Tag: Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada

The Annual Brain Tumour Walk: Ottawa, Ontario, June 6, 2026

The Annual Brain Tumour Walk: Ottawa, Ontario, June 6, 2026 Yesterday I was blessed with the opportunity to walk in solidarity with the brain tumour community as part of the annual Brain Tumour Walk organized by the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. #BrainTumourWalk @BrainTumourFDN It was so important to be among survivors, caregivers, supporters, impacted..

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Miles for Millions and the Brain Tumour Walk

Miles for Millions and the Brain Tumour Walk In 1968, when I was in Grade 12 at Oakridge High School in London, Ontario, there was a special event that attracted many friends and classmates, namely Miles for Millions, a popular charity walkathon designed to raise funds for international development and combat poverty and hunger in..

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We scattered Anne’s ashes, but she’s alive in the air we breathe

We scattered Anne’s ashes, but she’s alive in the air we breathe We opened your urn to the wind, and thought we were letting you go as your ashes dispersed, But morning keeps finding your voice in the thrum of the rain, in the garden’s newly green insistence, in the patience you taught us to..

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The Indomitable Anne and the Great Hat Rebellion

The Indomitable Anne and the Great Hat Rebellion Or, How to Outwit a Vicious Canadian Winter with Sheer Stubbornness Let me tell you about my beloved Anne, whose spirit is as unyielding as the Canadian Shield and whose relationship with winter headgear is more complicated than a double-double at Timmies. Most mortals, upon being handed..

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Caring for Anne: A husband’s journey through glioblastoma

I was interviewed by Trina Boyko Content Writer for the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. The title of her article: Caring for Anne: A husband’s journey through glioblastoma Here is how it opens: “From the moment Robert McBryde picks up the phone, there’s a flurry of activity in the background. As one person leaves, another..

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