Canadian Pediatric Rheumatology Families in the Spotlight! We want to thank every parent and youth who participated in our survey to find out more about Canadian families' preferences and experiences with Telemedicine practices during COVID-19. Your results have been published as a scientific research paper - here's our summary below and a link to [...]
If you follow Cassie + Friends to some degree of closeness, you are probably familiar with our much-used phrase “Juvenile Arthrtis and other rheumatic diseases.” Why say this long-fangled phrase when the majority of people that Cassie + Friends supports have Juvenile Arthrtis? When 10,000 of the 24,000 children in youth with rheumatic disease are [...]
Over the last six years, the Prime Family Bottle Drive has raised an astounding $80,000+ in support of Cassie + Friends research and support programs. Now they are ready to pass the bottle one last time through a legacy partnership with BC Return It and Regional Recycling Depots across the province! If you live in [...]
July 2022 Update: Medication Alert Dear Community, Please find below an important message from our Medical Advisory Committee on behalf of Canadian Pediatric Rheumatologists. ***MEDICAL ADVISORY UPDATE*** July 2022 Re: Actemra (tocilizumab) Shortage There is a shortage of the subcutaneous form of Actemra (tocilizumab) in Canada. This is likely to last several weeks at [...]
In honour of Autoinflammatory month this August, we are introducing the members of Cassie + Friends’ new Canadian Systemic Autoinflammatory Patient Advisory Group (Can-SAID). We are beginning with autoinflammatory patient and parent and Can-SAID board chair, Ian Stedman. Ian Stedman is an autoinflammatory patient and parent. Always sick as a child, Ian had a [...]
An exciting raffle is coming soon! Help Cassie + Friends transform kids' lives through cutting-edge research, education and unprecedented connections for the childhood rheumatic disease community across BC. You might just win 3 nights at the luxurious Fairmount Chateau Whistler. Please email ciara@cassieandfriends.ca if you have any questions. [...]
We have been asking youth with rheumatic disease to share their story! Sharing stories helps build community and connections. We hope that Jenna’s amazing story inspires you to share your own story. My name is Jenna Kedy. I am 18 years old and live in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As a child, I was often [...]
My name is Matthew Sholdice. I am 19 years old, and I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was 3 years old. I’ll start with a little bit about myself. I was born and raised in London, Ontario. I enjoy reading, working out, and watching TV and anime. Stranger Things season 4 was [...]
We are very excited to let you know about Saskatchewan's very first juvenile arthritis event in support of Cassie + Friends is happening Saturday, June 18th, in Forget, SK, The Juvenile Arthritis Party! Hosted by Juvenile Arthritis Parent and event planning extraordinaire, Renee P., we are thrilled to be raising awareness for kids and [...]
Hi Everyone! My name is Ciara, and I am working as an Administrative Assistant at Cassie + Friends this summer I am 19 years old and have just finished my first year at the University of Toronto studying English Literature. One of my favourite forms of Literature is Epic poetry (ex: The Odyssey). I am [...]
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