Calling for flexibility: Study on income and employment supports for people with serious illness
I have been talking a lot about jobs and income as the focus of our advocacy work these past few years. One of our…
Cruisin’ to End MS
Today is the 7th Annual Cruisin’ to End MS day – come celebrate with A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. to support Canadians…
MS Bike landscapes: Lower Laurentians vs. Hinton
As August fades into September and the heat wave warnings are replaced by forecasts calling for “sweater weather”, MS Bike is still going…
Why I Muck: Erin Norris
I was diagnosed with MS in 2010, when I was pregnant with my third child. When Leah was born, I would watch her and…
MS is not the end—it’s the beginning.
Guest post by Lizelle Mendoza, MS Walk Ambassador I’m Lizelle Mendoza: nursing student, Winnipegger, mover and shaker, and someone who has been living…
Sam in Three: A play about MS
My name is Thomas Morgan Jones, I’m the artistic director for Theatre New Brunswick. My MS diagnosis came after a case of optic…
Doc’s Orders: Keeping your bike healthy
Dave Jones and Brad Randall, The Bike Doctor, Saskatoon We’ve enjoyed providing mechanical support to the cyclists in the MS Bike tours in…
What does wellness mean to you?
The MS Society recognizes the importance of, and need to, fund research that is focused on wellness, such as: the impact of physical…
Research Decoder: Outcome measures I – Clinical
Clinical trials are an indispensable part of the process that determines which disease-treating interventions (including drugs, procedures, technologies, or lifestyle modifications) can move…
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.