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March 28, 2016Heather’s blog: The part we rarely talk about
“Since being diagnosed with cancer and becoming connected with YACC in 2011, I have lost a lot of people; it comes part in parcel with being linked with this community. Even though most of us know this going in, and accept it in part because the gains outweigh the losses, doesn’t necessarily make it any easier. “
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March 21, 2016Workshop aims to help survivors and supporters cope with stress, anxiety (Toronto)
In partnership with Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Integrative Restoration (iRest) teachers Dr. Tatiana Melnyk and Beta Leung, mental health clinician, are leading a six-week group for cancer patients/survivors and their supporters between May 17-June 21, 2016.
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March 18, 2016
Do you want to be a Localife leader?
Localife has been running successfully for four years now, and we are currently looking to fill a few positions in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Ottawa.
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Localife is losing its training wheels
By Lesley Morrissey Young Adult Cancer Canada’s (YACC) Localife program has been running successfully since 2012. Since that time, we have had some amazing volunteers sign on as leaders to […]
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5 year cancerversary
By Jody Mason “Wow, five years. One goal accomplished.” That was how I was going to start this post until Monday, March 14, 2016 when — on my birthday of […]
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March 17, 2016Instagram takeover with @elisebonder
Our third guest ‘grammer is Elise Bonder (@elisebonder). Elise’s takeover showed what her life is like as she deals with metastatic colon cancer in her early 30s.
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March 11, 2016Recapping the 2016 Big Cancer Hook-up
YACC held its third Big Cancer Hook-up on February 27, 2016! It was another awesome show, which was made even better by our amazing guests! Julie, Justin, Matt, and Emily shared their stories to a captivated national audience of young adult cancer patients/survivors, supporters, and health professionals.
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March 10, 2016YACC values strength and courage
At our monthly team meetings, one of our crew members discusses some of our five values: strength, courage, commitment, heart, and trail-blazing. This is Alicia’s reflection from this month’s meeting. […]
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March 04, 2016Webinar on nutrition during chemo
The Canadian Cancer Society is hosting a live webcast on maintaining nutrition during chemotheraphy on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 6 p.m. EST.
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March 03, 2016
Your help is requested for this study about working after cancer
Our friends at the Nova Scotia Health Authority are looking for your input. Please review the following poster, and get in touch with Emily at [email protected] if you can help! […]
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February 28, 2016
Registration is open for Survivor Conference 2016!
The Survivor Conference is YACC’s annual meet and greet/family reunion, and we are pumped to invite you to our hometown from June 9-13! YACC’s Survivor Conference is the biggest gathering […]
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Big Cancer Hook-up evaluations
We know some people may have tuned in to the Big Cancer Hook-up webcast without RSVP-ing ahead of time, so in lieu of an email here are the links to […]
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