We are very pleased to inform you that ANEB open support groups will now be available in Gatineau.

These groups will be hosted in French and will be held at Carrefour Réverbère located at 320 boul. St-Joseph room 207-A (in the Galeries de Hull building)in Gatineau (Hull area).

The first open support group will be held on August 30^th from 7pm to 9pm and will be an open support group for those 17 and older suffering from an eating disorder. There will be no group on September 6^th as it is a holiday but on September 13^th an open support group for those 17 and older suffering from an eating disorder will be held. On September 20th from 7pm to 9pm, the open support group for friends and family will be held for the first time at the same location.

The open support groups will alternate : one week it will be the open support group for those 17 and older suffering from an eating disorder and the following week the open support group for friends and family. It is possible to view the calendar for these groups in the Services Offered – Open Groups section of our website.

To consult the calendar for those suffering from an eating disorde.

To consult the calendar for friens and family.

Please note that ANEB will be closed on Labor day, Monday September 6^th.  The help and referral phoneline will therefore not be available during these days.

Please note that the following open support groups will be cancelled:

• The open support group for those suffering from an eating disorder given at the CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal.
• The open support group for loved ones given at CSSS St-Rose in Laval.
• The open support group for those suffering from an eating disorder given at UQTR in Trois-Rivières.

We thank you for understanding.

We are pleased to inform you that the hours of the help and referral phone line will soon be once again increased. Starting on Tuesday September 7^th, the new hours of the help and referral line will be everyday from 8am to midnight.

We are pleased to announce that starting on Wednesday September 15^th, the open support group for those 17 and older suffering from an eating disorder held in St-Lambert will be offered every Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm instead of every second Wednesday.  

The next dates for this group are Wednesday August 18th, September 1st and September 15^th, at which time the group will be every week.

To consult to calendar

This increase creates a schedule change for the open support group for friends and family held in St-Lambert.  The next dates for this group are Wednesday August 11^th, August 25^th and  September 8^th. After, starting on Monday September 20^th, the group will be held every second Monday from 7pm to 9pm.

To consult to calendar

The ANEB following events will take place on Thusday September 30^th 2010: Annual public session, Annual General Meeting and ANEB conference. They will be held at the Centre St-Pierre of Montreal at 1212, Panet Street, (metro Beaudry) the room Laure-Gaudreault (#200). Please note that paid parking is reserved for clients of the Centre St-Pierre.

From 6:30 to 7pm the annual public session will be held and is opened to everyone. The Annual General Assembly is reserved to members of ANEB and will be held from 7pm-8pm. If you are a member of ANEB and wish to attend the general assembly, we ask that you confirm your presence by contacting ANEB at 514-630-0907 / 1-800-630-0907 or info@anebquebec.com If you wish to become a member of ANEB, you can dowload the membership form. It will also be possible to become an ANEB member the evening of September 30^th.

The Assembly will be followed at 8pm by a conference: Le passage de l’adolescente souffrant d’anorexie à l’âge adulte : les défis liés à cette transition. The conference will be by Dr.Jean Wilkins, Clinic responsible for eatind disorder at the CHU Sainte-Justine and Professor of Pediatric at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montreal. It is free, open to all and it is not necessary to register.

We are now recruiting for our research project on the Internet which explores the functioning of people who suffer from an eating disorder. We are interested in recruiting people with either an: eating disorders only; or with both an eating disorders and diabetes. We invite you to visit our website to participate: www.etudeTCAdiabete.com

Furthermore, next September, we will conduct second part of the study in the ANEB Québec closed group. At this time, a researcher will come and explain the involvement of such participation. We are looking forward to meeting you!

For more information contact Cynthia Gagnon, Ph.D.(c) at: etudeTCAdiabete@gmail.com