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Canadian Society of Homeopaths
Summer 2008 Bulletin
Greetings to all members and
friends of the Canadian Society
of Homeopaths! We hope you enjoy this
issue of the CSH
E-bulletin. We would appreciate it if you would use your
networking skills to pass this message on to anyone who
might be interested. Thank you!
IN THIS ISSUE
A. CSH NEWS
1.
Membership Benefits
2.
Attention Registered Members
3.
HAW Raffle Winners
4.
Winning HAW Participants
B. AFFILIATE NEWS
1.
Ontario Update
2.
WCHS Conference
C. HOMEOPATHIC NEWS
1. Regulation in Ontario
2. Importing Concerns
3. Bill C-51
4. Council for
Homeopathic Certification News
D. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
1. Legal Fund Advisors Wanted
E. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
1. Continuing Education
A. CSH NEWS
1. Membership Benefits
Special
thanks go to Luminous
Courses and Lou Klein for offering a $25 discount to CSH
members who sign up for the Jan Scholten seminar October 24 –
26, 2008 in Vancouver. This
offer is available on top of the earlybird discount, which ends
September 23.
Look for details about how to apply for this discount on
our Calendar of Events
webpage.
2. Attention Registered Members
The printed version of the 2008-2009 Directory of
Registered Homeopaths is being prepared for the printer.
The final proofreading involves comparing the printed version
with the information posted on the website Directory.
Therefore, it’s very important that the website information is
up-to-date and accurate.
Please check your own listing on the website and let us know if you want
any changes or additions. In
particular, make sure that the following are accurate:
· all spelling
· your practice name and address
· your phone number(s)
· your e-mail address and website url
Access your listing(s) by clicking on your province on the
main Directory
webpage. If you require any changes, send details
to web@csoh.ca.
3. HAW Raffle Winners
Thanks to all who sold and purchased tickets for this year’s HAW
Raffle, which raised nearly $700 to help offset our expenses for
sponsoring HAW.
Congratulations to the following winners!
● Lori
Hartwick of London, ON - PRIZE: Complete Homeopathy Handbook
by Miranda Castro
● Carleen
Higgs of Vancouver, BC - PRIZE: Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic
Medicines by Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman
● Barb
Laxon of London, ON - PRIZE: Homeopathy for Children by
Gabrielle Pinto & Murray Feldman
● Pat
Prokopchuk of Saskatoon, SK – PRIZE: Impossible Cure: the
Promise of Homeopathy by Amy Lansky
● Heidi
Reid of 100 Mile House, BC - PRIZE: Homeopathic Care for Cats and
Dogs by Don Hamilton
The prizes are books listed on the back of our Homeopathy
Awareness bookmark. Many
thanks to Greg Cooper of Minimum
Price Books for donating the prizes for this important
fundraising raffle!
4. Winning HAW Participants
Again this year, CSH members who participated in Homeopathy Awareness
Week had a chance to win a discount coupon towards their 2009 membership
fees.
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the HAW Participants’
Draw:
● FIRST
PRIZE ($100 discount): Karen Viovy of London, ON
● SECOND
PRIZE ($60 discount): Margo MacLaren of Nelson, BC
● THIRD
PRIZE ($40 discount): Marilyn Hirsekorn, Shauna Kovach, and Diane Louie from the Lower Mainland, BC
B. AFFILIATE NEWS
1.
Ontario Update
We have been informed of a change of the Board members
at the Ontario Society of Homeopaths, specifically the resignations
of Karen Werhstein, Karen Jonas, and Liz Henderson. OSH Secretary, Christine Jambrosic is heading up a new OSH
Board that will carry on the purposes and objectives of the OSH mission
statement. For further information or to volunteer
at OSH, contact Christine at 416-315-0748.
The resignations on the OSH Board do not affect the CSH
status of our Ontario members. With
three CSH Board members residing and practicing in Ontario, the
interests and concerns of our Ontario members continue to be well
represented by the CSH. CSH
has always been at the forefront in advocating for political causes,
promoting the profession, and unifying the homeopathic community.
Once the OSH has regrouped, negotiations towards formalizing an
Affiliate agreement will resume between our two Societies.
The CSH Board is committed to the concept of Affiliation with
provincial or regional organizations that are willing to align with the
goals of CSH and are able to put CSH initiatives into action and to
contribute towards developing projects of mutual benefit. We look forward to resuming discussions about Affiliation with
the new OSH Board as soon as they are in a position to do so.
2. WCHS Conference Report
West Coast Homeopathic Society
reports a most successful and “inspired” annual conference and
post-conference seminar in Vancouver on the last weekend of April.
Featured speakers were Julie Anne Lee and Roland Guenther, with
Keynote Speaker Douglas Brown on both days.
Details are posted on their 2008
Conference webpage.
Note that WCHS has already scheduled their 2009 Conference and
Post-Conference seminar, again on the last weekend of April.
Watch for details on
our Calendar
of Events webpage.
