Since its inception, the Ataxia Canada Foundation has had the mission of supporting research to contribute to the development of therapies targeting both the causes and the effects of different forms of ataxia. The pursuit of this objective is still very much alive within the administration and the members of the Foundation. Research funded by...
Covid-19. It has taken hold of our world and thrown our lives into chaos. Over night school stopped, sports weren’t running, some jobs shut down and we went weeks without face-to-face interactions. It devastated a lot of people financially, mentally, emotionally and physically. It has given me a lot of...
Despite the situation of COVID-19, We still wanted to honor our commitment and did a draw for the travel lottery and broadcast everything via a FACEBOOK LIVE broadcast… Thank you for your participation! https://www.facebook.com/ataxie.canada/ I suggest you ’follow’ ’and like’ our page! Congratulations to our winners for the prizes of...
Hello everyone! I know, its been a few months away, it’s shameful … But hey, my book is now launched, published – it can be ordered in all bookstores in Quebec and, if you live in another country, write me at manu.poirier.stgeorges@gmail.com if you want. The madness of the Montreal...
My name is Erica. I have Friedreich’s Ataxia but that is not my only defining quality. I am also married, thirty-one, and a mother to a five-year-old girl, four-year-old boy and one-year-old boy. The path I have chosen in life is hard, but it is also rewarding. I like to...
The Collaborative clinical research network on Friedreich’s ataxia from Montreal is now seeking the participation of a pediatric patient with a diagnosis of Freidreich’s ataxia in order to join the study of natural history! This international network brings together 13 sites working together to advance the treatment and clinical...
Late-onset hereditary dominant episodic ataxia in French Canadians Dr David Pellerin 1, Dr. Mathilde Renaud 2, Mrs. Karine Choquet 1, Prof. Martine Tétreault 3, Mrs. Sylvie Provost 3, Mrs. Marie-Josée Dicaire 1, Dr Roberta La Piana 1, Dr Rami Massie 1, Dr Colin Chalk 1, Dr. Anne-Louise Lafontaine 1, Prof. Marie-Pierre...
