Without Losing Your Cool with Shantelle Bisson
Without Losing Your Cool Unfiltered is a lifestyle show where you'll feel seen and heard. It is that gentle reminder that you are not alone on this beautiful complex, wonderful journey called life.
And I, Shantelle Bisson am your host for this adventure: I'm a 55 year old serial entrepreneur, a three time author, mother to three adult daughters and married for more than three decades. Good things come in threes.
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Without Losing Your Cool with Shantelle Bisson
017. Advocating for Equitable Cancer Treatment & Research Canada-wide ft. Helena Kirk
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This episode's guest is the incredible Helena Kirk. She is a 16 year-old force of nature. This is a young woman who, at just three years old, endured 841 days of chemotherapy, and 650 medical procedures to beat leukaemia. It was during her cancer journey that she learned about the inequitable access to childhood cancer treatment that kids here in Canada have, and how because of this, a tragic number of kids are losing their battles to cancer.
When she went into remission, and her health was in good order she decided in 2018 that her work was not done and she founded Helena's Hope - an advocacy group with a mission to create a National Childhood Cancer Strategy, systemic changes and research funding. She managed to rally over 150 families dealing with childhood cancer across the country, and received signatures from over 30 cancer organizations and 30 pediatric oncologists for a budget proposal. As a result, the Liberal government recently committed $30 million in funding for childhood cancer research. Helena was the 2017 Children's Miracle Network Champion and the 2019 Ontario Junior Citizen Award recipient and was recognized twice in the House of Commons in Ontario.
And the work is being started all because of an 11-year-old girl who now is just a regular 16-year-old girl and in grade 11. In her spare time, she does what any other 16-year-old kid would do. She likes playing video games, she does martial arts and of course, loves anything to do with fantasy and sci-fi. I cannot wait to get into her story and her work and share it all with you today
A message from Helena:
"I want Canadian kids to have the best chance at survival. We are focused on getting the first ever National Childhood Cancer strategy and in systems changes to ensure fast, fair and safe access to trials and treatments no matter where a child with cancer lives in Canada or how much money their family has. I want more kids to survive cancer like I did."
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