Spokesperson
Member of the Executive CBCN March 2004 – November 2007
Secretary to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Breast Cancer Network representing British Columbia
The 4th World Conference on Breast Cancer
Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 8-12, 2005
Margaret Graham and Vanessa Turke are breast cancer survivors, presenting a conference workshop, “The Young and the Breastless: Creating a Community for Young Canadian Women with Breast Cancer.”
Conference for Young Women Living with Breast Cancer at the Sheraton Centre
in Toronto, Ontario, from November 2-4, 2007.
Plenary speakers include Dr. Marla Shapiro, Beverly Thompson, Vanessa Turke,
Dr. Shailendra Verma, and Libby Znaimer.
The 4th World Conference on Breast Cancer, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 8-12, 2005
Presented a conference workshop, “The Young and the Breastless: Creating a Community for Young Canadian Women with Breast Cancer.”
Interviews
Plug pulled on fundraiser
Thana Dharmrajah – Guelf Mercury, August 17, 2007
Agency’s Fraser Valley Centre launches 8-week program for young women diagnosed with cancer
Your Health with Dr. Rhonda Low. CTV, February 1, 2006
The Young and the Breastless: One Year Later
Shelagh Rogers – Sounds Like Canada on CBC, May 25, 2005
Does the internet help young women with breast cancer?
Your Health with Dr. Rhonda Low. CTV, January 20, 2005
Vanessa Turke walks 60 kilometres
Care Through Research, BC Cancer Foundation 2004 Report to Donors
Calender Captures Attention
Kirkey, Sharon – The Vancouver Sun, September 18, 2004
Art Speaks for Her Body
Hopkins, Michelle – The Richmond News, August 4, 2004
Young and Breastless”
Cornwall, Claudia. – The Tyee, 1 June 2004
Frank Talk from the Young and the Breastless
Amy O’Brian – Vancouver Sun, 12 May 2004: A1-2
Young and Breastless Group Provides Cancer Support
Don Harrison – the Province,14 May 2004: A31
The Young and the Breastless
Global TV, Vancouver. 11 May 2004
The Young and the Breastless: A Networking Event for Young Women with Breast Cancer
Cindy Leong, City TV, Vancouver. 4 May 2004
The Young and the Breastless: A Networking Event for Young Women with Breast Cancer.
Your Health with Dr. Rhonda Low. CTV, Vancouver. 26 April 2004.
The Young and the Breastless
Sounds Like Canada, on CBC with host Shelagh Rogers, 13 April 2004.
Strength in Numbers:Young Women with Breast Cancer Fight Back with Hope and Humour.
Kittelberg, Lori. ~ Canadian Living, April 2004, 56-64.
Written by me
The Alchemist and Hope as an Object
Turke, Vanessa ~ Abreast in the West 5.2
(2004): 5-6.
Life, Interrupted
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