NWT Breast Health/Breast Cancer Action Group

08/25/2025

The NWT Breast Health/Breast Cancer Action Group will be holding their AGM this week.

Please join us in Yellowknife, August 28 at 7 PM, Northern United Place, 2nd Floor.

We are also recruiting new board members for the coming year. The Action Group is a dynamic board with lots of hands-on experience in developing and supporting NWT women with cancer. And, we know how to have fun, too.

07/16/2025

Take a listen as you are "summering hard" to our Board Member, Gillian Burles' experience living with metastatic breast cancer. Thanks Gillian for sharing your story with everyone.

05/21/2025

Exciting news! Goba has teamed up with GNWT to bring this Community Cancer Care Workshop to Fort Good Hope, NT on May 27 & 28, 2025. Have a look at the poster and if you have any questions plz message or call Melinda 587-545-5908.

Britnney will also be hosting an evening of earring-making and we will head out on the land to go medicine picking on the last day of the workshop. We look forward to visiting Fort Good Hope!

05/21/2025

Golfers support NWT women in their health or on their cancer journey by supporting us! BIG RAVE to Dani Rogers and the folks at the SEVEN SPRUCE GOLF COURSE in Fort Simpson for choosing us, again! We are so grateful.

Head down to Fort Simpson for the golf, a lovely community and to support a hard working non-profit.

The NWT Breast Health/Breast Cancer Action Group accepts donations through Canada Helps at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/nwt-breast-healthbreast-cancer-action-group/

05/12/2025

Look Good Feel Better Schedule for May

05/12/2025

This webinar will help you understand where your energy comes from and more importantly how to nurture it.

05/12/2025

Join us for an engaging and educational session on the latest advancements in surgical care related to breast cancer.

03/28/2025

The Action Group is still looking for proposals to evaluate the Text Me Healthy research project.

03/07/2025

The Action Group is very grateful for the opportunity to speak about our research project, Text Me Healthy, at Hotii ts'eeda's Lunch and Learn, Mashi Cho! For those of you that missed it, here is the link to the on-line presentation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZodX_CjBElQ

03/05/2025

Calling all evaluation contractors in the NWT.... we are looking for you to submit a proposal to help us evaluate our recent research project, Text Me Health (formerly EMPOWER-NWT).

Deadline for submissions: March 30/25, Midnight

For more information and a copy of the call for proposal, please contact us at: info@breasthealthnwt.ca

02/24/2025

02/13/2025

You are invited to Hotıì ts'eeda's Lunch and Learn Session on February 19th/25, 12-1 PM.

We will be sharing about the Action Group's latest project, Text Me Healthy, a text based support for NWT women after cancer treatments.

Mashi Cho to the team at Hotıì ts'eeda for this opportunity.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/text-me-healthy-wellness-after-cancer-tickets-1245427229369?aff=oddtdtcreator