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Office Location
Turner Syndrome Sociey
of Canada
30 Cleary Avenue, Room 9 Ottawa, ON K2A 4A1
phone (613) 321-2267
toll-free 1-800-465-6744
fax (613) 321-2268
email info@turnersyndrome.ca
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 Welcome to the Turner Syndrome Society of Canada!
Our non-profit charitable organization shares up-to-date medical information on Turner Syndrome to families, physicians and the public. We also provide local mutual support groups for individuals with TS and their families.
Browse our web site for the latest news or contact us with your questions. We are always looking for new members and volunteers.
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 Turner Syndrome Society of Canada
32nd Annual Conference
Inn at Laurel Point
Victoria, B.C.
Conference Registration Now Open
April 19 – 21, 2013
Registration Form
Early Bird Deadline March 15
Conference Program
Photo: Tourism Victoria, Robert Forbes.
Hotel Accomodation Booking
Conference group rate of $119/night for hotel rooms.
Conference Info and Highlights
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 Our online newsletter!
- Our newsletter is now available on line in French and English Editions! Check it out here for news about the Society’s activities, personal stories, and highlights from our conferences.
- Winter 2012 English (PDF)
- Winter 2012 French (PDF)
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 What is important to you? Let us know!
Take our new online survey - it takes less than 15 minutes to complete.
For Canadians affected by Turner Syndrome or their family members (click on the appropriate links below):
Survey for Individuals with Turner Syndrome
Part One and Part Two
Survey for Family Members (two parts) Part One and Part Two
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 Launch of our new video!
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Five Research Projects
Call for Participants
Turner Syndrome and Bone Health
Researchers at the University of Calgary are actively recruiting women ages 16 - 45 with Turner Syndrome to participate in a study examining bone health. The study is being conducted at the University of Calgary and expected time requirement is approximately 1 hour total. Contact ts.bonehealth@gmail.com or 403-220-3188 for further information. Read more
Stanford University:
Comprehensive Turner Syndrome Study
Researchers at Stanford University are looking for girls ages 3 – 11 years old with 45X, 46XX mosaic karyotypes to take part in a comprehensive research study of learning, behavior, genetics and brain development. Read more
Does Turner Syndrome Affect Number Sense?
Researchers in the Developmental Science Laboratory in the Psychology Department at the University of Waterloo are looking for participants: girls with Turner Syndrome between the ages of 6 years 0 months to 16 years 11 months, of all karyotypes. The experiment duration can either be one 1 hour or two 30 minute sessions. The following locations in Ontario; Toronto, London, Hamilton, Waterloo, Ottawa and adjacent areas. During the weekend of the conference recruitment and experimental runs will take place from April 19th-27th in Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna and adjacent areas. Click here for further information or contact Kaitlin Portelli, 416-894-1541 , keportel@uwaterloo.ca.
X-Linked Genes for Social Cognition
Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto are looking for participants: girls 4 yrs. and older with 45,X karyotype and their families. Information letter.
Survey of Emerging Adulthood
Researchers at the University of Newcastle, Australia are looking for participants aged 18 – 30. Website. Survey Information.
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Photography Contest 2012
Girls and Women with
Turner Syndrome in Action
Congratulations to this year’s winner, Jen Hassall !
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8th International Turner Syndrome Conference
Osaka , Japan
November 23 – 25, 2012
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About the Turner Syndrome Society of Canada
The Turner Syndrome Society of Canada, a non-profit charitable organization, was founded in 1981 by an individual with TS who wanted to share experiences and information. It provides support services for individuals with TS and their families and disseminates up-to-date medical information to families, physicians and the general public.
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 Turner Syndrome Society of Canada 29th Annual Conference
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Recent Donations
We wish to express our sincere gratitude to:
Canadian Pediatric Endocrinology Nurses March 2012: sponsorship for 2012 conference
Hoffmann-La Roche
March 2012: sponsorship for conference and TSS organizational planning meeting
EMD Serono Canada
March 2012: sponsorship for conference and 2012 newsletters Eli Lilly Canada
November 2011: new video
Shopper’s Drug Mart/Parmaprix Life Foundation
August 2011: new website features and dedicated database software, for better feedback from our members.
Soulvation Project: organized Spaghetti Fundraising Dinner March 19, 2011 in Stratford, ON – allowed two SW Ontario families to attend the 2011 conference in Calgary.
Unitron Hearing Canada for support of our 2011 conference.
IODE Concern for Children Fund: 2009 and 2010, to further develop our web site, contact list of medical professionals, and reference library.
Saskatoon Yellowhead Cosmopolitan Club: donation of $800 April 2009
Ontario Trillium Foundation support of our Information Day Outreach Program through a two year grant from May 2007 to April 2009.
Sandoz Canada for ongoing support of our annual conferences and the 2008 London Information Day.
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