The Lymphoma Support Group of Ottawa (LSGO) meetings:

Venue for Speaker Presentation Meetings: When the meeting features a presentation by a speaker, it will be hosted using Zoom.

Venue for Sharing & Caring Meetings: These meetings will be held in person at The Hospice at Maycourt at 114 Cameron Avenue in Old Ottawa South.

Date: First Tuesday of every month from October to December 2024 and February to June 2025.

Time: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

See below for the meeting schedule.

For last minute changes or cancellation of meetings due to inclement weather, check the LSGO Meeting Notice on the Home Page of this website.

Please note: The topics and speakers are suggested by members and then selected by ballot of the entire support group in the previous spring. The LSGO is not necessarily endorsing the opinions or approaches of these speakers.

2024-2025 LSGO Upcoming Meeting Schedule

Speaker: Jennifer Brunet, PhD. Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity Promotion for Cancer Prevention and Survivorship, University of Ottawa

Date: April 1, 2025 (Zoom)

Topic: Chemo Brain: Current Research

Date: May 6, 2025 (In-person at Maycourt)

Topic: Sharing & Caring: Attendees share their individual experiences, raise their own needs, concerns and questions.

Speaker: Dr. D. MacDonald, Hematologist, TOH (General Campus)

Date: June 3, 2025 (Zoom)

Topic: What is immunotherapy, and why can't I have it (yet)? (includes checkpoint inhibitors like pembrolizumab, CAR-T, bispecifics)

LSGO Previous Meetings

Speaker: Amanda Strandberg, Clinical Nurse Expert, Hematology, TOH (General Campus)

Date: October 1, 2024 (Zoom)

Topic: Diagnoses, Managing Symptoms and Side Effects of Treatment; Finding Support Beyond the Lymphoma Clinic

Presentation Documents:
  LSGO Presentation on October 1, 2024

Speaker: W&W Panel: LSGO member & Hematologist, TOH

Date: December 3, 2024 (Zoom)

Topic: Living with Watch and Wait (W&W) before treatment and in remission

Presentation Documents:
  LSGO Presentation on December 3, 2024

Speaker: Dr. S. Tabchi, Hematologist, TOH (General Campus)

Date: February 4, 2025 (Zoom)

Topic: Updates on Lymphoma Treatments From the 2024 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Conference

Presentation Documents:

Speaker: Ms. Patricia Barrett, RN, Mayo Clinic Certified Health and Wellness Coach

Date: March 4, 2025 (Zoom)

Topic: Exercise during and after lymphoma treatment

Presentation Documents:
  LSGO Presentation on March 4, 2024