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C. Dawn Pickering
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Public servant (HR policy, Comms, Planning), wife, mom, cancer/stem cell transplant, blindness awareness advocate/volunteer. Views are mine.
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Pruod to be a Co-Lead with Laura!
access-acces.bsky.social ACCESS-ACCES @access-acces.bsky.social · Apr 16
Meet Laura Wheaton, Co-Lead, Education & Training research theme. She is a physician in Pediatric Haematology-Oncology. As a physician, she focuses on consulting and care of inpatients with haematologic and oncologic diagnoses.

More: ow.ly/oMMU50Vz8zk

#MeetTheACCESSNetwork
#PediatricCancer
April 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Ottawa hospitals exceed provincial average for ER wait times, length of stay www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Ottawa hospitals exceed provincial average for ER wait times, length of stay
All five Ottawa hospital emergency rooms exceeded the provincial average for a first assessment by a doctor in December, with the children’s hospital having one of the longest wait times in Ontario.
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February 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Venugopal and Drummond: Doug Ford has failed to fix Ontario's ER hospital crisis
In 2018, Ford promised to end hallway health care. Not only has it worsened; it is now institutionalized.

Dr. Raghu Venugopal and Dr. Alan Drummond
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Venugopal and Drummond: Doug Ford has failed to fix Ontario's ER hospital crisis
In 2018, Doug Ford promised to end hallway health care. Not only has the problem worsened; it is now institutionalized.
ottawacitizen.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Ok that made me laugh
jdcmedlock.bsky.social James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Feb 18
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.
February 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Complete this survey to participate in discussions to improve pediatric cancer drug access in Canada. Deadline: February 28. surveys.sickkids.ca/surveys/?s=8...
Expression of Interest Form - Drug Access
We are assembling a group of people interested in participating in further discussions on potential next steps in pediatric cancer drug access.
surveys.sickkids.ca
February 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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🗺️ A #ChildhoodCancer 🇨🇦 story about #palliativecare

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#HPM #OncSky #AcademicSky
Ollie’s Story | About Life
YouTube video by Canadian Cancer Society
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February 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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If this happens, not only do you take out two of the current available vaccines for Covid-19, you also nix a bunch of promising cancer treatments...
February 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Delighted to announce this new free-to-attend collaborative event focusing on approaches to patient engagement co-hosted by @piper-uhn.bsky.social and Women's College Hospital. More details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/victor... No registration link or website yet, please just save the date + share!
Please see LinkedIn post for extensive text description of event. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/victoriaforster_patientengagement-patientsincluded-activity-7293321705781870592-rVWa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
February 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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No doctor at Beaverlodge emergency department starting Wednesday morning
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No doctor at Beaverlodge emergency department starting Wednesday morning
Alberta Health Services says the emergency department at the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital will be without a ...
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February 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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"MAGA Granny" who turned down Jan 6th Trump pardon: "I watched you pepper spray them"
YouTube video by Katie Couric
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January 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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We're getting the old gang back together! 🍕
November 26, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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Listen up 👂
It's hard to over-hype this paper from Michelle Monje and Crystal Mackall on cellular therapy for #DIPG, a fatal childhood brain cancer.

It's not a perfect therapy; doesn't always work. By goodness, what progress we are making!

#CanSky
#MEDsky
#PedCanSky

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Intravenous and intracranial GD2-CAR T cells for H3K27M+ diffuse midline gliomas - Nature
We evaluated the use of chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells targeting GD2 (GD2-CART) for H3K27M+ diffuse midline glioma (DMG), finding that intravenous administration of GD2-CART, followed by i...
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November 14, 2024 at 2:04 AM
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#Marlies goaltender Dennis Hildeby will wear a special mask this weekend for Hockey Fights Cancer in support of Campfire Circle, a charity camp for children & families affected by childhood cancer.

The mask will be auctioned later this month, where all proceeds will go to the camp!
November 16, 2024 at 6:20 PM