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  • Kevin's Story

    I went from feeling terrified and overwhelmed to thinking, “It’s going to be okay. I can do this. My involvement with The Kidney Foundation began even before the disease touched me personally. It didn’t matter that I didn’t have kidney disease myself (or so I thought!). What mattered was that people...

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  • Kevin Yau | University Health Network

    2025 - 2028 $210,000 Chronic Kidney Disease Evaluating Cardiovascular Therapies in Patients Living with Kidney Disease Institution: University Health Network Years: 2025 - 2028 Topic(s): Chronic Kidney Disease Lay Abstract Background People living with kidney disease are also at high risk for...

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  • Kevin Yau | University of Toronto

    2022 - 2025 $195,000 Dialysis GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Patients Receiving Maintenance Dialysis Institution: University of Toronto Years: 2022 - 2025 Topics: Dialysis Lay Abstract Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure in Canada, and the number of people living with end-stage kidney...

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  • KFOC Posting
  • KFOC Press Release Wake Up Call 2025-11-17
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  • Khaled Barakat | University of Alberta

    2025 - 2027 $120,000 Chronic Kidney Disease, Renal Failure, Cancer In Vitro Evaluation of DGKa Inhibition to Enhance Immune Responses in Renal Cell Carcinoma Institution: University of Alberta Years: 2025 - 2027 Topic(s): Chronic Kidney Disease, Renal Failure, Cancer Lay Abstract Kidney cancer can...

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  • Kidney 50/50 enables The Kidney Foundation to provide help and hope

    The Kidney Foundation launched their annual Kidney 50/50 raffle in Ontario just in time for the holiday season. “Since we started hosting 50/50 draws in 2020, we have raised over $204,000 to support Ontarians living with kidney disease,” says Anthony Tirone, Ontario Branch Executive Director. “This...

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  • Kidney 50/50 Ontario

    Next Raffle is starting at 9:00 am on November 02, 2026 to November 16, 2026 until 11:59 pm. Draw to take place on November 17, 2026 at 12:30 pm. All tickets purchased between November 02, 2026 at or after 9:00 am and November 10, 2026 at or before 11:59 pm will be entered into the early bird prize...

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  • Kidney 50/50 Supports Canadians Living with Kidney Disease

    Lottery enables The Kidney Foundation to provide help and hope  Ontario – The Kidney Foundation, Ontario Branch will soon be launching their only Kidney 50/50 raffle just in time for the holiday season.   “Since we started hosting 50/50 draws in 2020, we have raised over $182,000 to support...

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  • Kidney Camp

    Send a Kid to Camp! Each year, children who wouldn't normally have had the opportunity to enjoy a camp experience due to chronic illness are joined by Nephrologists and Renal Nurses at Camp Stephens in Kenora. Through , these very special Manitoba children have the opportunity to meet others...

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