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September 12-18th is Living Donation Week!

Living Donation Week (#LDW2021), September 12-18, hosted by UHN - Centre for Living Organ Donation, is a national awareness week featuring free virtual events and activities focused on improving access and equity in living organ donation, profiling the work of Team Transplant, and celebrating our incredible living donors and transplant...

September 4th is PKD Awareness Day!

Once again, Health Canada is recognized September 4th as National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day - a special day devoted to raising awareness of this life-threatening, genetic disease.

August 2021 PKD e-News

Welcome to the PKD Foundation of Canada's August e-News! We have provided information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.

Clayton Rafuse, AB | Voices of PKD

"My name is Clayton, and I am a 23-year-old paramedic living in Alberta. In March of 2020 I lost my father, Pete Rafuse, to PKD. PKD is an illness my father lived with for the majority of his life without issue. His doctor’s care plan was to monitor and see...

July 2021 PKD e-News

Welcome to the PKD Foundation of Canada's July e-News! We have provided information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.

June 2021 PKD e-News

Welcome to the PKD Foundation of Canada's June e-News! We have provided information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.

Every Child Matters

We are heartbroken by the discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Our hearts are with all of the survivors, intergenerational survivors and families impacted by Canada’s residential schools.

Tips to Keep Your Fundraising in Motion

We've put together some tips and tricks to keep your fundraising in motion with the help of Team Blackmore's captain, Trinda Blackmore. Incredibly, their team raised over $28,000 in 2021!

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