Walter Gretzky encourages Canadians to participate in the #MyLungLife Hockey Challenge
The Lung Health Foundation challenges Canadians to give lung health their best shot for a COVID-19-safe fundraising initiative.
Systemic Barriers Stand in the Way of Lung Health for All
The Black Lives Matter movement has inspired the Lung Health Foundation to work harder to address inequality in respiratory care.
National Cancer Survivors Day 2020
Today, we honour the courage of lung cancer survivors and ask an important question: What needs to change so that more people with lung cancer make it to 5, 10, or 20+ years?
This summer, the entire Lung Health Foundation team is taking part in the #MyLungLife Hockey Challenge.
But there’s a twist: We’re doing it together – and our goals are BIG. By labour day, our staff and board members will collectively score 22,000 goals and raise 22,000 dollars through staff fundraisers – that’s one goal and one dollar for every breath you’ll take today. GAME ON.
This summer, the entire Lung Health Foundation team is taking part in the #MyLungLife Hockey Challenge.
But there’s a twist: We’re doing it together – and our goals are BIG. By labour day, our staff and board members will collectively score 22,000 goals and raise 22,000 dollars through staff fundraisers – that’s one goal and one dollar for every breath you’ll take today. GAME ON.
Meet the Lung Health Foundation
The Lung Health Foundation is dedicated to ending gaps in the prevention, diagnosis, and care of lung disease in Canada. We invest in the future by driving groundbreaking research, and we give patients and their families the programs and support they need today.
Lung health starts now!
More than one million Canadians are living with COPD and don’t know it
Have you read our whitepaper, Helping the Missing Million?
Our initial findings show that more awareness around chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including its risk factors and symptoms, is a gap that urgently needs to be filled.
The final outcomes of Helping the Missing Million, which includes a national and provincial scorecard, will allow the Lung Health Foundation to better shape an environment that will support improved diagnosis and treatment for those living with COPD.
Make An Impact
Take Action As An Advocate
Help us light a fire under policy makers to ensure that lung health is made a top priority and given the funding it deserves. By signing petitions, emailing your MP, or attending events, you can help blow away the obstacles that stand in the way of better breathing.
Supporting those with lung Disease
Our narrowed focus is on filling the gaps around COPD, Lung Cancer, and Asthma. Working hand in hand with healthcare professionals we have developed a plethora of resources to help Canadians breathe easier.
Finding Future Solutions
With your support the Lung Health Foundation continues to fund some of the smartest minds around as they work tirelessly to transform people’s lives. Breathtaking stuff.
Building Awareness
We’re taking a unique approach using all the technology available to us to reach out to Canadians from all age groups in an effort to build awareness around Asthma, COPD, and Lung Cancer.
Bev's Story
When Bev Black took a drag on her first cigarette back in 1964, she was oblivious to the risks. After all, just about everyone smoked in those days…
It was in the workplace, in restaurants, at the movie theatre and even in the hospitals. By the time she quit smoking the damage had already been done. As a COPD patient who has also been struck down a few times with pneumonia, the quality of Bev’s life, like millions of others, has been severely compromised.
