It’s time to pick up the pace and improve outcomes for the 3,000 Canadian women a year diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Beau’s 5K for Ovarian Cancer Canada is back on July 8 for its eighth consecutive year. This event is inspired by Ashley Courtois (Cowan), whose friends and family started this race when Ashley was diagnosed. The event started small and grew each year during Ashley’s journey which ended in 2018. To date, the event has raised over $288,000 in honour of her strength, spirit and love for running.

Ovarian Cancer Canada is filling a gap. We need to be here. And to reach this point, we’ve been working shoulder to shoulder with our community who have dedicated their time, effort, and hard-earned dollars to this cause.

In May, we invited community members in Quebec to gather for two very special evenings and make new connections with neighbours, community leaders, the Ovarian Cancer Canada team and researchers.

“Ovarian cancer is a terrible disease…we never gave up hope that she would survive it,” says John Buttimor, of Peterborough, Ontario.

Ovarian Cancer Canada and the Quebec-Clinical Research Organization in Cancer (Q-CROC) are teaming up to optimize the support available to women affected by ovarian cancer in Quebec.

Women living in Prince Edward Island (PEI) now have access to precision treatments for ovarian cancer, thanks to Ovarian Cancer Canada’s advocacy efforts.

Every 5 hours, we lose someone we love to ovarian cancer in Canada. Ovarian cancer is the most fatal women’s cancer and sadly, one in two diagnosed do not live to see another five years.

Happy New Year to you. As we launch into the year ahead, it’s time to be bold.