Annual PCSO Christmas Gathering
It’s time once again on Thursday, 18 December 2025 for our ever-popular Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa Christmas Gathering
After another productive year thanks to the wonderful support of both our members and our Board of Directors, the Christmas season will soon be upon us, so let’s celebrate!
The annual PCSO Christmas Gathering will be held on Thursday, Dec 18th, beginning at 6:00PM at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church [MAP]. Appetizers will be available followed by the buffet dinner at 7:00 PM. As usual, spouses, partners, a friend, etc., are all are welcome.
Our amazing caterer, Lolacher’s, again this year will be serving up a traditional holiday feast with turkey, meat pie, meatballs, and some other favourites.
RegistrationRegistration this year will be through our CanadaHelps donor portal, to improve registration accuracy and reduce volunteer workload. The deadline for registering this year is Friday, Dec 12th.
This involves just a few simple steps, and you don’t need a CanadaHelps account, so start by clicking on the following link –
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/pccn-ottawa/events/2025-christmas-dinner/.
- On the “2025 Christmas Dinner” screen, select the number of no-cost PCSO Attendee tickets. Note: There also is an option here to donate to PCSO if you have not done so already in 2025.
- Click on the Register button to go to the “Order Summary” page, where you’ll enter your purchaser information – name and e-mail information are required, but for your street address, you can just enter single characters.
- Click Continue Without Logging-In.
- Click the Checkout button.
- On the “Order Summary” page, click Place Order.
CanadaHelps will send you a confirmation email with a ticket for each person registered, which you don’t need to bring to this event. You also will get 2 reminder notifications – one at 7 days before, and the other at 1 day before the event.
We look forward to you joining us to celebrate this past year and more good things ahead for 2025-2026.
Please note: The use of masks is not currently mandatory at St. Stephen’s; however, concerns remain regarding COVID, common flu infections and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus), so please feel free to wear a mask if you’ll feel more comfortable. We’ll have plenty of masks and hand sanitizer on hand, and we’ll have lots of tables and chairs set up in our large meeting space so everyone will be able to spread out.
| Dates | Format | Details |
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| 2025 |
| Dates | Format | Details |
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| 2026 | ||
| 15 January | Sharing Session | Maplesoft-Jones Centre |
| 05 February | Social Drop-in *In Person* | Maplesoft-Jones Centre |
| 18 February | Guest Speaker | Pelvic floor health/post-treatment recovery – Details TBA |
| 05 March | Social Drop-in *In-Person* | Maplesoft-Jones Centre |
| 19 March | Annual General Meeting & Sharing Session | Maplesoft-Jones Centre – Details TBA |
| 02 April | Social Drop-in *In-Person* | Maplesoft-Jones Centre |
| 16 April | Guest Speaker | Dr. Ian Paterson – Heart Disease and ADT – Details TBA |
| 07 May | Social Drop-in *In-Person* | Maplesoft-Jones Centre |
| 21 May | Sharing Session | Details TBA |
| 04 June | Social Drop-in *In-Person* | Maplesoft-Jones Centre |
| 18 June | Guest Speaker | Dr. Rod Breau - ADT Impact on Prostate Cancer Recurrence |
| 20 August | Annual PCSO Barbecue | Watch this PCSO website Meetings page for details |
Past Meetings
Please Join Us for a PCSO Social Get-together Wednesday, 3 December 2025
Please come on out on 03 December 2025 and join us in-person for a relaxed social drop-in at the Maplesoft-Jones Centre. All are welcome – members, newcomers, and partners/caregivers.
Please note that this gathering has been re-scheduled so that we can accommodate more attendees than we originally planned for in the Maplesoft-Jones Centre’s Studio meeting room.
Regular PCSO meeting Thursday, 20 November 2025 – Dr. Anna Wilkinson, Family Doctor, The Ottawa Hospital
Dr. Anna Wilkinson, a family physician at the Ottawa Hospital with a special interest in oncology, has received a $10,000 clinical grant from Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada to research how changes in PSA screening recommendations have impacted prostate cancer outcomes in Canada.
Regular PCSO meeting Thursday, 16 October 2025 – Dr. Michael Ong, Associate Professor, Medical Oncologist, The Ottawa Hospital
Our regular monthly PCSO meeting for October will be at the Ottawa Cancer Foundation’s Maplesoft-Jones Centre [MAP] on 16 October 2025, starting at 6:00 pm. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Michael Ong, medical oncologist and associate professor at the Ottawa Hospital.
We also will be welcoming Mr. Larry Trickey to this meeting. Larry successfully underwent immunotherapy for his prostate cancer under Dr. Ong’s care. Click on this link to read the remarkable story of Larry’s immunotherapy journey.
Regular PCSO meeting Thursday, 18 September 2025 – Dr. Mark Corkum, Associate Professor, Radiation Oncologist, The Ottawa Hospital
Our next regular monthly PCSO meeting will be at the Ottawa Cancer Foundation’s Maplesoft-Jones Centre [MAP] on 18 September 2025, starting at 5:30 pm. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Mark Corkum, Radiation Oncologist and associate professor at the Ottawa Hospital.
Curling News
3rd Annual PCSO Curl For Hope Bonspiel
For the third year, another very successful PCSO Curl for Hope Bonspiel was held on Saturday, 29 November 2025, this time at the Carleton Place Curling Club. The Bonspiel raised a projected $15,600 for PCSO’s support and awareness activities, including donations towards prostate cancer research. Our congratulations and sincere thanks to PCSO Board of Directors member Hayden Brown for organizing this amazing fundraising event. Read Hayden’s detailed report of the Bonspiel at the Read More link below.
We thank you for your continued support!
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