Globe & Mail: Why are women still underrepresented in non-profit leadership?
Why are women still underrepresented in non-profit leadership? Allison Dunfield | Posted: April 30, 2024 When Kimberly Carson took on the role of CEO of Breast Cancer Canada, she became part of a select club – the minority of charitable and non-profit organizations in Canada headed up by female CEOs. Despite the fact that women […]
CTV News: Lifestyle choices could impact breast cancer risk
Lifestyle choices could impact breast cancer risk Pauline Chan | Posted: April 16, 2024 A new study has been revealed indicating that several lifestyle factors have been identified as associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and Breast Cancer Canada CEO, Kimberly Carson, sat down with CTV News to discuss them. If you […]
I am a breast cancer survivor & advocate – Kim MacDonald
Kim MacDonald’s story inspires the kind of work the Breast Cancer Society is funding. We hope you will also find inspiration in her story and donate to life-saving breast cancer research this October during Dress for the Cause, because Research Matters. Who are you, tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Kim […]
Creating better drugs to treat breast cancer
Alexandra Hauser-Kawaguchi, a PhD candidate in Dr. Len Luyt’s lab at the London Health Science Centre’s London Regional Cancer Program, works to help breast cancer patients fight the disease, but does so from her chemistry lab. “The drug development process that we focus on in our lab is on basic science. We carry out the […]
Dr. Alison Allan: “Time is the biggest challenge in breast cancer research”
Dr. Alison Allan’s research lab is on the 4th floor of the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). The lab is a realm of true science where Dr. Allan investigates the process of metastasis, which occurs when cancer cells spread from the primary tumor to other parts of the body. Breast cancer is a special focus […]
I know firsthand how important research is – Ruth Ackerman
Ruth Ackerman’s story inspires the kind of work the Breast Cancer Society is funding. We hope you will also find inspiration in her story and donate to life-saving breast cancer research, because Research Matters Ruth Ackerman became a pharmacist because she always was good at chemistry and math and the curriculum looked interesting. “I have never dreamt […]
Kathy Steffan – What’s My Breast Cancer Story?
Throughout my professional career, I have been involved with many non-profilt organizations, both as a board member and as an auditor/advisor. I feel that this is my most significant board involvement because of my personal connection with breast cancer. It involves my own baby girl, Nicole. Actually, she hasn’t been a baby for a long […]
Determining how proteins interact with breast cancer cells
Hello, everyone! My name is Sami Khan and I’m an MSc candidate in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University. In Dr. Alison Allan’s laboratory at the London Regional Cancer Program, we study proteins that may be involved in the preferential metastasis (or spread) of breast cancer to the lung and the […]
Uncovering the role of RNA in breast cancer
My name is Thomas Huynh and I’m a Masters student in Dr. Paola Marcato’s laboratory in the Department of Pathology at Dalhousie University. The support generously provided to me by the Breast Cancer Society of Canada and the QEII foundation through the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute has been invaluable in helping me pursue my […]
Finding a Novel Strategy to Prevent Metastasis
“What my patients with early stage breast cancer really fear is to hear the word ‘metastasis’.” Most oncologists would agree with this statement, which I once heard from a presenter at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. There is no doubt that being told you have metastatic breast cancer is a lot to take in, […]
