2021 Volunteer of Distinction Award – Jaclyn Cross Featured Image
Stories Volunteers   April 26, 2022

2021 Volunteer of Distinction Award – Jaclyn Cross

This year marks my 7th year as a Volunteer Coordinator for the Brain Tumour Walk. Five of those years were on the Victoria Brain Tumour Walk Committee on the west coast.

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2021 Volunteer of Distinction Award – Alicia Grace Featured Image
News Volunteers   April 25, 2022

2021 Volunteer of Distinction Award – Alicia Grace

Alicia first started becoming involved in the brain tumour foundation and meetings in 2019 and did her first in-person walk in Sudbury.

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Michel Patenaude: Captain of the AN Warrior Team in Montreal Featured Image
News Brain Tumour Walk   April 21, 2022

Michel Patenaude: Captain of the AN Warrior Team in Montreal

In October 2020, at the young age of 43, Michel Patenaude was diagnosed with a vestibular schwannoma. This non-malignant tumour […]

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Navigating Anxiety and Uncertainty during COVID-19 Featured Image
News Support   March 30, 2022

Navigating Anxiety and Uncertainty during COVID-19

It seems we’ve found ourselves in the midst of a monumental historical moment. Unfortunately, these ‘unprecedented times’ also come with […]

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Camino for a Cause – Carol Webster Simmerling Featured Image
Your Way Stories Courage   March 30, 2022

Camino for a Cause – Carol Webster Simmerling

Carol Webster Simmerling and Janet Ross Scott are close friends and have been connected for many years. Their children had […]

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Relaying a Message – Chelsea Medcalfe Featured Image
Stories Courage Volunteers Community   February 28, 2022

Relaying a Message – Chelsea Medcalfe

The energetic involvement of a village enables, encourages, and supports loved ones affected with a brain tumour. Taking the positive […]

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Sarah Blanchard – Redefining Featured Image
Stories Courage Adult   February 15, 2022

Sarah Blanchard – Redefining

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines resilience as “the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation, […]

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Celebrating 40 years of hope Featured Image
News General   January 24, 2022

Celebrating 40 years of hope

Our story begins at a kitchen table. 40 years ago, our three co-founders, grieving father Steve Northey, Rolando Del Maestro, […]

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Bringing Light to the Darkness! Featured Image
Your Way Stories Courage   December 21, 2021

Bringing Light to the Darkness!

Angela Larosa is the loving wife of her husband, Michael. She is a proud mother to a 19-year-old daughter, Deana, […]

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Life is Short, Fly Lots! Featured Image
Stories Courage Adult   December 1, 2021

Life is Short, Fly Lots!

Tom Hartai is a brain tumour survivor. Partnered along with his wife, Nancy they are the proud owner/operators of two […]

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Courage and Resilience – Céline’s Story Featured Image
Stories Courage   November 24, 2021

Courage and Resilience – Céline’s Story

My name is Céline, I am 29 years old and I have been a nurse in the city of Sherbrooke […]

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Board of Directors Announcement Featured Image
News General   September 29, 2021

Board of Directors Announcement

The Board of Directors would like to announce that Susan Marshall, CEO of the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, has […]

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