 0 Comments
Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits will have its world premiere on Saturday May 7, 2011, as part of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver. The Canadian film, produced in 2010 by Robert Lang of Kensington Communications Inc. and directed by Peter Findlay runs 83 minutes and will play at noon on Saturday at the Pacific Cinémathèque in Vancouver.
Director, Peter Findlay will be in attendance, and following the screening a discussion will take place with Rebecca Ambrose, the owner of a medicinal cannabis seed store, and Dr. Ronald Joe, the Medical Manager for Inner City Addiction, Vancouver Coastal Health, which is administering InSite (the safe injection site, featured in Raw Opium) and other facilities.
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Bella is the newest addition to Hello Cool World, enlisting for the cause at the end of 2010. A graduate of BCIT's Broadcast Communications for TV program, she's worked in all aspects of production and has a knack for new media & technology.
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By Colette On April 27, 2011 | 0 Comments
ENTER TO WIN 65_REDROSES TICKETS!
Join the Hello Cool World outreach team at the Ridge Theatre tonight (Wed, April 27) from 7pm-9pm for a special 65_RedRoses screening. We'll be there with our cameras taking photos paparazzi-style, interviewing guests for our blog and promoting the #4Eva Movement For Organ Donation.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Transplant Research Foundation of BC.
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Colette joined Hello Cool World team back in 2003 and was a key organizer for The Corporation and The Take's grassroots outreach efforts across North America. After being inspired by the organizing and awareness building potential of the internet and social issue films, she returned to school to study Communications and sharpen her skills. Once graduating, Colette returned to Hello Cool World once again as a grassroots campaign consultant. She is now the Director of Distribution for Hello Cool World's new fair trade distribution arm.
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By Katherine Dodds On April 25, 2011 | 0 Comments
EVENTS THIS WEEK: I HAVE IMMUNITY, 65_REDROSES SCREENING & OPT GALA
I Have Immunity Campaign Launches in BC!
#4Eva Campaign continues, VANCOUVER SCREENING of 65_REDROSES WED APRIL 27 7pm at the Ridge in Vancouver. Purchase Tickets here.
Opt Conference featuring "Pillow Talk" and READY FOR PLEASURE GALA
More info on all events below. Check out our video of the McKinley Gresco family's story for the I Have Immunity Campaign.
By Michelle Reid On March 23, 2011 | 1 Comments
The Hello Cool World team finished our last photo and video shoot this weekend for the I Have Immunity campaign. I didn't take any behind-the-scenes photos at the shoot, but here's Bella at our post-shoot outing to The Reef.
We had such a great weekend with all our participants- it was wonderful to work with more real families (some of whom were lovely enough to drive in from Chiliwack and Squamish) and talk to them about health and immunity.
Michelle is a freelance writer and anthropologist with a Master of Public Health from UBC. Her passions are promoting health and building community. She's worked in grassroots community organizations in Vancouver, Victoria and Oceania.
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By Michelle Reid On February 27, 2011 | 0 Comments
This past week the Hello Cool World team has been spending a lot of time at Sugar Studios, working with families from around Greater Vancouver on the "I Have Immunity" campaign to promote vaccination for British Columbians. We think the results are going to be amazing, and we were glad to have the opportunity to hear from real people about why vaccination is so important to them.
The first focus of this campaign is the HPV vaccine, which protects against the strains of HPV that cause 70% of cervical cancers. Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women under 45, and every year 6000 women in BC are treated for pre-cancerous cervical changes caused by HPV.
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