C. HOMEOPATHIC NEWS
1. Regulation in Ontario
We are pleased to report
that at least two CSH members have
applied for positions on the Transitional Council of
the new College of Homeopaths of Ontario. Our thanks
and best wishes go to those individuals who
are willing and able to take on this considerable commitment on behalf
of homeopathy.
Your Board continues to
closely monitor developments relating to the
new Ontario Homeopathy Act, 2007. For
additional news as it happens, see
the Updates
page on the CSH Political Action webpages.
2. Importing Concerns
Supporting member, Andy Christopher of Alypsis reports that
border security has confiscated 2 recent orders that were shipped to him
from Helios in the UK. This
has occurred in spite of government policy that protects the right of
professional homeopaths to import homeopathic medicines without need of
a site licence. CSH has
been investigating this situation with the Natural Health Products
Directorate, Health Canada, and the office of the Minister of Health,
none of which has yet been able to determine the cause of the
seizures. We will continue working with our contacts in
these offices until
we are assured that border security will no longer interfere with the
importation of homeopathic medicines intended for professional use.
However, many individual homeopaths are still importing homeopathic
products without difficulty. For
those who plan to order homeopathic products directly from a foreign
supplier, we advise the following:
1. Ask the supplier to
attach a label near the shipping label that states, “For compounding
purposes only by a professional homeopath”; and
2. If you are importing
liquid medicines, arrange with the supplier to send the package by courier, not
postal service.
If
any members experience additional problems with importing homeopathic
products, please contact our office
at homeopathy@csoh.ca.
3. Bill C-51
Many CSH members joined the overwhelming public opposition to Bill C-51
and are heartened by the Minister of Health’s announcement that he
will revise the Bill to recognize a third category specifically for
natural health products.
Unfortunately this is an empty change
because the new third category of Natural Health Products will still be
included in the new Therapeutics Products Act.
Parliament returns on September 15, after which the government will
announce the order in which it plans to present legislation.
If the debate continues on the revised Bill C-51, your Board will
advise all our members to oppose Bill C-51 for several reasons:
1. It is fundamentally flawed legislation (e.g., giving rights to
foreign governments to modify our regulations without Parliamentary
oversight);
2. Natural Health Products should not be included in this Bill as NHPs do
not require the same level of reporting, enforcement, and regulation as
pharmaceutical drugs;
3. Health Canada has already demonstrated that homeopathic products are not
safe from over-zealous inspectors (see Importing Concerns above).
For more information on Bill C-51, check
the C-51
Updates page on the CSH Political Action webpages.
4. Council for Homeopathic Certification (CHC)
Congratulations to recently accredited CSH
members Courtenay Fraitzel, CCH of North Vancouver, BC
and Linda Miller, CCH of Calgary, AB
who completed the accreditation process with the Council for Homeopathic
Certification (CHC). Both
are graduates of the Vancouver Homeopathic Academy.
The CSH Board encourages all Registered and Associate members to apply
for certification with the CHC, the only independent accrediting body
for professional homeopaths in North America.
Each successful candidate contributes towards establishing
high standards of competency for the homeopathic profession in Canada.
Start preparing now for the CHC
certification process leading to the respected CCH credentials!
Next exam dates are October 4, 2008 and March 7, 2009.
(Exams are always held on the first Saturday of March and October
annually). Check for
details and application deadlines at the CHC
website.
D. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
1. Legal Fund Advisors Wanted
Acting on a vote by the membership in November 2006, CSH established a
Legal Fund and, since then, has set aside $30 of the annual membership
dues of each Registered member for this purpose.
The Legal Fund is managed by the Treasurer and Board, who
will take advice from a Legal Fund Committee.
This Committee will play an essential role in helping to
determine the terms and procedures for managing and allocating
monies in the Legal Fund.
With the illness and passing of last year's Treasurer, Brenda Malin, activity of the Legal Fund Committee stalled.
However, CSH now has an active Treasurer and it is time for a
Legal Fund Committee to get busy!
This Committee will provide advice and assistance pertaining
to several undetermined questions, such as:
· How will the Legal Fund be used?
· Who will be able to apply for Legal Fund assistance?
· How will applications be handled?
· How will the funds be invested?
The Board invites CSH members with experience or interest in any of the
above questions to volunteer to join the Legal Fund Committee.
Members of the Legal Fund Committee will communicate by conference calls
and group e-mails. Moderator
for these discussions will be the CSH Treasurer, Donna Costa. Please
e-mail your interest in participating on the
CSH Legal Fund Committee to: treasurer@csoh.ca.
E. EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
1. Continuing Education
Registered members can
use Continuing Education opportunities to collect Professional
Development Credits (PDCs) as part of their commitment to their
practice, the Society, and the homeopathic profession. Check
the Calendar
of Events webpage regularly for educational events in your area!
For a list of other homeopathic activities that qualify for PDCs, check
the Professional
Development Credits webpage.
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