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Announcing our new partner: Know Your Lemons

The Know Your Lemons Foundation and Dense Breasts Canada know that early detection of breast cancer is critical and are joining forces to help women be proactive to improve their...
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Women Deserve Better Access To Breast Screening

Canadian women in their 40s are disadvantaged by provincial breast screening policies and misinformation provided to healthcare providers. This negatively impacts women?s ability to make informed decisions about breast cancer...
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Tina Martel has gone through breast cancer twice. Here’s what she wishes she were told and what all women need to know.

Tina Martel is an instructor of Fine Arts and a professional artist. She is also the author of the multi award winning illustrated book Not in the Pink which centers...
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A new blood test for breast cancer detection

We were curious about the new blood test available to women in Alberta and Ontario and coming across Canada and so we did some research. This research is not exhaustive...
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Sharing our top 5 highlights in advocacy and awareness raising

When it comes to breast cancer screening in Canada, the status quo is failing Canadian women. Screening policies in many provinces hinder early detection of breast cancer. Where you live...
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Media release

New report: Canada's breast cancer screening practices are failing women Dense Breasts Canada calls for improvements to breast screening practices and launches new tool to help women get appropriate screening...
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Announcing mybreastscreening.ca

Hi everyone, It?s Jennie Dale, Cofounder of Dense Breasts Canada. We?re excited to announce the launch our second platform, MyBreastScreening.ca. Why a second site? Over the past five years, my...
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#ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021

  This year?s theme for #IWD2021 is #ChooseToChallenge. We want to hug whoever chose it. Every day, we #ChooseToChallenge the inequities impacting the health of Canadian women. We know that...
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It’s still the 60’s when it comes to saving women’s lives in Canada

When I first saw this picture of Violet, many things went through my mind. First it was Violet, you?re gorgeous. Then it was, oh that phone! I remember that phone...
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