PCSWE October 2026

Prostate Cancer Support Windsor/Essex (PCSWE)

October 2026 Communique

Summer is nearing an end and we look forward to a nice long warm Fall Season. Our Fall program is relatively quiet from an outreach perspective, but we have a few good presentations lined up followed by a Christmas get-together lined up for Tuesday 15 December at Legion 594.

Our September presentation by Eric Leckie, PhD was very well received. In fact, another Ontario support group has asked Eric to present at one of their winter meetings.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 13th, 2026

Joining us for our October 13th meeting, will be Jeff Geml from Windsor Regional Hospital.

Jeff is the Director of Service Planning for Redevelopment at Windsor Regional Hospital. With nearly 20 years of experience in healthcare leadership, research, and hospital operations, Jeff has held progressive leadership roles spanning surgery, medicine, emergency services and most recently service planning. Jeff holds an MBA from Carleton University, a Master of Public Health from Des Moines University, and is passionate about engaging staff and community members to help plan the services that the new hospital requires, to meet the needs of the local community and region.

Jeff will be bringing us up to date on progress and planning for our new Fancsy Family Hospital, now under construction on Cabana Road East, just east of Windsor Airport. Phase I includes the construction of a 3-storey Education and Administration Centre, a 700-vehicle parking garage, and essential site infrastructure.

This will be an excellent opportunity for you to learn more about this significant investment in local healthcare, that will modernize infrastructure and improve accessibility for patients in our region.

As always, the meeting starts at 7pm at the Hospice (6038 Empress St.). You can also join remotely via ZOOM.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6953623178

SUMMARY of OUTREACH EVENTS

Tuesday, October 20th, Garry will be making a presentation to a group at Canterbury Elder College, Windsor

November 2026

Friday 27 November

Garry will be attending the Ontario Support Group Leader quarterly meeting.

PRESENTATIONS of INTEREST by OTHER SUPPORT GROUPS

The following summarizes other upcoming presentations by other Ontario support groups that may be of interest; please see their webpages for details:

London/Sarnia/Wallaceburg Support Group (www.pcsupportgroup.ca)

Toronto Support Group (www.pcstoronto.ca)

PROSTATE CANCER PATIENT EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM (PC-PEP)

Please don’t forget about the Prostate Cancer Patient EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM (PC-PEP) program (https://pcpep.org/). PC-PEP is a 6-month home-based comprehensive health-promotion program for men with a diagnosis of Prostate Cancer. Daily emails and videos over 6 months will focus on various health promoting components to reduce side effects and optimize your post treatment recovery. Please see our website for more details.

NATIONAL GROUP – PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION CANADA (PCFC)

National Group Website (www.prostatecanada.ca)

Monthly Newsletter – Please remember that PCFC (www.prostatecanada.ca), does an amazing job and provides significant valuable support to our group and support groups across the country. We encourage you to visit their web-site; it is a mint of information that directly helps individuals. Please access the latest newsletter through the following link:

September Awareness Month Week 4 Updates

National Level Support Groups (https://prostatecanada.ca/get-support/support-groups/find-a-group) – The following summarizes National level support groups. Please see out website for more details.