Feature Stories
Learn about new initiatives underway to overcome ovarian cancer, and meet people who are committed to making a difference.
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.
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro has been in Aimable Turabumukiza’s “basket of dreams” since he first saw “this most beautiful mountain” after fleeing the Rwandan genocide as a badly injured teenager in 1994.
Bring on the fashion, the comedy and cocktails, the live and silent auctions and the music - it’s time for LOVE HER!
Sunday, September 9, 2012 marks the 11th annual Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope in 47 cities across Canada.
At Ovarian Cancer Canada, we are continually reminded of the “ripple effect” of ovarian cancer and how people are inspired to create a community of support around the women they love who are diagnosed with this disease. Some friends and family members even undertake amazing feats of hope.
For Bruce Galloway, his volunteer work as Chair of the Ovarian Cancer Canada’s Board of Directors was both personal and business.
On May 1, 2007, Irish hurling champion Tony Griffin embarked on a remarkable journey.