Though PKD affects thousands in Canada and millions worldwide, many people have never heard of it. Together, we can change that! PKD Awareness Day is our day to raise awareness about this disease and the impact it has on generation after generation.
Each year, Health Canada recognizes September 4th as National PKD Awareness Day! This year we are looking for volunteers who want to help spread awareness in their own communities by working with us to secure local proclamations.
Check out the PKD Foundation of Canada's June e-News! Here you will find information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.
Join us for the 2018 Walk to END PKD, the PKD Foundation of Canada's signature fundraising campaign!
Check out the PKD Foundation of Canada's May e-News! Here you will find information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.
On November 25, 2017 we held our biennial Canadian PKD Symposium, which included participants from the PKD medical community and various renal healthcare centres, as well as PKD patients, their families and loved ones.
Check out the PKD Foundation of Canada's April e-News! Here you will find information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.
On Monday, April 9, the PKD Foundation of Canada attended the Can-SOLVE CKD SPOR Initiative reception where we were awarded the Pewter Upper Canada Medal by the Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation for our support of Dr. York Pei’s Hereditary Kidney Disease Clinic at Toronto General Hospital. We wish...
We’re excited to announce that on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval of JYNARQUE™ (pronounced jin-AR-kew and also known as tolvaptan) to be the first treatment in the United States for adult patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the most common...
Check out the PKD Foundation of Canada's March e-News! Here you will find information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.