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We are proud to share with you our 2024 Highlights Report featuring the incredible difference our community of donors, partners, and volunteers has made. Last year, donors fueled leading-edge research, critical programs and services, and resource development to support the quality of life of those...

On Thursday, November 5, 2026, Chef’s Choice enters a bold new chapter at Tapestry Hall, one of Waterloo Region’s most striking and architecturally celebrated venues. Set beneath soaring ceilings and dramatic chandeliers, the region’s most acclaimed chefs from leading local restaurants will come...

2024 $12,000 KIdney aNd blooD prESsure ouTcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors (KINDEST CCS) Supervisor(s): Michael Zappitelli Lay Summary Background: Due to better cancer research and treatments, more children with cancer are surviving, and for longer. However, childhood cancer survivors (CCS) are...

2023 - 2026 $195,000 Transplantation Better Decisions for Better Outcomes from Deceased Donor Kidneys Lay Abstract Kidney transplant is the treatment of choice for patients with kidney failure. Kidneys may come from living or deceased donors. After a potential suitable deceased donor kidney is...

2023 - 2025 $120,000 Chronic Kidney Disease, Kidney Biology Molecular Mechanisms of Childhood Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome Lay Abstract Mechanisms of Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is the most common glomerular disorder in children. It occurs when there is sudden damage...

2025 - 2027 $120,000 Acute Kidney Injury, Chronic Kidney Disease, Kidney Biology A role for GPR84 in inflammation-associated kidney injury Co-Applicant(s):  Baptiste Lacoste, Dylan Burger, William Stanford Lay Abstract Testing a new target to reduce inflammation and damage in kidney disease...

Canadian Institutes of Health Research () Partnerships  Strategic partnerships are a key element of The Kidney Foundation of Canada’s research program.  Very often, these partnership opportunities are with The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (). Comprised of 13 targeted research institutes, ...

It’s almost hard to believe I can finally say these words. But I now have a brand-new kidney! Diabetes runs in my family, but I didn’t realize that I was diabetic until 2014. Two years later, I was also diagnosed with kidney disease. Before then, I didn’t realize that diabetes and kidney disease...

After successful transplants, I was finally free from diabetes. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) when I was nine years old. Looking back, I remember always being thirsty, having little appetite and waking up often in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. While I was fortunate to...