A conversation with the women and men involved in our foundation. Today we introduce you to Viveka Parameswaran, B.Eng, MS, PMP, CSM AC: Can you describe your professional background? Viveka : I’m a mechatronics engineer by education with specialization in robotics and automation. I have worked as a project manager...
Today, we introduce you to Antoine Gervais, Development Coordinator, Nature Conservancy of Canada. AC: Can you present your professional background? AG: I have a background that could be considered atypical, since it takes place in several disciplines and above all reflects my passions: culture, hospitality and, now, social involvement through...
Hello, I will start by introducing myself : Dominique Ruiz-Courcelle, 50% Québécoise , 50% Salvadorian , 24 years old, speaks French, English and Spanish, lives in Gatineau, likes traveling, cinema, traveling , series , traveling, reading, traveling, eating, traveling, seeing shows, traveling… and traveling too! Meanwhile, I live with Friedreich’s Ataxia since my diagnosis at the age of 13. I say that I live in a shared apartment because I refuse...
Hello everyone! I know, its been a few months away, it’s shameful … But hey, my book is now launched, published – it can be ordered in all bookstores in Quebec and, if you live in another country, write me at manu.poirier.stgeorges@gmail.com if you want. The madness of the Montreal...
My name is Erica. I have Friedreich’s Ataxia but that is not my only defining quality. I am also married, thirty-one, and a mother to a five-year-old girl, four-year-old boy and one-year-old boy. The path I have chosen in life is hard, but it is also rewarding. I like to...
For this tenth edition that is Ataxia and I, Manu will talk to you about the importance of friendship for her – for most of the handicapped probably – but also of her need to have often her moments of loneliness! Hello! Yes, I know, it’s been too long...
Hello dear reader! First, I want to apologize for the rate of publication of articles on this blog that has recently slowed down: the correction of my future publication takes me a lot of time, sorry! Also, I want to respond to a comment from a reader: I did not...