Event
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Living with Cancer
Panel Discussion: on Cancer
November 19, 2016 on Saturday at 13:30 - 16:00
Topic / Theme:
Cancer
Speaker:
Facilitator:
Venue:
Sapporo International Communication Plaza. MN Building 3F, Kita 1 Nishi 3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Venue:
Venue:
Language:
English
Price:
Free
Event Description
HMSC will hold its final event for the 2016 calendar year on the topic of "Living with Cancer."
The event has two parts:
(1) Four 20-minute presentations by panelists about their personal experience dealing with cancer;
(2) Small breakout group discussions led by the panelists, during which audience members could ask questions.
Panelists includes: A person who contracted thyroid cancer a year ago that spread to his vocal cords and who now uses an electric device to speak; a person who recently underwent a double mastectomy and her spouse; and finally a person whose sister succumbed to cancer after a battle for several years.
Approximately 40 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes.
The event has two parts:
(1) Four 20-minute presentations by panelists about their personal experience dealing with cancer;
(2) Small breakout group discussions led by the panelists, during which audience members could ask questions.
Panelists includes: A person who contracted thyroid cancer a year ago that spread to his vocal cords and who now uses an electric device to speak; a person who recently underwent a double mastectomy and her spouse; and finally a person whose sister succumbed to cancer after a battle for several years.
Approximately 40 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes.
Summary
Below are some reports from some members who attended the event as well as some documents from it.
Below are some reports from some members who attended the event as well as some documents from it.
Update
Member Reports
Report 1 on the 'Living with Cancer' meeting
On November 19, MSC sponsored a panel and discussion event entitled Living with Cancer. Two participants, recent cancer surgery patients, described their ordeal. The spouse of one speaker added details from his perspective, while the final participant supported her sister as she slowly succumbed to cancer. It was a moving, inspiring event full of examples of courage and heroic efforts to cope with this deadly foe. Audience members were able to join each of the speakers at separate tables to discuss questions they had after listening to all the presentations. They came away with not only admiration and respect for the participants but also a renewed determination to live life to the fullest on a day-by-day basis.
Here are some of the comments that were submitted on the evaluation questionnaire.
・Small group discussion allowed us to participate and share our own experiences.
・Very educational & inspiring.
・Group discussion by breaking into smaller groups was very good & interesting.
・It was better & more valuable than I expected.
・Let's have more such personal topics in the future.
Here are some of the comments that were submitted on the evaluation questionnaire.
・Small group discussion allowed us to participate and share our own experiences.
・Very educational & inspiring.
・Group discussion by breaking into smaller groups was very good & interesting.
・It was better & more valuable than I expected.
・Let's have more such personal topics in the future.
Stuart Walker
Report 2 on the 'Living with Cancer' Meeting
What would any professor/lecturer do if they were to lose their voice after having their vocal cords removed? Would they withdraw from their teaching profession as a disabled person? Never has Dr. Osamu Joh, an emeritus professor of architecture of Hokkaido University, thought so. Instead, he has been developing a special IT system which combines Power Point slides and vocalized narration using PC software that converts the text fed to the computer to create a vocal narration. When he talks, he uses an electric talking device as shown in the photo, but this isn't sufficient as the voice is not clear enough. Above all, using the machine over an extended period of time is very tiring. He has been improving this technology and next year he is scheduled to give his lectures once again, on structural mechanism at JICA and Hokkaido University.
Professor Joh served and taught in Thailand for two years as a senior JICA volunteer. He was also one of the first TEDx Sapporo guest speakers in 2011. There are many such teachers and lecturers who have lost their voices due to cancer and other causes. When his methodology is adopted, those people will not have to leave their teaching profession. It makes one wonder what it means to be disabled. This is quite promising and encouraging for such cancer survivors.
Professor Joh served and taught in Thailand for two years as a senior JICA volunteer. He was also one of the first TEDx Sapporo guest speakers in 2011. There are many such teachers and lecturers who have lost their voices due to cancer and other causes. When his methodology is adopted, those people will not have to leave their teaching profession. It makes one wonder what it means to be disabled. This is quite promising and encouraging for such cancer survivors.
Yoko Otake
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Documents for Viewing and Downloading
Esophageal Cancer Information
A diagram showing types of Esophageal Cancer
Presentation Handout
The handout given out during the presentation.
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