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How Lived Experience Underpins Hope + Me – MDAO’s Peer Support
Whether you’re going through mental health challenges or physical illness or injury, peer support can be a powerful adjunct to treatment. For people struggling with mental or physical illness, the ability to share their lived experience with someone who “gets it” can be a vital aid in healing and recovery. This is the core...
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Q&A with Michael Landsberg, Founder #SickNotWeakFoundation
What made you start #SickNotWeakFoundation? I started talking about mental health for the same reason I started the sick not weak foundation. There’s a huge shocking benefit to simply sharing your own experience with mental health. I experienced it for the first time on Off the Record in 2009 when I talked with another professional...
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Shining a Light on Brain Injury
Brain injury happens in an instant – a car crash, sports injury, fall, blow to the head, a stroke – changing a person’s life forever. Brain injury happens in an instant — a car crash, sports injury, fall, blow to the head, a stroke — changing a person’s life forever. Acquired brain injury (ABI) is...
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Q&A with CFL Sports Caster Matt Dunigan
Can you share what made you want to donate your brain and how this helps with concussion and CTE research? I’ve always been a big believer in paying it forward. In fact, I’ve tried to live my life that way for as long as I can remember…no pun intended! We live in a world now...
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Employee Mental Health is More Than an Individual Problem
According to the latest round of research from the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and the University of British Columbia, pandemic fatigue has set in, and Canadians are emotionally overwhelmed and exhausted. That includes workplaces. We have been hearing from organizations across the country that employees are struggling with their mental health, and burnout is...
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Participants Make Trials Possible
Imagine a future where we can tailor disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment to individual patients, based on a deep understanding of their genetic and molecular profile. That’s the dream of personalized medicine. And while it’s still in its infancy, clinical trials are getting underway to make this innovative approach to healthcare a reality for Canadians....
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Building Canada’s Life Sciences Industry for the Post-Pandemic Era
By focusing on building companies, building ecosystems, and building talent, we will realize our shared vision of Canadian life sciences leading the world. COVID-19 spotlighted the need for a strong domestic life sciences industry — both to address and secure the health of Canadians, and drive economic recovery and growth. Governments and other stakeholders are...
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Improving Outcomes by Treating Each Cancer as Unique
For a woman with dense breast tissue, a mammogram may not be the most effective means to test for breast cancer. Yet, for the majority of women a mammogram is the best option. This is a perfect example of the need for personalized options in oncology — and why the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research...
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Being Healthy Is a Privilege
Rare diseases invade bodies without invitation. They steal health, hope, and dreams, leaving families devastated and overwhelmed. Amelia and Gerard Pruchnicki know this better than most. Their 13-year-old son, Cole, has a mitochondrial disease, one of more than 7,000 rare diseases impacting individual Canadians, their families, our communities, and Canada’s health care system. As a...
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Accelerating Canada’s Rare Disease Drug Strategy, Post-Election
For the past year, the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD) has committed itself nonstop to the mission of forging a rare disease drug strategy that works for all Canadians and that simultaneously addresses the unique and sometimes disparate priorities of various stakeholders. CORD is determined to continue its trajectory toward implementing Canada’s Rare Drug...