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The KidneyInfo portal is your essential guide to navigating life with kidney disease. Launched in January 2024, this comprehensive platform is designed to provide customized support and vital information tailored to your specific kidney journey. With five distinct paths to explore, covering chronic...

Send a Kid to Camp! Thanks to your generous donations, The Kidney Foundation proudly funds a summer camp for children and youth affected by kidney disease or living with a transplant. Each year, kids from across Alberta, including Okotoks, Langdon, Calgary, and beyond, enjoy a one-week overnight...

The BC & Yukon Branch, along with COTS (Childrens Organ Transplant Society) offers kids aged 10-18 the chance to experience a 5-day summer adventure with their peers. These youth are affected by kidney disease, or have received a kidney, lung, liver or heart transplant. Held at Camp Latona in July, ...

Mike Kostashuk hails from Calgary but has spent most of his adult life working internationally. This year, work has taken him to the heart of Cairo, Egypt. This Kidney March he will be trading in the peaks of the Rocky Mountains, for those of the Pyramids. He’ll be marching in and around some of the...

Northern Alberta is a patient-driven, peer support program that connects patients with kidney transplant recipients, living kidney donors, dialysis patients, and caregivers. Team members are passionate and trained to support others living with chronic kidney disease and those experiencing organ...

is an entertaining and educational news show about everything kidney. We want to keep you informed, inspired and in the know. The program is produced by our British Columbia and Yukon Branch, but is available to view everywhere. We cover topics such as: Your kidney health: preventative information...

To support post-kidney transplant kidney patients who live outside the lower mainland but must stay in Vancouver for 2 months during their post-transplant recovery (or for children undergoing hemodialysis) the BC & Yukon Branch offers 7 located in Vancouver. These are free for those who meet our...

It can result in a quality of life similar to what you were experiencing before your kidneys began to fail. If you’re healthy enough to be eligible for a transplant, your new kidney can last for many years. Before you can be considered for a kidney transplant, you’ll need to undergo a very rigorous...