Stepping Up to the One Billion Steps Challenge
Although Mother’s Day is over, the Breast Cancer Society of Canada’s annual Mother’s Day Walk powered by Cleo is just getting started! During May, fundraising participants and supporters are taking on the One Billion Steps Challenge by doing a virtual version of the annual event. My name is Natasha Knier, and I am an MSc […]
Preparing for the Mother’s Day Walk
With one Mother’s Day Walk underway and another one coming up on May 12th, we wanted to share with you a few ways to prepare for a great 5K walk this weekend. Is this your first time walking with the Breast Cancer Society of Canada and other supporters who have been fundraising as well? Don’t […]
Mother’s Day Walk Social Media Tips
Social media can be a very valuable tool for accessing a large network and sharing news and updates with others. When it comes to fundraising and sharing about the Breast Cancer Society’s Mother’s Day Walk, anyone can easily utilize social media to fundraise and support others who are participating this year! If you’re reading this, […]
Mother’s Day Walk Fundraising Tips
The annual Mother’s Day Walk is an exciting event that is part of what makes the Breast Cancer Society of Canada so special and impactful. Since the very first Mother’s Day Walk in 1991, hundreds of people have come together to show their support and raise funds to one day end this disease. Want to […]
Meet the TBCRU Mother’s Day Walk Team
Hello, my name is Natasha Knier and I am a TBCRU trainee, currently studying how breast cancer spreads to the brain. As a TBCRU trainee this year, I am excited and eager to document my process in participating in efforts towards the Breast Cancer Society of Canada’s annual Mother’s Day Walk for 2019. My hope […]
Dr. Alison Allan, why do you walk on Mother’s Day?
We recently asked a couple of the researchers at the Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit (TBCRU) at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), “Why do you walk on Mother’s Day for BCSC?” Our second Q & A is with Dr. Alison Allan, a breast cancer researcher and the new Director of the TBCRU in London […]
Why do you walk on Mother’s Day?
We recently asked a couple of the researchers at the Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit (TBCRU) at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), “why do you walk on Mother’s Day for BCSC?” Our first Q & A is with Adrienne Borrie, PhD student researcher at the TBCRU in London below are her replies. 1. Who are […]
Pizza for Research
The questions! Oh, the many questions of a six year old. As a breast cancer researcher with a young child I get the usual barrage of questions about life but with a few tricky additions like “why do people get cancer” and “what is cancer”. For me, these are just questions to try understand my […]
Shelley Warner: My cancer story, is not a death sentence
We would like you to meet Shelley Warner. Over the next month’s Shelley will be sharing a window in to her cancer story with us. As an introduction to her story, Shelley brings us up to her present days with a little bit of the beginnings to her cancer story. Shelley Warner, my cancer story: […]
Photoacoustic Imaging Research
Hello, my name is Lawrence Yip, and I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I work at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Dr. Jeff Carson’s lab where I am developing a new imaging technology called Photoacoustic Imaging to help treat breast cancer. Photoacoustic acoustic imaging uses short pulses of […]
