2014 BC ADHD Awareness Week Activities

We will be listing our 2015 activities shortly, in the meantime have a look at our 2014 ones.

We had 122 BC Libraries and bookstores in 68 BC communities with BC ADHD Awareness week book displays. Last year we had 78 in 23 metro Vancouver ones.

This page tracks the various 2014 ADHD Awareness Week activities the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group volunteers: Andrew, Barb, Chris, Christopher, Hazel, Jade, Jennifer, Kat, Maggie, Marc, and Paul I and our supporters are putting on in BC. Thanks See our 2013’s activities.

Media Coverage:

Vancouver Sun: Majority of BC’s Workforce Are Afraid To Come Out Of The ADHD Closet to Co-workers Insights West Survey Of BCers Shows.

News 1130: Interviewed Me On ADHD for BC ADHD Awareness Week 2014

Georgia Straight: B.C. ADHD Awareness Week draws attention to attention deficiencies

Georgia Straight: We Need To Think About ADHD For More Than One Week Of The Year Sarah Blyth

We had an ADHD information table and many ADHD books displays at different libraries and book stores throughout BC. Details below.

Information Table:

Information table at the Richmond Brighouse Library Lobby at 100-7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, Friday October 17th 3pm to 9pm. See map We’ll have our poster and brochures on the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group and CHADD Vancouver.

We’ll had the Adult ADHD screener test and other information on ADHD in adults and children & I and our volunteers will be answering questions on ADHD. Drop on by. Tell your family and friends.

The Children’s ADHD Clinic at BC Children’s Hospital had a Meet & Greet Oct 15 from 12-2pm at The Kelty Mental Health Resource Center P3 305 Ask clinicians from their program questions on your ADHD child or teen. Info: http://ow.ly/i/7brDD

ADHD Book Displays:

We and our partners will have many ADHD book displays in all regions of BC. There will be ADHD books, books by authors who have ADHD on other topics, our ADHD Awareness Week Poster and Brochures on the only 2 ADHD support group in all of BC, My Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group and CHADD Vancouver.

MAP of ADHD Book displays in BC

List of BC Cities with ADHD Awareness Book Displays by region then city. Here’s how they’re organized.

Public Library InterLINK

Metro Vancouver

Libraries Outside Metro Vancouver

Cariboo Regional District

Greater Victoria Public Library

IslandLink Library Federation

Kootenay Library Federation

North Central Library Federation

North Coast Library Federation

North East Library Federation

Okanagan Regional Library

Thompson-Nicola Library

Vancouver Island Regional Library

Public Library InterLINK

Metro Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver Public Libraries

Britannia Library

Central Library

Champlain Heights Library

Collingwood Library

Dunbar Library

The Firehall Library where our group first started meeting in 9 years ago in 2004 until we outgrew it and moved to our new location Ravensong Community Healthcare Center

Fraserview Library

Joe Fortes Library

Kensington Library

Kitsilano Library

Mount Pleasant Library

Oakridge Library

Renfrew Library

South Hill Library

Strathcona Library

Terry Salman Library

West Point Grey Library

Post Secondary Libraries