Resource and Training Center For Optimal Health and Entrepreneurship

Welcome to The Montreal Resource and Training Center For Optimal Health and Entrepreneurship!

Our mission is to support anyone, regardless of age, gender, education or race, to take control of their professional lives by learning what it takes to become an entrepreneur.

All the services we offer are absolutely free.

These services include

One on one coaching sessions on entrepreneurship
One on one coaching sessions on optimal health and nutrition
Extensive workshops on entrepreneurship
Extensive workshops on optimal health and nutrition
Access to learning material on entrepreneurship (Free references and consultation)
Access to learning material on optimal health and nutrition (Free references and consultation)
Advice on general finances
A community of like-minded individuals who are ready to learn and achieve their goals

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Today's Challenges

The challenges we face when it comes to health:

Statistics Canada stated on March 31st 2009 that

''In 2005, the three leading causes of death in Canada were cancer, heart disease and stroke. These three causes of death were responsible for 58% of all deaths in Canada in 2005.''

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/090331/dq090331g-eng.htm

Statistics Canada also released another report on March 18th 2009 stating

''Of all persons living in Canada on January 1, 2005, 695,000 had been diagnosed with an invasive cancer at some point in the previous 10 years. Some individuals experienced more than one invasive cancer over the 10-year period, with the number of cancer cases totalling 723,000.''

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/090318/dq090318b-eng.htm

The challenges we face when it comes to employment:

Statistics Canada stated on May 8th 2009 that

''overall employment has fallen by 321,000 since the peak in October 2008. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.0% in April, remaining at its highest level in seven years, with the growth in employment coinciding with an increase in the labour force.''

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/labour-travail/lfs-epa/lfs-epa-eng.htm

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What can we do?

The first step in problem solving is problem definition (defining the problem you want to solve).

The second step is problem analysis (Understanding where the problem is coming from, how it fits in with current developments and what the current environment is, is crucial when working out whether a solution will actually work or not).

The third step is generating possible solutions (you should concentrate on generating many solutions and should not evaluate them at all). This is where the center comes in!

The fourth step is analyzing the solutions (you investigate the various factors about each of the potential solutions. You note down the good and bad points and other things which are relevant to each solution).

The fifth step is selecting the best solutions (evaluating the pros and cons of each solution and grading them).

The final step is planning the next course of action (you write down what you are going to do next. Decide how you will make the solution happen).

And of course taking action!

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What do we know about the problem?

About degenerative diseases?

According to The Canadian Cancer Statistics 2009, Part 6. Probability of Developing or Dying of cancer:

''Men have a lifetime probability of about 45% for developing cancer or a ratio of 1 in 2.2. This means that nearly one of every two men is expected to develop cancer during his life. Similarly, women have a nearly 40% chance of developing cancer in their lifetime, or sligthly more than 1 in 2,5 ratio. One in 3,5 men and 1 in 4,2 women, or approximately 1 in 4 of all Canadians will die of cancer.''

Cancer Advocacy

What are the causes of cancer?

According to The Canadian Cancer Society, these are the main causes of cancer:

Smoking and Second Hand Smoke
Poor diet
A lifestyle lacking physical activity
Sun over exposure
Environment contaminants :

Air pollution (gasoline and diesel engine exhaust, airborne emissions from industrial plants)
Arsenic in drinking water
Asbestos
Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in making certain plastics and the resin that lines food cans.
Cell Phones (Researches are being done to assess the actual dangers)
Chlorinated water (Drinking chlorinated water and breathing in water vapor during showering, swimming and other activities).
Electromagnetic Fields (Researches are still being conducted to assess the potential dangers)
Human biomonitoring
Pesticides (Insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, fumigants, cosmetic pesticides).
Phthalates (A group of chemicals that can make products - usually plastics - softer and more flexible, such as shower curtains, children's toys and supplies, cosmetics; nail polish and perfumes, vinyl products).
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PNDEs) which are flame retardants found in materials used in buildings and cars, carpet underlay, furniture foam, electronic equipment.
Product labeling (most products don't have proper labels and therefore you don't know what you're buying).
Radiation (sun, electrical appliances and x-rays, radon, CT scans, bulbs used in indoor tanning beds, radiofrequency waves used by radio, TV broadcasts, sattelites, cellphones and cellphone towers, wireless internet, microwave ovens).
Teflon and non-stick cookware (Non stick cook ware used at high heats)

Genetic Risks
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Human Papillomavirus
Infectious agents (HPV, HBV, HCV, EBV, H. pylori)
The birth control pill

As you can tell, there are many sources adding to our chance of developing cancer nowadays. Therefore we must learn to minimize our exposure to them and fortify our immune systems by giving it what it needs to ward off degenerative diseases. We can help you do just that.

Canadian Cancer Society

This is a trailer of Nos enfants nous accuseront explaining the corelation between the chemicals used in our conventional food and the rise of cancer in society.

About unemployment?

According to Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, (Professor and Research Director, Télé-universite and Canada Research Chair in Social and Organizational Challenges of the Knowledge Economy):

''Only half of all working Canadians have a single, full-time job that has lasted six months or more. The current Canadian labor force includes:

16 % self-employed workers
10 % temporary workers
11 % regular part-time workers
6 % employed in their current job for less than six months
2 % employed in more than one job (Lowe, 1999; Tremblay, 2001).

Women in Canada are more likely than men to be unemployed and underemployed, and to face job insecurity.

Precarious employment is a source of stress due to a lack of income and meaningful work, uncertain prospects for the future, and its potential to undermine social support networks (World Health Organization, 1999).''

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/oi-ar/04_employment-eng.php

2. Job Loss is at a record high and will keep rising according to Toronto-Dominion Bank :

''Canada's unemployment rate will peak at 10% in early 2010 as Canada becomes an "unfortunate bystander" to a worsening U.S. recession, according to a forecast from Toronto-Dominion Bank on Thursday.''

"[This year] will go down in the history books as one of the most difficult economic years for Canadians," said Don Drummond, TD's chief economist.''

''In all, 500,000 jobs will be purged from the Canadian economy in 2009, TD said. A 10% unemployment rate would be the highest since the end of 1996, when Canada was well on the way to recovery from the last recession.''

http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1381137

3. Major layoffs took place and more are expected to take place in the future according to CBC:

In Quebec, Pratt & Whitney is slashing 500 unionnized jobs (April 10th, 2009)
Komatsu America Corp plans to close its Canadian plant, cutting 245 jobs. (March 5th, 2009)
Montreal based Bombardier Aerospace is laying off 1360 workers (February 5th, 2009)
Montreal-based Air Canada announces plans to layoff 345 flight attendants (January 25th, 2009)
Montreal's Rio Tinto Alcan announces it is cutting 300 jobs in Quebec (January 20th, 2009).
Sun Media is cutting 600 jobs in Ontario, Quebec and Western Canada (December 16th, 2008).
Skidoo and Seadoo manufacturer Bombardier Recreational says it is cutting nearly 1000 jobs, 550 of which are administrative positions (December 6th, 2008).

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/01/26/f-map-layoffs.html

It starts with you

Although times seem difficult at the moment, we have the potential of growing and becoming better human beings despite the challenges we face. That is the goal of this center; building strong leaders and entrepreneurs who will take charge of their lives and help teach others take charge of theirs. Together, we can grow as a healthier and wiser community and spread the vision of optimal health and entrepreneuship across Canada. We can't do it alone. It starts with you.

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