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January 29, 2015Localife Ottawa: B is for bowling and Boston Pizza
On Janaury 17, Localife Ottawa had our first event of 2015. We decided to forego the bitter outdoors and go back to Merivale Bowling Lanes for an evening of five-pin bowling.
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January 19, 2015
MAX and YACC are making wellness easy!
After a great partnership built on the success of Surge for Cancer, we’re pumped to announce our brand new collaboration with MAX Fitness and Conditioning Centre — a six-week wellness challenge to help you take teeny, tiny steps to becoming that healthier human you resolved to be back when this new year started!
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January 14, 2015
Self-advocate, anyway
The bits and pieces of fragmented knowledge that I had gained over the years started to come together. My symptoms and conditions all started to make sense. I started seeking out the help I needed and asking more intelligent questions of medical professionals.
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January 08, 2015
The Big Cancer Hook-up is back!
The Big Cancer Hook-up is coming back! We’re coming to you live from St. John’s, NL on February 28, 2015 with a program that’s a little different, but a purpose that’s definitely the same.
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New breast cancer program launching in Ottawa
Screen Shot 2015-01-08 at 9.54.26 AMOn February 6, 2015, the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC) will launch the Babes4Breasts Head Start Program, an eight week endeavour geared toward empowering, educating, and consulting women recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Study explores creativity and young adult cancer
We have been in touch with a researcher by the name of Amy Green who studied the relationship between art and cancer for young adults. Her findings were published in […]
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January 07, 2015
Free movie night in Calgary and Edmonton!
On January 15, 2015, Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions will screen 50/50 in Edmonton and Calgary as a part of their Science in the Cinema program.
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Swinging your sword at the air
People would say things like “keep up the good fight” or “keep fighting” to motivate me to do — what? I’m not a doctor, surgeon, or oncologist. I do not have the tools, training, or knowledge to remove or kill the cancers cells in my body.
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January 01, 2015
It's nice to meet you, 2015!
We’re easing back in to it here at YACC HQ, but we still wanted to come by to say hello, share Heather’s quote, and tell you what you can expect from us in the next weeks and months.
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November 27, 2014
The 2015 program dates are here!
Exciting news! We have some dates for 2015 programs that you can mark down in your YACC calendars!
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