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After 15 years at our office on Dovercourt Drive, we have a new place to call home. The new location has several benefits, most notably reduced square footage which will allow us to lower our office costs. We will announce our new, limited office hours schedule as it is confirmed, but for now, you...

Our 10th annual Kidney Walk was a roaring success, exceeding our fundraising goal and reaching $126,803.75! This year we hosted three walks in Manitoba. On September 17th we met in Brandon, where 60+ community members joined us for a walk around the neighbourhood and raised just shy of $19,000....

2024 - 2026 $120,000 Patient Care, Quality of Life Enhancing person-centered care for people with chronic kidney disease Co-Applicant(s):  Amity Quinn, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Kim Manalili, Meghan J. Elliott Lay Abstract Background: Many people living with chronic kidney disease and other illnesses do...

I wish I’d had someone my age who could tell me: you’re going to get through this. At fourteen-years-old, Maral first learned of kidney disease. Three years later she received a transplant from her mother. Even with the transplant, living as a teenager with kidney disease left Maral feeling alone....

A simple quiz can help identify your risk factors for kidney disease . Now is the perfect time for Canadians to learn about kidney disease and their personal risk factors by taking The Kidney Foundation of Canada’s risk awareness quiz. World Kidney Day’s annual campaign builds global awareness and...

2023 - 2025 $119,964 Patient Care, Transplantation, Underserved Communities Identifying and addressing the educational needs of patients from historically marginalized groups on less than ideal kidneys Lay Abstract Kidney transplantation is the best treatment for patients with end stage kidney...

2022 - 2024 $100,000 Predictive Biomarkers, Transplantation, Renal Failure Apoptotic exosomes as drivers of renal inflammation and dysfunction Lay Abstract The kidneys are vital organs in that they clean the blood and dispose of waste produced by all the cells of the body. About 20% of the blood...

2026 - 2027 $120,000 Acute Kidney Injury, Transplantation, Predictive Biomarkers Caspase-3 invalidation for protection of renal blood vessels and prevention of renal failure after transplantation Co-applicant(s):  Alice Doreille, Francis Migneault, Héloïse Cardinal Lay Abstract Background: When a...