Genetics and environmental/behavioural factors top the agenda at ACTRIMS Forum 2017
Bringing scientists and clinicians together under one roof to share knowledge and forge collaborations is a key stage in moving MS research forward. This…
Family matters: Tales from a pediatric MS clinic
People in Canada are most commonly diagnosed with MS between the ages of 15-40, but did you know that it can affect children…
It’s time to tell the world: Kiss Goodbye to MS
Kiss Goodbye to MS is the first and only global fundraising and awareness campaign for multiple sclerosis. We talk a lot of talk…
Happy Holidays! Here are my top research moments of 2016!
As the holidays quickly approach us I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the incredible year that the MS community has…
Looking back on the 2016 endMS Conference
Now that the dust has settled from last week’s endMS Conference and the country’s top MS researchers have returned home to continue their…
Canada’s largest MS research conference hosted by the MS Society of Canada begins today!
Today marks the first day of the 2016 endMS Conference in Toronto, ON. When I think back to the first conference hosted in…
‘Tis the season for joining an international day of giving
Today is Giving Tuesday. A movement which began four years ago in the United States in response to the post-American-Thanksgiving consumerist rush of Black Friday…
What is MS?
Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the world, with an estimated 77,000 Canadians living with the disease. While it is most often diagnosed in young adults aged 20 to 49, younger children and older adults are also diagnosed with the disease.