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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...

I need a kidney. Silenced by the cord that fed me life in the womb. Nurses, mom, dad, my sister, my grandmother, all peered over me in the bassinet as the doctor desperately attempted to free my airways of mucus to allow air in. To grant me my first breath. Silence, save for the suck and squish of...

Elizabeth Myles, National Executive Director at The Kidney Foundation of Canada, and Dr. John Chan, Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology and Nephrology at the Research Centre of the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and Professor of Medicine [Photo courtesy of...

Guiding Principles It is in the interest of all parties that complaints are dealt with promptly and resolved as quickly as possible. Review of complaints is fair, impartial and respectful to all parties. Complainants are advised of their options to escalate their complaint to a more senior staff...

The Kidney Foundation of Canada would like to send a warm congratulations to Dr. Braden Manns for his new appointments at the University of Calgary. Earlier this month, Dr. Manns was appointed as the senior associate dean of clinical research for the Cumming School of Medicine and associate...