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
| Dates | Event | Location / Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||
| 29 October | ||
| 04 November | ||
| 29 November | 3rd Annual Curl for Hope Bonspiel | Carleton Place Curling Club – Details at link |
Past Events Archive
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.
Prostate Cancer Awareness Evening
Joint Prostate Cancer Awareness Evening
PCS Ottawa & Somerset West Community Health Centre
280 Rochester Street.
Who: Black Community Seniors
Date: 13 June, 2025
Time: 4- 6 pm
Come Out To Hear What You Should Know About Prostate Cancer And How It Can Affect Men And Their Partners & Family
Presenters - Louis Laleye & Al Carl
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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