Education is Empowering

Webinar Outreach Wing

Dear Friends,

The Webinar Outreach Wing (WOW) is effective in keeping our global community connected and well informed about health and wellness. We are constantly evolving and striving to meet the needs of the moment. Our acclaimed Health and Wellness experts provide clarity, reassurance, and advice.

Our audience has grown exponentially since our first webinar in 2020, now surpassing 2000! Our Zoom webinars are always well attended with over 400 registrants, and those who are unable to make it, watch it later on our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/@trewo46

Our website is regularly updated with the latest webinars.

We are also registered with the City of Mississauga and distribute our flyers through the vast network of libraries and community centres.

In 2025 we conducted four webinars on topics such as Artificial Intelligence and Health, Colorectal Cancer, Demystifying Depression and Obesity.

We invite you to join our community!

Smita Chandra, Founding Member & Chair

Best regards,

Founding Member & Chair

Smita Chandra

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Webinar Outreach Wing Mission

Education is Empowering

The WOW Team
The WOW Team

Our Outreach

8 regions & growing
World map highlighting the countries TREWO's webinar audience reaches

Domestic Reach

Canadian audience ranging from local Municipalities to Provinces

Global Reach

International audiences across USA, UK, The Netherlands, India, Sri Lanka, Australia and The Caribbean Islands

Audience

Age ranges spanning Teens and University students to Adults & Seniors

Database

1,500+members and growing, updated continuously

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WOW Executive Committee

Smita Chandra

Smita Chandra

Chair
Tina Walia

Tina Walia

Sridhar Rao

Sridhar Rao

Ashima Jain

Ashima Jain

Asha Devanesen

Asha Devanesen

Aeshna Roy

Aeshna Roy

Divya Jain

Divya Jain

WOW Ambassadors

Roisin O’Hara

Roisin O’Hara

Paul O’Hara

Paul O’Hara

Dilpreet Bansal

Dilpreet Bansal

Harjit Birdi

Harjit Birdi

Taimur Zafar

Taimur Zafar

Our webinar flyers are created by communication designer Aeshna Roy at Aer Design as part of her outreach.

In Oakville, because Roisin O’Hara lives there, we are registered with the City of Oakville. Roisin delivers the flyers to Andrew Needham at the CRS-DC community information database - who very kindly distributes them to 7 libraries and 6 community centers there. She also drops 3 flyers at the Sheridan College Health Center. From there, the Medical Administrator posts them at their 3 campuses in Oakville, Mississauga, and Brampton. Roisin also distributes 20 flyers in various places around Oakville, including her church.

In Mississauga, Dilpreet and Harjit Bansal drive to all 16 Community Centers to deliver the webinar flyers.

Taimur Zafar delivers them to The Four Point Library in Brampton, which in turn sends them out to 9 libraries. He also delivers them to the Main Library in Milton, which sends them out to 3 other libraries. He also delivers the flyers to 5 mosques.

Rajendra Gupta delivers them to 3 temples. Dr Asha Devanesan puts it up in her church.

Linda delivers them in Burlington to their Central Library, which sends them out to 6 libraries and 10 other places.

Dr Sudi Devanesan delivers 25 flyers to multi-doctor clinics, private practices, and pharmacies in Mississauga.

In total, 125 flyers are distributed to a vast number of people so that they have the opportunity to be empowered by our webinars.

