The M Factor Film Screening & Conversation

Chase away the February blues and embrace the spirit of friendship by bringing a friend to celebrate 'Galentine's Day' at this uplifting event timed to turn our focus toward self-love and building a nourishing community. The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion. Hosted by Dr Heidi Lescanec & The Pink Zones.

Meet the Panel:

- Dr. Heidi Lescanec is an ND with 20 years of experience working with women in the menopause transition, blending the latest scientific research with natural, clinically proven forms of medicine. With an undergrad in anthropology, Dr. Heidi is researching The Pink Zones, places where women are celebrated as they age in a nourishing and sustaining way.

- Dr. Jerilynn Prior is an MD and professor of endocrinology and metabolism at the University of British Columbia and is the scientific director of the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR). Dr. Prior’s vision is to reframe scientific knowledge of the menstrual cycle and ovulation in a woman-centred context and to integrate ovulation into Women’s Health knowledge and clinical practice.

- Dr. Sukhpreet Patel is an MD ObGyn (Licensed in India) with over 25 years of experience in women's health and hormone-related issues. After having successfully run her IVF practice for almost two decades, Dr. Patel's interest shifted toward public health, lifestyle, and behavioural modification and its impact on women's health, especially during perimenopause and menopause. Founder of Menopausewize.

About the M Factor Film:

The (M) Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause film explores the hidden impact of menopause on women's lives. Menopause has ramifications beyond just an individual woman’s well-being. The far-ranging results of women enduring untreated menopause include billions of dollars in lost wages, upended careers, family disruptions, and emotional chaos.

With evidence-based information, the film empowers women to make informed health decisions and aims to remove the stigma surrounding menopause and aging.

This feature-length documentary film, centers on the lived experiences of women across the U.S. Cameras follow women into their doctors’ offices, at work, and in their homes to expose the challenges they face—including racial biases, gender-ignorant care, inequitable structures and systems, and barriers due to the lack of basic midlife healthcare research. The women featured here open up about their experiences and share their stories of enduring debilitating symptoms while being ignored, ridiculed and/or shamed—and left untreated.

Now there’s a movement to fix the broken system, change the culture and transform our future. “The (M) Factor” turns the spotlight on the progress being made. With input from emboldened physicians, healthcare advocates and leaders in the menopause movement, the film focuses on what is being done to address this public health crisis and offers solutions that can be replicated in medical communities and workplaces across the country.