Sackville: Community Week 2025
Fostering Community: An event to learn more about dementia and the importance of community connections.

This event is offered free of charge, but pre-registration is encouraged. Register here.
Join us in Sackville on September 21, 2025 to learn more about dementia and the importance of community connections.
This event will include presentations from people in your community to learn more about living well with dementia and local resources available to help. Doors will open at 2:00 p.m. to browse tables of community resources with presentations beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Speakers for this event include:
- Olha Filipska, Education Coordinator at the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia
- Lisa Sutherland, Nova Scotia Health Community Team Lead for Bedford/Sackville
- Katie Durette, care partner
Community Week is an annual week-long series of events held in communities province-wide.
These events aim to provide education on dementia-related topics, Alzheimer Society programs and services and other community resources to help individuals on their dementia journey.