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The Kidney Foundation of Canada Southern Alberta Branch is proud to share that their Kidney March videography team at PT3 Entertainment has won a Communicator Award of Distinction for their work titled “A Taste of Kidney March”. Kidney March is an annual fundraising event hosted by the Southern...

Poll results are encouraging, but knowledge gaps continue to put Canadians at risk Improved awareness of kidney disease is encouraging, but results of a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of The Kidney Foundation of Canada highlight a critical gap in knowledge about the risks for developing kidney...

2025 - 2027 $179,799 Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes GOaL Directed-STrategic Approach with New Disease-modifying therapies to Reduce kidney and cardiovascular risk in patients with Diabetic kidney disease Institution: Sunnybrook Research Institute Co-Applicant(s):  Andrew Pinto, Ann Young,...

2022 - 2024 Chronic Kidney Disease Expanding the Use of SGLT-2 Inhibitors to Improve Cardiorenal Disease Institution: University Health Network Years: 2022 - 2024 Topic(s): Chronic Kidney Disease Lay Abstract Background Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors are a class of medication...

“With over 400 British Columbians* on the waitlist for a life-saving transplant, and almost 80% of them waiting for a kidney, removing any barriers to living donation, including financial barriers is imperative,” said Dr. John Gill, Transplant Nephrologist, Academic Head of Kidney Transplantation at...

The BC and Yukon Branch welcomed new members to the 2026–27 Board of Directors at the annual meeting earlier this month. We would like to commend the outgoing board members, whose expertise and service made meaningful contributions to the Branch’s successes over the past year. Board members...