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Panel at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, Wednesday, May 3, 6:00 pm

On May 3 at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ a wide-ranging discussion of health issues relating to women will be the focus of a panel of three prominent Quebecers, two of them medical doctors (Dr Danielle Perreault, columnist, author, broadcaster, family medicine specialist; and Dr Linda Thyer, athlete, sport medicine specialist), the third speaker a medical researcher (Dr Robin Tamblyn, well known for her studies of medication and the elderly). Perreault and Thyer are ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ graduates from the Faculty of Medicine, and Dr Tamblyn is a clinical epidemiologist at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥. The event, entitled "Women and health," takes place at 6:00 pm in the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Faculty Club Ballroom, 3450 McTavish Street. Members of the public are encouraged to attend. No tickets are required.

"Women and health" is part of a public discussion series marking the centennial of co-education at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ and the opening of Royal Victoria College in 1899-1900. ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ graduate and member of the RVC Centennial Committee Susan Luke Hill, vice-president of Scotia Cassels Investment Counsel, will serve as moderator.

Speakers

Dr Danielle Perreault, who graduated from ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ first with a degree in anthropology, later with a degree in medicine, specializes in family medicine. She has worked with the Cree in northern Quebec and Manitoba and served as a medical officer in Vietnam and West Africa. Dr Perreault frequently appears in the media as a consultant on health issues. She broadcasts weekly on Radio-Canada and writes a column twice a month for La Presse. She has also written two books, one of them entitled La santé intime des femmes.

Dr Linda Thyer is staff physician at the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Sport Medicine Clinic and at St. MaryÂ’s Hospital Family Medicine Clinic. She has served as resident clinical supervisor and locum physician at Inuulitsivik Hospital, Hudson Bay, and has taught for three years at sport medicine seminars hosted by the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ School of Physiotherapy. Dr Thyer is also an athlete: she excelled as a national team member during the Cross-Country World Championships, and the Ekiden Marathon Relays.

Dr Robyn Tamblyn is presently associate professor of medicine in the Division of Clinical Epidemiology at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥. She has had a varied career as a neurological nurse practitioner and as a researcher, lecturer and consultant. She served as assistant professor in medicine at the University of Manitoba before coming to ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ for PhD studies in 1986. Dr TamblynÂ’s most recent research has focused on health issues relating to the elderly -- exploring topics such as the effect of health, social and economic issues on seniorsÂ’ independence, and the impact of medication on the elderly.

History

The opening of Royal Victoria College in 1899 marked the beginning of co-ed education at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, as the women of RVC began to be integrated into the previously all-male classes at the University. Up until 1970 all women undergraduates were also members of RVC. Only those students whose families resided in the Montreal area, or who had been given explicit permission to live elsewhere by their parents or guardians, could live outside the protective environment of the college during their studies. Today RVC is ±«ÓãÖ±²¥Â’s only all-women residence. It occupies the corner of University and Sherbrooke, next to the Faculty of Music and adjacent to the entrance guarded by the bronze statue of Queen Victoria, a prominent Montreal landmark.

The RVC Centennial Committee wishes to thank the Hay Foundation, sponsor of the "Women & health" panel. The Hay Foundation was established in the late 1980s by two longtime Montreal residents, Hendrie and Margaret Hay, to support issues relating to culture, health and welfare, and homes for the elderly.