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#VirtuallyAnything
Are you ready to take action for kids living with Juvenile Arthritis (JA) and other rheumatic diseases? Make an immediate impact on childhood rheumatic diseases by doing #VirtuallyAnything to help raise awareness, fund research, and support families. The problem: Awareness of rheumatic conditions in youth is extremely low—only about 20% of Canadians are…
Where Are They Now? Jake Shiell
In this edition of “Where Are They Now”, we caught up with Jake Shiell and his mom Krista. You may remember Jake from his popular lemonade stand fundraiser and as the winner of our 2022 Youth Leader Award for the under-12 group. Jake was diagnosed with Systemic Idiopathic Juvenile Arthritis (sJIA) on his 8th birthday in…
Fuelled by Purpose: Juvenile Arthritis Mom and Local Entrepreneur Accelerates Race to a Cure
Alana Hurov’s daughter, Katherine, was diagnosed with Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) at just two years old. Katherine’s journey, like that of many children battling rheumatic diseases, has been challenging yet marked by her remarkable resilience at such a young age. “My daughter’s journey with JIA has not been easy,”…