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On October 17, we observe World Organ Donation Day. Created in the mid-2000s and supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), this day is meant to honor donors and raise public awareness about the importance of organ donation, whether made during one’s lifetime or after death.

The Kidney Foundation of Canada is a proud strategic partner in the Living Donor Circle of Excellence program, an internationally recognized initiative, in collaboration with the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and the Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST).

Recently, the BC and Yukon Branch hosted a recognition evening for the 2025 inductees into the Living Donor Circle of Excellence (CoE).

The Kidney Foundation launched their annual Kidney 50/50 raffle in Ontario just in time for the holiday season.

This year (2025) marks a huge milestone for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.

For the third year in a row, the kidney community rallied together in a big way across the province raising over $1,182,000, crushing this year’s goal of $900,000.

Shining a spotlight on the extraordinary volunteers who fuel its mission, The Kidney Foundation of Canada recently took the opportunity to laud these effects during its Annual Virtual Recognition Awards.

KRESCENT is Canada’s elite kidney health research training program – supporting the next generation of kidney health researchers for the past 20 years.

You are passionate about people, you are looking for a way to help, this one is for you!

The Kidney Foundation of Canada Southern Alberta Branch is proud to share that their Kidney March videography team at PT3 Entertainment has won a Communicator Award of Distinction for their work titled “A Taste of Kidney March”.

The Kidney Foundation of Canada stands firm for every Canadian living with or at risk of kidney disease – no matter who they are, where they live, or where they are on their kidney journey.

When Ronald Frank Chapman—known affectionately to his family and community as “Papa”—began showing signs of illness in late 2018, he had no idea he was living with kidney disease.