Stacey Marjerrison, MD

🧡 Join the Access Indigenous Research Circle Workshop at #CCRC2025!
📅 Sun, Nov 2 | 🕐 12:15 PM MT
A space for Indigenous-led dialogue on research, healing, and community. ccra-acrc.ca/conference/p...
#IndigenousHealth #C17Council #PediatricCancer

Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee researcher, dead at 91 | CBC News Jane Goodall, the world-famous primatologist, activist and environmentalist whose discoveries about chimpanzees forever changed what it means to be human, has died at 91.

Grateful to have been able to look up to this amazing woman who demonstrated you could follow your passion, teach the world and advocate for change while leading with empathy, grace and kindness

U.S. policy changes mean Canadian children with cancer are losing access to clinical trials | CBC News Canadian researchers say they've had to stop offering kids with cancer places in some clinical trials because of funding and policy changes in the United States.

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

We need sustained federal funding for #childhoodcancer in Canada
@access-acces.bsky.social @c17council.bsky.social

YouTube video by POGO (Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario) Childhood Cancer: A Guide for First Nations Communities

When families face #childhoodcancer it can be so difficult to take in everything you’re hearing. For #FirstNations families, it can be much worse. That’s why the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario helped create this video youtu.be/_Sekbve94lk

Be That Guy — Lessons In Resistance "Remember sitting in history, thinking: If I was alive then, I would've… You're alive now.

Please take the time to read my latest on the lessons we can learn from those who resisted the Nazis. What was the spark that separated those who resisted from those who went along with tyranny?
We need to learn how to build resistance in this dark age.

charlieangus.substack.com/p/be-that-gu...

Be kind to each other and keep strong in these unprecedented times.

NDP MPs Idlout and Gazan call for an emergency debate on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s order on Jordan’s Principle MP for Winnipeg Centre

Canada has human rights obligations under Jordan’s Principle and recent delays and clawbacks are keeping First Nations and Inuit children in poverty and less healthy than non-Indigenous children. This is a national emergency must be treated with the urgency it deserves.

www.leahgazan.ca/jp_letter

Time to make more pharmacare deals after election stalled momentum Before the campaign, Ottawa secured agreements with only four jurisdictions: Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon, and Prince Edward Island.

Now that the election is done, it's time to regain momentum and keep the commitment to #pharmacare.

Op-ed by @danyaalraza.com and I in the @hilltimes.com. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Text reads 'The lives of 1.8 million children can be saved by eliminating wealth inequality in under-five mortality'. On white background, the image shows circular collage of children's handprints. Text on the bottom reads 'Let's be all for equity'.

Did you know that the lives of 1.8 million children within low- and middle-income countries could be saved if they had the same access to resources as the richest 20% of the population in their countries?

Learn more: bit.ly/43f3YLY

In the world of pediatric oncology, hope often hinges on access.

The STEP-1 program, a national initiative supported by ACCESS, aims to dismantle these barriers by ensuring that no child is denied a potentially life-saving clinical trial due to distance or cost.

Read story here: ow.ly/laFs50VIOQo

Dr Kaitlyn Howden our PedsHemeOnc fellow @macupediatrics.bsky.social presented her important work using #PROMs for oral vs IV chemo in #childhoodcancer #neuroonc low grade glioma

today is the National Day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. I created this mini guide as a resource to increase awareness, share education, and provide links to resources to get involved.
#MMIW #MMIR #NoMoreStolenRelatives

Alberta First Nations issue cease and desist order against Danielle Smith's attempt to create a national unity crisis. Alberta is on treaty lands.
Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province.

Hot off the press 🗞️

The latest issue of the ACCESS Newsletter is here, packed with top stories you wouldn't want to miss!

Read full ACCESS Newsletter here: ow.ly/kqlP50VJ0bS
#PediatricCancer #CancerCare

Me too
@matthewgreen.bsky.social

A new study showing decreased survival rates among pediatric cancer patients in conflict-regions highlights a need for novel multidisciplinary interventions to confront the challenges associated with political instability and violent conflict.

Read more: ow.ly/qNpp50VrZmf

a collage of images from McMaster Child Health Research Day 2025. Top left: a woman speaking into a microphone. Top Right: a birds-eye-view of more than 150 research poster boards. Bottom left: two people in discussion in front of a poster board. Bottom right: a large audience seated listening to a presentation.

McMaster Child Health Research Day welcomed 400+ participants, 160+ studies, 8 departments, & a breadth of research from basic science to AI, impacts of Covid, climate change & everything in between. Our research community is prolific & impactful, and it was a pleasure to celebrate & learn together.

And amazing mid-career scientists sharing their work & the benefits of their mentors to their paths

So thrilled to have @drcchambers.bsky.social join us for the keynote @macupediatrics.bsky.social #MCHRD today - sharing insights on how to turn our work into change that can impact care

All provinces and territories join Ottawa’s national school food program Advocates say the program is a crucial step in supporting students and help families struggling with rising food costs

Canada now has a national school food program now that all provinces and territories have inked funding deals with Ottawa, by @davemcginn.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com  
@chsfcanada.bsky.social

Important message from ACCESS - the Canadian Pediatric Cancer Consortium

Devestating

The world feels like a rapidly unravelling dystopia. Everyone is being threatened at once so we all retreat to protect our self interest, and ignore the way others are being threatened. We need to still stand up for each other, together.

The world feels like a rapidly unravelling dystopia. Everyone is being threatened at once so we all retreat to protect our self interest, and ignore the way others are being threatened. We need to still stand up for each other, together.

Next Tuesday @oniblackstock.bsky.social will be joining @macupediatrics.bsky.social to discuss ‘Resisting Backlash to Progress: Planting Seeds for a Just Future’ - if you’re feeling lost in the world of advocacy in the current climate, consider joining

healthsci.mcmaster.ca/events/facul...

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Next Tuesday @oniblackstock.bsky.social will be joining @macupediatrics.bsky.social to discuss ‘Resisting Backlash to Progress: Planting Seeds for a Just Future’ - if you’re feeling lost in the world of advocacy in the current climate, consider joining

healthsci.mcmaster.ca/events/facul...

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM