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.
This extra monthly PCSO meeting will start at 6:00 pm on 3 December 2025, in the Great Room of the Maplesoft-Jones Centre, 1500 Alta Vista Drive [MAP]. It’s an in-person only event, with coffee and light refreshments available.
To help us with planning, please let us know by email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you’ll be attending, and be sure to include how many persons will be in your party.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
| Dates | Format | Details |
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| 2025 | ||
| 18 December | Annual PCSO Christmas Gathering | Watch our website for details |
| 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
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.
Monthly Social Drop-Ins
Please come on out and join us in person for relaxed social drop-ins at the Maplesoft-Jones Centre. All are welcome – members, newcomers, and partners/caregivers.
These new monthly PCSO meetings will start at 6:00 pm in the Great Room of the Maplesoft-Jones Centre, 1500 Alta Vista Drive [MAP], every first Thursday of the month except July and August. These are in-person only events, with coffee and light refreshments available. Check our Meetings page for details.
We hope to see you there!
Regular PCS Ottawa Meetings
Unless otherwise noted, we hold Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa’s regular monthly meetings at the Maplesoft-Jones Cancer Survivorship Centre [Map] on the third Thursday of each month. We don’t hold meetings in the months of July and August, except for our ever-popular annual BBQ on the third Thursday of August.
We offer most of our meetings in hybrid format, allowing you to attend either in person or virtually. Watch our Meetings and Events website page or your e-mail inbox for meeting locations and specific registration instructions.
We normally start our meetings with a social gathering at 5:30 pm, followed at 6:00 pm with brief business announcements, followed by either a guest speaker or a sharing session.
We thank you for your continued support!
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