It’s Time Again for the 2026 PCSO Barbecue!
It’s time again to relax and get together for our annual PCSO barbecue at St Stephen’s Anglican Church!
Please Note: New Registration Deadline - Friday, 14 August
Please come on out and join us in-person on Thursday, 3 September for a relaxed social drop-in at the Maplesoft-Jones Centre.
Please come on out and join us in-person on Thursday, 3 September for a relaxed social drop-in at the Maplesoft-Jones Centre. All are welcome – members, newcomers, and partners/caregivers.
2026 Winchester District Memorial Hospital Prostate Cancer Awareness Event
Mark your calendars for the morning of Saturday, 12 September, when the Winchester District Memorial Hospital once again will host a special prostate cancer awareness event [MAP]. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and this is an excellent opportunity to learn about this most commonly-diagnosed cancer in Canadian men, plus have your prostate specific antigen (PSA) tested if you are eligible. Please see the linked poster for full details, and we look forward to seeing you there.PCSO-Sponsored Dragon Boat Teams News from the 2026 Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival
Michael Sulyha updates us on the participation of our two PCSO-sponsored cancer survivor dragon boat teams Great Big C and We Beat U at the recent Ottawa Dragon Festival held 19-21 June 2026.
PCSO Launches PSA Testing Pilot Program
We know from well-publicised outcome data that early detection of prostate cancer can save lives. PCSO is now formally encouraging interested men, especially those in the highest risk groups for prostate cancer or who may have difficulty obtaining a medical practitioner’s requestion, to take advantage of a pilot program offered through LifeLabs® to screen for prostate cancer with a simple blood test for prostate specific antigen (PSA). PCSO will re-imburse the $71 LifeLabs® charge to any man who elects to undergo this procedure. Please check out the poster with full program details at the link below.
Prostate Cancer-Related News, Articles and Reports
We’ve curated here for our website visitors some interesting recent articles and reports covering prostate cancer-related topics. Our initial selection includes: an alternative ADT approach, improved prostate biopsy accuracy, simplified US PSA screening guidelines and vitamin D deficiency risks. We’ve also included a report prepared by two U Ottawa medical students that addresses prostate cancer screening in the Canadian context.
We encourage PCSO members and website visitors to submit any such items they consider interesting for publication in this website section to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
PCSO Disclaimer: All items in this section are offered strictly for information purposes. Please review the PCSO website disclaimer at this link.
2026 Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend Results - $4,071 Raised for PCFC!
Cool, rainy conditions prevailed for the annual Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, but Al Carl, Dean Avery and Tyler Britnell together raised $4,071 for Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada.
PCS Ottawa Now Offering Prostate Cancer Awareness Presentation/Events in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais
We are offering interested groups in the Ottawa, Eastern Ontario and Outaouais regions the opportunity to learn about what Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa does to help men and their families impacted by prostate cancer.
Amazing New Personal Story on PCSO Member Richard Pell
Click the Read More link below to take in a PC-PEP podcast covering the remarkable story of stage 4 prostate cancer survivor and PCSO member Richard Pell.
PCS Ottawa to Cease Production of The Walnut Newsletter
With regret, we must announce that we will cease production and posting of our PCSO newsletter The Walnut. It has not been possible to engage a full-time volunteer editor for this key element of communicating with our membership and visitors to our website. Many thanks to our devoted Walnut readers over the years.
We also extend our sincere gratitude to PCSO Board member Chuck Graham for producing the year-end editions of The Walnut for 2022 and 2023. It’s a complex, time-consuming task which Chuck assumed on top of his own busy schedule, to produce excellent collections of articles and stories of PCSO activities.
Back editions of the Walnut may be viewed by clicking on the Read More button below.
Video of Dr. Ong’s Presentation 16 October 2025 - Breakthroughs in Advanced Prostate Cancer
In response to several inquiries, we’ve now made available on our Videos page Dr. Michael Ong’s excellent presentation on Breakthroughs in Advanced Prostate Cancer, recorded at our regular monthly meeting on 16 October 2025. Our thanks to Dr. Ong for his well-received talk, which was followed with lively discussion and lots of questions, and to Graham Thompson of the Ottawa Hospital Foundation for coordinating the participation of Dr. Ong and his patient Mr. Larry Trickey.
PCS Ottawa Peer Support Highlighted in Ottawa Cancer Foundation’s Living Well Newsletter Autumn 2025 Edition
The Autumn 2025 edition of the Ottawa Cancer Foundation’s Living Well newsletter features a short article on the Peer Support function of Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa, with comments by PCSO Board Chair Al Carl and PCSO Peer Support Team Lead Terry Day. Have a look at page 4 of the newsletter, available by clicking on the Read More link below.
PCSO-Sponsored Dragon Boat Teams Finish 2025 Season at 6 September Carleton Place Festival
The Great Big C and the We Beat U dragon boat teams celebrated their season-ending day of racing and camaraderie, and took away some trophies too.
‘Light Up In Blue’ for September 2025 Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. You can get into the spirit of bringing more awareness to your neighbourhood community about the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, the most prevalent form of cancer among men after nonmelanoma skin cancer.
PCSO reps appear on CTV Ottawa Morning for September Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
PCSO Board Chair Al Carl and Peer Support Team Lead Terry Day appeared on CTV Ottawa Morning Live show on 02 September to discuss Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s recent declaration of September as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Ottawa. The interview is available by clicking the Read More button below.
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Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa provides speakers, professionally designed display units and accompanying literature for use at health fairs, sporting events, in shopping malls…any place people gather.
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