{"id":47684,"date":"2025-01-23T19:55:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T19:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkinson.ca\/?post_type=profile&p=47684"},"modified":"2025-02-12T21:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:40:29","slug":"liz-loewen-vice-chair","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/profile\/liz-loewen-vice-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Loewen (Vice-Chair)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s in 2018, Liz brings both her lived experience as well as decades of involvement in health system leadership with a focus on digital health solutions and nursing informatics to the Parkinson Advisory Council (PAC). Liz is strengthened by the passion of the Parkinson\u2019s community and feels privileged to contribute in this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she\u2019s not working, you can find Liz enjoying outdoor activities especially biking, paddling and cross-country skiing with family and friends and, her newest endeavour, weaving creations on her loom. She also contributes volunteer time to other passions \u2013 from music events to encouraging active transportation to improving quality of life through arts programming in healthcare settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What motivates you to be a part of the Council?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Parkinson Canada was an invaluable source of information and support when I was first diagnosed. The PAC is a chance to give back and contribute to both the organization and the Parkinson\u2019s community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a key message that you think people living with Parkinson\u2019s or care partners need to hear?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am not sure if I have one key message \u2013 the experience and impact are different for everyone. The message that has resonated for me, at my stage, has been that there is a diverse and active Parkinson\u2019s community where you can find a wealth of information and supports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What part of Parkinson Canada\u2019s work are you most passionate about (i.e., research, advocacy, support, etc.) and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am passionate about advocacy and research to increase awareness about Parkinson\u2019s and to strive to improve treatment options and reduce the incidence of Parkinson\u2019s in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Diagnostiqu\u00e9e avec la maladie de Parkinson en 2018, Liz apporte au Conseil consultatif sur la maladie de Parkinson (CCP) \u00e0 la fois son exp\u00e9rience v\u00e9cue et des d\u00e9cennies d’implication dans le leadership du syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9, avec un accent sur les solutions de sant\u00e9 num\u00e9riques et l’informatique infirmi\u00e8re. Liz est renforc\u00e9e par la passion de la communaut\u00e9 de la maladie de Parkinson et se sent privil\u00e9gi\u00e9e de contribuer de cette mani\u00e8re.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lorsqu’elle ne travaille pas, Liz s’adonne \u00e0 des activit\u00e9s de plein air, notamment le v\u00e9lo, le cano\u00eb et le ski de fond, en compagnie de sa famille et de ses amis, et elle s’adonne \u00e0 sa toute derni\u00e8re activit\u00e9, le tissage. Elle consacre \u00e9galement du temps \u00e0 d’autres passions, qu’il s’agisse d’\u00e9v\u00e9nements musicaux, d’encourager le transport actif ou d’am\u00e9liorer la qualit\u00e9 de vie par le biais de programmes artistiques dans les \u00e9tablissements de soins de sant\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qu’est-ce qui vous motive \u00e0 faire partie du Conseil ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Parkinson Canada a \u00e9t\u00e9 une source inestimable d’information et de soutien lorsque j’ai re\u00e7u mon premier diagnostic. Le CCP est une occasion de rendre la pareille et de contribuer \u00e0 la fois \u00e0 l’organisation et \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 de la maladie de Parkinson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quel est, selon vous, le message cl\u00e9 que les personnes atteintes de la maladie de Parkinson ou les partenaires de soins doivent entendre ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Je ne suis pas s\u00fbre d’avoir un message cl\u00e9 – l’exp\u00e9rience et l’impact sont diff\u00e9rents pour chacun. Le message qui a r\u00e9sonn\u00e9 pour moi, \u00e0 mon stade, est qu’il existe une communaut\u00e9 diversifi\u00e9e et active de personnes atteintes de la maladie de Parkinson o\u00f9 l’on peut trouver une mine d’informations et de soutien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quelle est la partie du travail de Parkinson Canada qui vous passionne le plus (recherche, d\u00e9fense des droits, soutien, etc.) et pourquoi ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Je me passionne pour la d\u00e9fense des droits et la recherche afin d’accro\u00eetre la sensibilisation \u00e0 la maladie de Parkinson et de s’efforcer d’am\u00e9liorer les options de traitement et de r\u00e9duire l’incidence de la maladie de Parkinson \u00e0 l’avenir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"template":"","class_list":["post-47684","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/47684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/47684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48740,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/47684\/revisions\/48740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}