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February 02, 2024
Check out these research projects from friends of YACC! (February 2024)
In addition to YACC’s Recover Study, here are some opportunities to use your voice and your experience to help understand, shape, and improve the future of young adult cancer!
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February 01, 2024
Alex moved beyond treatment to live a life worth loving
When Alex Mandarino was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2014, he had to find a way to move beyond treatment to live a life worth loving. One of the most important tools for his recovery was going to the gym.
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January 19, 2024
Introducing the Recover Study leadership team!
The Recover Study leadership team will meet with YACC staff regularly over the next two years to ensure the study involves the young adult cancer community’s interests and ideas, and to discuss ideas related to things like recruitment, funding, analysis, and more.
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January 18, 2024
“Recovery isn’t a simple thing; it’s something that is ongoing.”
At YACC, recovery is about more than survival, it’s about living a life worth loving for the long road.
Heather Brown gets it.
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January 16, 2024
Cheers To Volunteers for all of your help in 2023!
YACC held its annual Cheers To Volunteers appreciation event last week, and we wanted to share the impact of their efforts with our wider community!
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January 02, 2024
Use your voice for some researcher studies! (January 2024)
In addition to YACC’s Recover Study, here are some opportunities to use your voice and your experience to help understand, shape, and improve the future of young adult cancer!
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December 21, 2023
Telus and the Telus Friendly Future Foundation help keep the YACC community connected
We are sending gratitude to the folks at TELUS and the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation for helping us keep people connected through supporting ongoing improvements to YACC’s “web hub.”
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Celebrating the first Insight team term!
Sending love and gratitude to those who are moving on from the committee, and to those who have signed up for round 2!
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December 20, 2023
“[Recovery] means not only surviving, but thriving after a life-threatening illness”
At YACC, recovery is about more than survival, it’s about living a life worth loving for the long road. Joseph Neale gets it.
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Happy holidays 2023
As we get ready to sign off for 2023, we are feeling overwhelmed by many life-changing memories of the last year.
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December 16, 2023
Register now for a YACC Chats: Series!
YACC Chats: Series is similar to the regular YACC Chats, but participants sign up and commit to getting together weekly for eight weeks in order to deepen connections and build on the conversation.
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December 07, 2023
Use your voice for some researcher studies! (December 2023)
Check out some ongoing research projects that aim to help improve the lives of young adults affected by cancer! New opportunities from the BC Cancer Foundation, University of Calgary, Canadian Virtual Hospice, and Queering Cancer!
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