Feature Stories
Learn about new initiatives underway to overcome ovarian cancer and meet people who are committed to making a difference.
Stories found here are from Seeds of Hope, the monthly e‑newsletter.
“There is a solution out there and we have to keep going after it.”
Studies show that when surgery for ovarian cancer is performed by a gynecologic oncologist, outcomes are significantly improved. This is among many reasons Ovarian Cancer Canada has a longstanding partnership with the Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada (GOC), an organization that convenes gynecologic oncologists and other healthcare professionals involved in gynecological cancer care and management.
The second annual Expedition of Hope took place in September 2014. Heartfelt thanks to our eight hikers who raised almost $45,000 in support of Ovarian Cancer Canada.
For the third time in less than a decade, Ovarian Cancer Canada CEO Elisabeth Baugh has been ranked among the 100 most powerful women in the country.
This season, Heather Heaps and her husband Frank are generously matching each contribution to Ovarian Cancer Canada’s gift of awareness campaign.
This holiday season, ban bad gifts while ramping up awareness of ovarian cancer.
When he was growing up in the town of Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Marc Michaels says his mother Frances Doudelet was known as “the person who gave everybody a chance” when others had given up on them.
To celebrate five years cancer-free from early stage ovarian cancer, in 2008 Marilyn Sapsford put fuchsia & teal streaks in her hair and fulfilled a dream: she flung herself out of a plane at 13,500 feet tethered to a professional skydiver.
You can hear the excitement in Leslie Schroeder’s voice as she talks about the milestones and adventures 2013 has in store for her.
It’s mid-January – time to start living up to those New Year’s resolutions.