Feedback

Webinar & Event Feedback

“Thank you to all of you for your dedication and welcoming process. Aweome service for your community. All the best.”
Dr Imran Rasul –Speaker — Colorectal Cancer: It’s Preventable!
“Really enjoyed the webinar last night. Very informative. Feel pretty lucky I was able to get a colonoscopy at my age when they don’t usually test 80 year olds. And the colonoscopy looked good which is even better.”
Joanne Bain — Colorectal Cancer: It’s Preventable!
“I hear him on CBC sometimes, and this time he was no different. Something about his voice is so calming. And he is able to explain things in such a way that I understand! Normally the subject of AI would be of very little interest, sounds complicated, etc and I’d just tune out. But, I understood everything he said! Good on him and good for me!”
Karen Colenbrander — AI and Your Health
“I just wanted to reach out and thank you for a well organized informative session on AI. I have to admit though, I was initially hesitant in attending this webinar as I find AI intrusive and threataning to our everyday life. But, I have to admit, I enjoyed the overall presentation that Dr. Peter Lin gave. It was very informative and his talk wasn’t distorted at all. It was pleasant to listen to him, great interesting voice. He didn’t give any misleading information and gave well researched facts that presently affect us personally, socially, and in the medicine. And to anticipate many more changes ahead. As for Dr. D, I always welcome his presence and listening to his calming voice and his “word/expression” of the day… more to add to my growing list. Thank you to you and all the team for an inspiring and informative session.”
AI and Your Health
“Once again, the webinar was very interesting and informative. It is a poorly understood illness but was presented in an easy to follow manner. Thanks to all of you for your very hard work and dedication”
Azima Nakhooda — Demystifying Depression
“The most important message for me was that Depression is an illness and should be treated as such. You can’t tell people “ to snap out of it.“”
Hanne Kakkaria — Demystifying Depression
“You’re doing a wonderful thing and our goal should always be to empower our community.“”
Dr Mala Bahl , Speaker of the Breast Cancer Webinar — Living with Hope: Breast Cancer
“The risk factors that were highlighted provided a way to prevent and detect breast cancer early, giving hope for bringing down the incidence of this cancer.“”
Dr Dayalan Devanesen , Australia — Living with Hope: Breast Cancer
“Dr. Mala Bahl was a pleasure to listen to . Her insights and knowledge were so appreciated…..I learned so much!!!“”
Pat Panetta Reinhardt — Living with Hope: Breast Cancer
“Excellent talk as usual by Dr Lin, fascinating bit on microplastics! Thanks to WOW for bringing the series, had shared with many friends, family and patients.”
Dr. Umang Kachroo — Defeating Diabetes
“I was impressed with your professional format of the recent WOW Webinar “Breaking the Chain of addiction”. Dr Selby, and Dr Sudi, were extremely interesting, informative and absolutely needed in today’s society.”
Howard Rafuse — Breaking the Chains of Addiction
“Thank-you for the work you are doing. The webinar last night was very informative. The information was conveyed in a way that was easy for the average person to understand and the pictures really helped to understand what was being taught.“”
Rick Green — Stop That Heart Attack!
“A Big Thank You to TREWO! This #FallPreventionMonth, we express our gratitude to our long-standing partner The Ripple Effect Wellness Organization (TREWO) for hosting the Imagination Ball earlier this year and raising $10,000 in support of Trillium Health Partners’ Fall Prevention Program. Your support fuels our Fall Prevention Program, making a real impact on community wellness. Thank you for being a part of the positive change! Our Fall Prevention Program combines assessment, exercise, and education to help reduce the risk of falls or becoming injured by falls, especially for our aging population. #BetterTogetherTHP”
Trillium Health Partners — Heart to Heart
“We absolutely loved Dr. Clive’s presentation last night. We learned so much about the importance of taking care of our every day health in order to stave off dementia.“”
ROISIN O’ HARA — Decoding Dementia
“It was very nice listening to Dr. Barbara Clive, an eminent doctor caring for seniors health and sharing her vast knowledge on dementia. I learnt many things on dementia, stages of dementia, control of dementia and how to prevent it early in life with brilliant presentation.“”
MARY BENEDICT — Decoding Dementia
“Dr. K’s story of change in her change of country is so close to home. ………..Now I know. Also, how my transition into assimilation was through Gratitude .“”
CANUTE DISTIN — Coping with Change
“I certainly enjoyed Dr. Kumar’s talk on Coping with Change. Sharing her own challenges with change was enlightening and I loved her analogy with the seasons. ……….. her advice that a grateful heart keeps one positive I will treasure.“”
LYDIA RICE — Coping with Change
“The webinar was informative, educational and gave us (the participants) insight into the biology behind what covid is and how a virus behaves, ultimately helping us further understand the importance of covid safety measures and precautions. It was great to hear about this from someone so well versed and knowledgeable as Dr. Peter Lin!“”
Widaad Aamir, Crisis Counsellor, Polycultural Immigrant & Community Services — Understanding COVID-19
“The presentation was great and the moderator was SUPERB! Dr. Lin really had a great way of making some of these complex scientific and medical concepts easy to understand. I know how hard you and the rest of the Executive Committee worked to put this together tonight. It was very, very well done!“”
Edward C. Ferriter, Captain, US Navy (Retired) — Understanding COVID-19
“I enjoyed last night’s webinar very much. I knew that I would be talking to Sudi and Asha later and they would ask if I participated fully. And yes I did! In fact, I was doing the machete all over my family room. And to my surprise I was one of the evening’s winners!! So thank you all so much for that. And a very big thank you to all who put together this excellent presentation. PS my 80 plus year old mother told me this morning that she was up dancing too.”
Karen Neeson — Women’s Outreach Wing
“Thank you for your kind words…you made me feel warm on a very cold day. I am but a flash in the dark. The work that you, Smita, and the whole organization are doing – that is an eternal flame. Thank you for all the hard work to organize such a great webinar. Thank you for inviting me and for the future celebration with Smitas’ wonderful cooking.”
Peter J. Lin MD CCFP — OMNI NEWS - DRS SUDI & ASHA DEVANESEN- EDUCATING PUBLIC ABOUT COVID
“I have been invited to collaborate with WOW and The Ripple Effect on two occasions now as a Speaker, and I can honestly say I have witnessed up close and personally the passion this organization has for elevating people, and lifting society in general. Smita, Asha and the rest of the leadership team are a delight to work with, and dedicated to their mission of bringing relevant information, education, and inspiration to their audiences. I am glad to be a part of each other’s community and am looking forward to more.”
Dr. Natasha Sharma, Psy.D — Women’s Outreach Wing
“This webinar demonstrated cause, effect and prevention examples for common digital communication-based risks. From a management perspective, the event was well-organized and produced, including a rehearsal. Organizers Dr. Sudi Devanesen, his wife Dr. Asha Devanesen, committee members Smita Chandra, Tina Walia and Sridhar Rao were a pleasure to work with. I would recommend other speakers work with the The Ripple Effect Wellness Organization if asked.”
Steve Chapelle — Women’s Outreach Wing
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Past Events

