January 2025

Raising Awareness, Sharing Hope: One Family’s Journey with SJIA

By |January 8th, 2025|Advocacy, Blog, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, sJIA, Stories, Volunteer|

Raising Awareness, Sharing Hope: One Family’s Journey with SJIA We’re so excited to introduce Tamara Schnarr, one of our new parent ambassadors for the Kitchener-Waterloo region! Tamara, a Realtor with a background in marketing, graphic design, and event management, is passionate about giving back to her [...]

Paige’s Journey with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

By |January 6th, 2025|Advocacy, B.C., Blog, JIA, Stories, Vancouver|

Paige’s Journey with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis To have a chronic illness is to be fighting every day for the next. My name is Paige Simpson. I am 17 years old, I was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, otherwise known as JIA. I have been treated for JIA for 15 years but have [...]

December 2024

A Year of Advocacy and Impact: Our 2024 Highlights

By |December 30th, 2024|Advocacy, Blog, Canada, News, Research|

A Year of Advocacy and Impact: Our 2024 Highlights If it seems like we were everywhere this year - we were! We never turn down an opportunity to raise awareness about childhood rheumatic diseases or advocate for more resources for our community. That’s what makes Cassie + Friends the leading voice for [...]

October 2024

Giving Tuesday

By |October 17th, 2024|Advocacy, Blog, Fundraising|

Be a Champion this Giving Tuesday Giving Tuesday is a day when people around the world come together to make a positive impact. This year, we need your help to bring awareness to a drastically under-represented and under-funded cause: Juvenile Arthritis (JA) and childhood rheumatic diseases. The truth is, most Canadians don’t [...]

September 2024

True North Resilience: Kira Young’s Story

By |September 15th, 2024|Advocacy, Blog, MAS, Northwest Territories, Rare Disease, sJIA, Stories|

At Cassie + Friends, we believe that every child and family should have access to timely and optimal rheumatic disease care. That’s why we launched the C+F Northern BC Project, to better understand the barriers to diagnosis, care, and patient support for families living in remote/rural communities and explore how we can work [...]

June 2024

May 2024

April 2024

Youth Mental Health Strategy Funding Announcement

By |April 10th, 2024|Advocacy, Blog, Current Research, Future Research, Home Page, Mental Health, Mental Health (Caregivers), Mental Health (For Youth), News, Research|

Youth Mental Health Strategy Funding Announcement       NEWS RELEASE Two Canadian teams awarded new funding to study mental illness in youth with rheumatic diseases. Brain Canada and Cassie + Friends unveil the recipients of the Addressing Mental Health in Paediatric Rheumatic Diseases Team Grants program. Source: Brain Canada MONTREAL, April [...]

March 2024

March is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month!

By |March 15th, 2024|Advocacy, CREW, Current Events|

Did you know that March is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month in Canada? Here at Cassie + Friends, we have been raising awareness and providing support to the JA community since 2007! We are the only charity in Canada exclusively dedicated to the pediatric rheumatic disease community and our dedication shows! From our Team Cassie [...]

October 2023

Seeing Possibilities after Diagnosis: a Uveitis Story

By |October 24th, 2023|About JIA, Advice, Advocacy, Blog, CREW, Rare Disease, Saskatchewan, Stories, Uveitis|

Throughout my life I have been granted many titles; mom, wife, daughter, registered nurse, and writer are just a few. These are the titles that are associated with my name. I could be described as outgoing, humorous, modest, and perhaps kind too. These would be some characteristics that people from a distance would use [...]

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