Member Updates

KELOWNA – Members of the Joint Canadian Tanning Association in November recognized the world’s first “Vitamin D Awareness Month” – an event sponsored by Canada’s Vitamin D Society designed to increase awareness of Canada’s vitamin D deficiency crisis. “Canadian indoor tanning facilities have been very successful pointing out that UVB in sunlight and in most tanning units is the body’s natural way to make vitamin D,” JCTA Executive Director Steve Gilroy said.… continue reading

To whom it may concern: I am writing to you as the Executive Director of the Joint Canadian Tanning Association. I wish to obtain supporting materials to substantiate the statements made in the “Tanning Under Lights” pamphlet supplied by Health Canada.… continue reading

I’m writing to you about an article the ran in Elle Magazine, March issue, on page 190 and the comments made by Dr Jason Rivers with regards to tanning equipment. Dr Rivers comment: You can’t compare the two because tanning beds emit mostly UVA which penetrate the skin deeper – whereas the sun emits a combination of UVA and UVB rays Dr Rivers is right about one thing you can’t compare tanning indoors to outside because tanning indoors is a more controlled environment.… continue reading

Sent by EMAIL Peterborough County-City Health Unit 10 Hospital Drive Peterborough, Ontario K9J 8M1 info@pcchu.ca Re: Peterborough Health Unit – Tanning Beds…Why Be Careful? http://pcchu.peterborough.on.ca/tanning_beds.html To whom it may concern: I am writing to you as the Executive Director of the Joint Canadian Tanning Association, on behalf of our members in Peterborough.… continue reading

The 2nd Annual General Meeting for the JCTA will be held September 19th, 2008 from 5pm to 6pm at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, in conjunction with the ITA World Expo September 18th to the 21st.… continue reading