Our Webinars

Click a webinar to watch it.

Stroke and Dementia

Stroke and Dementia *

Microplastics and You

Microplastics and You

Dr. Peter Lin

Colorectal Cancer: It’s Preventable!

Colorectal Cancer: It’s Preventable!

Dr. Imran Rasul

AI and Your Health

AI and Your Health

Dr. Peter Lin

Demystifying Depression

Demystifying Depression

Dr. Kanwal Kukreja & Dr. Asha Devanesen

The Obesity Epidemic

The Obesity Epidemic

Dr. Loren Grossman

Living with Hope: Breast Cancer

Living with Hope: Breast Cancer

Dr. Mala Bahl

Defeating Diabetes

Defeating Diabetes

Dr. Peter Lin

Breaking the Chains of Addiction

Breaking the Chains of Addiction

Dr. Peter Selby

Stop That Heart Attack!

Stop That Heart Attack!

Dr. Manish Maingi

Innovations in Cancer Therapy

Innovations in Cancer Therapy

Dr. Peter Lin

Heart to Heart

Heart to Heart

Dr. Manish Maingi & Smita Chandra

Decoding Dementia

Decoding Dementia

Dr. Barbara Clive

Coping with Change

Coping with Change *

Dr. Kumar

Understanding COVID-19

Understanding COVID-19 *

Dr. Peter Lin

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Past Events

Women’s Outreach Wing

OMNI NEWS - DRS SUDI & ASHA DEVANESEN- EDUCATING PUBLIC ABOUT COVID

Archive

Women’s Outreach Wing flyer, Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Women’s Outreach Wing flyer, 2021
2021
Women’s Outreach Wing flyer, Empowering Women
Empowering Women
Women’s Outreach Wing flyer, 2019
2019
Women’s Outreach Wing flyer, 2017
2017
Women’s Outreach Wing flyer, 2018
2018

Ripple Effect Partners

Women’s Day Celebration

About TREWO

In Their Words

What People Are Saying

Marissa Teeter
“A big congratulations to all of you for pulling off such a remarkable event. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to have been able to participate in this wonderful initiative. Thank you for considering me, I am truly honored.”
Marissa Teeter — Senior VP, Financial Services - IG Wealth Management
Dr. Salim Yusuf , DPhil, FRCPC, FRSC, O.C.
“The work by WOW is very important as it deals with issues relevant to not only women but entire families in the community. These efforts provide useful information and also maintain social connectivity among people during these times of physical distancing.”
Dr. Salim Yusuf , DPhil, FRCPC, FRSC, O.C. — Distinguished University Professor of Medicine & Executive Director, Population Health Research Institute - McMaster University | Chair - HSF - Marion W. Burke in Cardiovascular Disease
Mr. Baldev Mutta
“I have been a part of the events organized by TREWO for several years now. The events give a platform to women to meet, socialize and learn from each other. These events provide a plan where women link with one another and continue to support each other during difficult times. These event are harbingers of hope, optimism and leadership. The women look forward to these events and implement the learning acquired from the events. I want TREWO to continue organizing these events and we would support you in these wonderful, exciting, and energizing events.”
Mr. Baldev Mutta — Founder & CEO - PCHS (Punjabi Community Health Services)