National Alzheimer Awareness Month 2025

WHEREAS: Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are degenerative brain disorders that affect over 564,000 Canadians; and

WHEREAS: every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia; and

WHEREAS: in Canada, 25,000 new cases are diagnosed each year; and

WHEREAS: Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias take their toll on hundreds of thousands of families and caregivers; and

WHEREAS: early diagnosis of dementia helps people live better with dementia and allows them to make important decisions about their future needs; and

WHEREAS: dementia is more than just numbers – it is our friends and neighbours, people we see every day in your community; and

WHEREAS: it is not just their disease – it is ours too;

NOW THEREFORE: I, Doug Lawrance, Mayor of The Municipality of Sioux Lookout, do hereby proclaim the month of January 2025 as “National Alzheimer Awareness Month” in the Municipality of Sioux Lookout and urge all citizens of our community to become more educated and aware of the far-reaching effects of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Doug Lawrance, Mayor