Allergy Insider | Newsletter: June 2023
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Check out our latest impact report where you’ll learn how we are empowering the next generation and building community knowledge and support for food allergy. 

Plus, join us in congratulating our 2023 community award winners! Learn more about these #FoodAllergyChampions.
 

We are planning for our 2024 educational programming and want your opinion!

Take our short survey and tell us if you would attend an in-person food allergy conference, hosted by us.

This new curriculum-linked program teaches students about food allergy, what triggers anaphylaxis, how to be a good citizen and build inclusion, and much more.

Learn more and let educators know how they can access the program.

Learn about two Allergy Alerts: one on canola protein and mustard allergy, and the other on the Emerade® auto-injector recall.

Read more about this news and our Allergy Alert service.

Food Allergy Awareness Month is now over, but we can keep the #KnowItTreatIt conversation going!

Check out our gallery of stories, share yours, and find out who won our contest prizes.

Before you layer up on sunscreen, check out our tips and resources for a fun summer that you can manage with confidence.

Check out our new resource on eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) that highlights the diagnosis and treatment options.
Advocacy and Research

Learn about our advocacy efforts on improving food allergen labelling and our attendance at an important conference with experts and key stakeholders from around the world.
Learn about the processing method of peanuts and what it may mean for peanut oral immunotherapy.

Listen to our new series and learn more about needle-free epinephrine for treating anaphylaxis.

Find out the answer to this question and learn more about the treatment of anaphylaxis.
Webinars and Events
Learn about behavioural science and how it can help you form good food allergy management habits and build them into your daily life.

This webinar is on Tuesday, August 15th.
Hear Dr. Anne Ellis talk about the importance of using epinephrine to treat anaphylaxis, when antihistamines might be given, and what the safety concerns are with first generation antihistamines, like Benadryl®.

This webinar is on Thursday, September 28th.

Attend our free 90-minute interactive webinar on how to manage food allergy and risk of anaphylaxis on a daily basis.

Next session is July 5th, spaces are limited, so reserve your spot now!

Learn about our support groups and get in touch with one near you.

If there isn’t one in your community, we’ll help you get one started!  Plus, read about our newest support group leader in Montreal.

In this series, we feature past online events and webinars.

This month, we’re sharing our #FAAM events on on epinephrine and the treatment of anaphylaxis where you can watch our webinars, listen to a discussion on the future of needle-free epinephrine in our new audio series Listen & Learn, and watch our fun and short videos.
Ask the Allergist
This month Dr. Julia Upton answers questions about treating reactions and how to determine if an allergic reaction is serious enough to use epinephrine.

Do you have a food allergy-related question for Ask the allergist? Send it to us at info@foodallergycanada.ca.
Special Feature: From the community
Students make an important discovery about epinephrine – in space! 

Read more about their out-of-this world discovery now!
Ways to Give
If you own a business, add Food Allergy Canada as a charity of choice to your employee giving program.

Employee giving programs provide an easy way to make a gift, where employee contributions can be deducted directly from the paycheque.

If you work for an organization that does charity giving, ask that Food Allergy Canada is added to the program.
Help transform the lives of Canadians with food allergy. Learn the many ways your donation will make a difference.

All donations $20 and above receive a tax receipt.
Make an ongoing impact and help ensure we can sustain our advocacy and educational programming.

Select “Monthly Gift” on the online donation form and enter the amount you want to donate. Or call us at 1 866 785-5660.