RENEW: CANCER WELLNESS Program
Education Program
The RENEW Cancer Wellness Education Series consists of 5 education sessions free of cost. These sessions will give you the tools and independence as you transition after treatment to everyday life.
The program consists of the following sessions to provide patients who have had cancer, family members, and/or caregivers with information and support in key areas.
SPRING 2024 DATES:
- April 3, 2024: Surviving, Now What? presented by Kit McCann, Nurse Practitioner
- April 10, 2024: Eating for a Healthy Life presented by Anna Prestia-DiPonti, Registered Dietitian
- April 17, 2024: Sexuality & Cancer presented by Nancy Hannon, Registered Social Worker
- April 24, 2024: Be Active, Be Healthy presented by Dr. Scott Adams, Certified Exercise Physiologist, Toronto
- May 1, 2024: Hereditary Cancer & Your Family Tree presented by Sarah Muir, Genetic Counsellor
Each session will be held online via Zoom. You can register for all 5 sessions, 1 session, or any number in between.
All education sessions will be held from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. If you have any questions or want to share any questions ahead of time that you would like addressed during one of the presentations, please email us at renew@wrh.on.ca.
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To view videos of past RENEW sessions, please select from the topics below:
Currently, the RENEW Education series is offered twice per year, in the Spring and Fall.
All patients who have or will be finishing treatment will receive a letter from the Cancer Centre inviting them to join the RENEW Program. Letters are sent twice per year in early spring and early fall. Posters and postcards will also be posted and shared around the Cancer Centre.
New class dates and times will also be available on this web page as well as registration.
If you have additional questions please speak with your nurse, or contact the Patient Education Coordinator at 519-254-5577 ext 58733.
Exercise Program
The RENEW Exercise Program is a 10-week series of exercise classes offered at a local gym.
- Updated January 2024: This program is currently on hold, but in the process of being reinstated.
Moderate exercise for people living with cancer (on active treatment or post completion) has been shown to improve quality of life as well as cardiovascular and muscular fitness.
Check this website for future updates on programming as details are announced.
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In the RENEW Exercise Program, participants work with specially trained fitness instructors to help them regain strength and confidence.
The 60-minute RENEW Exercise Classes run twice a week for 10 weeks. They include light to moderate strengthening and toning exercises led by specially trained instructors who have received Cancer and Exercise Training for Health Professionals certification from THRIVE Health Services (University of Calgary). Exercises are modified to allow participants to work at their own pace and meet their personal goals.
- Thanks to the generous support of the Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation and its donors, participants pay a subsidized fee of $40 for their first 10-week session
- Participants attend two 60-minute exercise sessions each week
- Classes include light to moderate strengthening and toning exercises
- Classes are led by specially trained instructors who have received Cancer and Exercise Training for Health Professionals certification from THRIVE Health Services (University of Calgary).
- Exercises are modified to allow participants to work at their own pace and meet their personal goals.
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Registration and class details will be updated as soon as these are available.
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2024 Dates |
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Toldo Lancer Centre
(University of Windsor)
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Email: Chad - UWindsor
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call: 519-253-3000 ext 4050
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WATCH: Specially trained fitness instructors, Chad Sutherland and Sandra Ondracka from the University of Windsor, demonstrate the basics of the RENEW Exercise Program with a group of volunteers at the program launch on January 16, 2019.