Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa Events
Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa participates in several local Ottawa area and Eastern Ontario community events each year. These events primarily serve as opportunities to pursue our mandate to promote awareness of prostate cancer, including early diagnosis, treatment options and available resources. Information for each event will be posted to the calendar here as it becomes available. We hope you’ll come out to enjoy yourselves, meet some of our members and learn about prostate cancer.
Tentative PCS Ottawa Event Schedule 2025-2026
EVENTS
| Dates | Event | Location / Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ||
| 29 April | OACAO East Regional Meeting | PCSO Awareness Booth, 1750 Russell Rd, Ottawa |
| 07 May | Ride for Dad Kickoff | Hard Rock Casino 4837 Albion Rd S |
| 23-24 May | Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend | See link for Registration, Timing, Location Details |
| 06 June | Ride For Dad Survivors Vanguard | Hard Rock Casino 4837 Albion Rd S |
| 19-20 June | Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival | Dow’s Lake, Details TBA |
| 18 July (Tentative) | ELCRO Annual Golf Tournament | Golf Hautes Plaines, Gatineau, Details TBA |
| 06-09 August | Navan Fair | Navan ON, PCSO Awareness Booth, Details TBA |
| 12 September | Carleton Place Dragon Boat Festival | Carleton Place, Details TBA |
| 12 September | Winchester Hospital PSA Clinic | Winchester District Memorial Hospital, Details TBA |
| 17 September | Annual Ride for Dad Golf Tournament | Casselview Golf & Country Club, Details TBA |
| 14 November | 4th Annual PCSO Curl for Hope Bonspiel | Carleton Heights Curling Club, Details TBA |
PCSO AWARENESS PRESENTATIONS
| Dates | Event | Location / Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ||
| 14 January | Ambleside Men’s Shed | 1145 Ambleside Dr, Ottawa 10:00 am |
| 21 January | Glebe Centre Abbotsford House | 950 Bank St, Ottawa 1:00 pm |
| 18 February | Rainbow Club, Good Companions Centre | 670 Albert St, Ottawa 10:00 am |
| 12 March | Perley Health Centre | 1750 Russell Rd, Ottawa 2:00 pm |
| 21 April | Men’s Shed Ottawa Centre | 1480 Heron Rd, Ottawa 10:00 am |
| 23 April | North Grenville Men’s Shed | 2 Oxford St W, Kemptville 9:00 am |
| 07 May | Arnprior Senior Active Living Centre | 77B Madawaska St, Arnprior 1:00 pm |
| 20 May | National Assn of Federal Retirees, Ottawa Branch | Virtual-only 10:00 am |
| 24 June | Eganville & District Seniors Centre | 30 Bell Street, Eganville 11:30 am |
| 09 July | Centre de services Guigues de Montfort Renaissance (French) | 159 Murray Street, Ottawa 1:30 pm |
Past Events Archive
3rd Annual Curl for Hope Bonspiel
Are you a curler? The 3rd Annual Curl for Hope Bonspiel is looking for additional teams (and single players looking to join a team). This year’s event is taking place on Saturday, November 29th and promises a full day of curling activities, meals included and refreshments will be available at the bar. The winning team will receive a cash prize!
Annual PCSO Christmas Gathering 2025
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!
FREE PSA Testing! If you are a man over 40, save Saturday, Sept. 13th for a FREE PSA (Prostate-specific antigen) blood test.U of O Heart Institute Screening Clinic
ADT and Heart Disease
A recently published meta-analysis of nine cohort studies comprising of 190,000 patients with Prostate Cancer revealed that Prostate Cancer patients are at a higher risk for cardiovascular diseases. The analysis also revealed that there is a 30% increased risk for individuals taking Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) in the short term or long term.
This meta-analysis can be accessed at the following link - https://bmccardiovascdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12872-024-04421-w.
Dragon Boat Teams Update – Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival 20-22 June 2025
Michael Sulyha’s two cancer survivor dragon boat teams are now training hard for their races in the upcoming Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival 20-22 June 2025. Both teams are proudly sponsored by PCSO, with nearly half of the Great Big C men’s cancer survivors’ team being PCSO members, and the mixed team We Beat U also has PCSO member representation.
Check out team member Richard Pell’s update here, and be sure to come out to the festival at Mooney’s Bay [MAP] to cheer the teams on and enjoy all the festival has to offer.
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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