Acknowledgements

Breast Cancer Action (Ottawa) sincerely acknowledges the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – Ontario Region for making the Lymphedema: Take Control project possible and the contributions of the following people and organizations for bringing the project to life:

Advisory Committee Members

• Judy Bedell, Breast Cancer Action (Ottawa)
• Dr. Margaret Farncombe, Palliative Care Outreach Program
• Betty Flack, Breast Cancer Action (Ottawa)
• Anna Kennedy, Lymphovenous Association of Ontario
• Louise Killens, Killens Reid Physiotherapy Clinic
• Maureen Manningham, Breast Cancer Action (Ottawa)
• Susan Smith, Breast Cancer Action (Ottawa)

Project Staff and Consultants

• Oren Cheifetz, Literature Review Primary Author, Hamilton Health Sciences & Associate Clinical
  Professor at McMaster University
• Kathleen Gotts, Project Coordinator, Breast Cancer Action (Ottawa)
• Louise Haley, Project Lymphedema Consultant, Haley Rehab
• Wanda Jamieson and associates, Project Evaluator, JHG Consulting
• Caren Weinstein, Project Designer, Vintage Designing Co
• Stephanie Woodard, Project Facilitator & Lead Instructor, Cancer Rehabilitation Program, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre

Thank you to Marjorie Morrison and Colleen Lyle (BCA Executive Directors) for project oversight and
Gloria Bateman and Amy Cailloux (BCA Office Managers) for administrative support.

Thank you to the Go With The Flow exercise program instructors: Mary Blaney, Anita Findlay, Catherine
Hanson, Mel Hanna, Daniel Moore, and Evyanne Wooding.

Thank you to Julie Carter, Lise Dandenault Translations Inc, and Jocelyne Rousseau (Les Traductions
Botexte) for French translation and revision services.

Thank you to the staff of the following facilities: City of Ottawa recreation centres (Dovercourt Recreation Centre, Goulbourn Recreation Complex, Heron Road Community Centre, Huntclub & Riverside Community Centre, Ray Friel Recreation Complex, Sawmill Creek Pool & Community Centre), the RA Centre, Soloway Jewish Community Centre, and St. Elias Centre.

Thank you to the cancer care partner organizations in Ottawa who helped to promote the project’s activities - with particular thanks for the support and encouragement offered by The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre. Finally, a big thank you to everyone who participated in the project’s activities and helped to make them a success.

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