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.
By Jessica Gelberg, Communications Associate, Ovarian Cancer Canada
“Hiking to Machu Picchu is one of greatest things I’ve ever done.”
It took Carrie Darmody 30 years to join her parents and brothers in their passion for running – something she finally learned to appreciate at age 42, when she was married with three children and operating a busy, home-based business with her husband.
Ovarian cancer is often overlooked and under-diagnosed. Misinformation is prevalent about Canada’s most fatal women’s cancer. Here is a Top 5 list of myths and misconceptions that we hear from the public during the course of our work at Ovarian Cancer Canada.
Ovarian Cancer Canada has named Dr. Steven Narod, a Toronto researcher and a world leader in the field of hereditary ovarian and breast cancer, as the recipient of the 2014 Karen Campbell National Award for Research Excellence. The award will be presented at the charity’s LOVE HER event on February 27 at the Liberty Grand in Toronto.
Although the top national individual and team fundraisers for the 2013 Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope are lawyers, there is general consensus that you don’t have to be a lawyer to be an outstanding fundraiser.
Fashion shows are an intriguing blend of fashion, style, information and entertainment. A great show will charm and inspire each member of the audience, transport them on a bit of a fantasy and always leave them wanting more.
They have been running half marathons together for over 10 years but when this mother/daughter team hits the course at Stampede Park for The Scotiabank Calgary Marathon on May 26, they will put more heart into it than ever before.
The new website for the Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope is now live!
Wildly embraced by the Toronto and Calgary audiences, the glitzy evening was abuzz with laughter, hope and dedication to overcoming ovarian cancer.
Nine-year-old Ben Cohen is in grade 4 at Associated Hebrew School in Thornhill, Ontario and Janie Morency, 12, and her friends Noelle Tsimiklis and Anna Nicolela are in grade 6 at the Halifax Grammar School in Nova Scotia.