Now that spring is officially here, many of us are excitedly waiting until we can get outside and into our balcony or backyard gardens. The pandemic has made outdoor interests […]

Available Volunteer Opportunities Chair and Vice-Chair for Youth Advisory Council – Virtual Chair and Vice-Chair for Youth Advisory Council  To integrate the youth perspective in developing youth and young adult […]

The International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) Researcher of the Year award for 2020 was recently presented to Dr. William D. Leslie, MD, FRCPC, MSc, CCD. This award is given to […]

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 […]

SAC Members and Research MD, MSC, PHD AhmedNegm Dr. Ahmed Negm is a trained orthopedic surgeon with additional training in health research and rehabilitation sciences. Following his undergraduate medical training […]

Do you Know Your Risk? For most Canadians, everyday staircases, sidewalks and park slopes are nothing to be feared.

The Brookfield Chair in Fracture Prevention St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital 2nd FLS Site in Newfoundland and Labrador New Breakfree Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) established in March 2024 Read more BROOKFIELD […]

IMPACT REPORT 2017 “I thought my active lifestyle would insulate me from such things.” Colm MEET JOANNE & COLM When Joanne Kelly was diagnosed with osteoporosis in 2007, she wished […]

Denosumab (Prolia) has been shown to reduce the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women and men ≥50 years old with osteoporosis. It has also been approved for steroid induced bone […]