Anti-Racism Statement Anti-Racism Statement Osteoporosis Canada is committed to the removal of anti-Black systemic barriers negatively affecting the lives of Black Canadians. Osteoporosis Canada is committed to anti-racism and anti-oppression, […]

Video Series 3 Group Exercise Trainers & Exercise Professionals Long-term care video series 3 Group exercise providers have a huge role to play in providing exercise to help prevent falls […]

Members of Osteoporosis Canada’s Scientific Advisory Council would like announce this year’s Lindy Fraser Award winner as chosen by the members of the SAC. Osteoporosis Canada established this award in 1993 […]

Treatments Did you know? Osteoporosis leads to fragility fractures. These are broken bones that happen from a minor injury but that have major consequences such as pain, disability and sometimes […]

“Patient engagement” is a concept that first appeared around the year 2000 in the United States and is now a growing movement in many countries, including Canada. The core idea […]

If you are on medication for osteoporosis, are you ever tempted to stop taking it? If your answer is yes, you are not alone. Studies indicate that especially for those […]

IMPACT REPORT 2020 – 2021 __________   PATIENT STORYJOYCE CRAWFORD Joyce’s father had osteoporosis and even though her grandmother wasn’t formally diagnosed, she had signs of the disease including her […]

DIAGNOSIS The importance of a comprehensive fracture risk assessment Insist on Assessment Osteoporosis often goes undiagnosed until a bone fractures, and is therefore commonly referred to as “the silent thief”. […]

Romosozumab EVENITY™ (romosozumab injection) Romosozumab, a sclerostin inhibitor, is the first new approach to the treatment of osteoporosis and fracture risk in almost a decade.Romosozumab (EVENITY™) significantly and rapidly (over […]