December 2017

Please Help: Our Canakinumab campaign has reached the Ministry of Health

By |December 11th, 2017|Advocacy, News|

Cassie and Friends Society, in partnership with Arthritis Consumer Experts, is leading a call for the BC Government to drastically improve the outlook of children with SJIA by allowing reimbursement coverage for canakinumab for the small number of children who need it. Our campaign for equitable access has now reached the media, Premier John Horgan and Minister [...]

September 2017

Connect + Soar: Family Day 2017 Conference Program

By |September 10th, 2017|Family Day, News|

Our annual Family Day conference for Juvenile Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases is just around the corner - and we can't wait! On Saturday, September 16th, we'll welcome over 80 families and 350 attendees to enjoy a day of connection, learning and fun! Interested to know what's in store? Check out our Conference Program below! [...]

August 2017

RESEARCH: What matters to you most when thinking about stopping medicines?

By |August 25th, 2017|News, Research|

One of the hardest and most nerve-wracking decisions for children and teens with juvenile arthritis (also called juvenile idiopathic arthritis) and their parents is deciding when to stop medicines. The doctors from Pediatric Rheumatology at the BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, BC, Canada are working with other researchers based at Rutgers University (NJ) and from [...]

June 2017

All You Need to Know About Race Day – Sunday, June 25, 2017

By |June 13th, 2017|News, Scotiabank Charity Challenge|

SPECIAL REQUEST: We're asking all of our 5km runners to meet at the Cassie & Friends booth in Charity Village (see below for location) between 9:00-9:15am so that we can all head to the starting line together for a 9:30am start time. Let's show everyone that JA matters by standing together in our C&F team shirts. [...]

May 2017

Andrea’s Tips on Managing Medications, School and Opening Up…

By |May 23rd, 2017|Injection, News|

Teens Taking Charge: Andrea’s JIA After being diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis at the age of two, Andrea’s childhood and teen years were much different than those of her peers. Her experiences with doctors’ visits and medications from such a young age forced her to mature faster and understand things her friends could not. In [...]

April 2013

Welcome to the bubble

By |April 12th, 2013|News|

A recent Huffington Post article caught my eye. It was about parenthood and the strange lines that form around the stages-and-ages that our new lives, as moms and dads, seem to be defined by. There is teething, potty training and sleep issues, and then later, there are things like school, friendships, sport teams and dating. [...]

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