In this episode we have Dr. Melanie Seal, and oncologist with the NL Health System explaining the main treatment modalities in cancer and how different oncology professionals coordinate together to provide the best care to patients.
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Tag: Podcast
Episode 22 – “Cancer is preventable, treatable, beatable”
We are pleased to air our new podcast!
In this episode, Tracy Slaney and Sevtap Savas talked to Barry Stein, the director of Colorectal Cancer Canada, a community support organization focusing on colon and rectal cancers in Canada.
Barry candidly shared his story with cancer and how this experience shaped his advocacy and leadership.
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Podcast Episode 20 – Experiences and perspectives by a queer cancer warrior
Please join Stephanie Howlett chatting about ovarian cancer, being a cancer warrior and queer person affected by cancer in this new powerful podcast episode!
Podcast Episode 19 – No backing down – Stomach cancer, self-advocacy, and living without a stomach
Please join us in this heart-warming chat with Lianne Mantla-Look about her journey of stomach cancer, resilience, self-advocacy and more.
Lianne is an amazing advocate with lived experience. We are so excited that she joined us for this podcast.
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Podcast Episode 18: Grief as a transformative journey
In this episode, Sevtap talked with Dr. Peter Barnes about grief, bereavement, and healing at the face if loss.
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image by Kayla Crichton
Podcast Episode 17: “Being a single mom with cancer is a real game changer”
We are pleased to start Season II of our podcast series!
In this episode, Andrea Edwards joined Sevtap to share her story with cancer as a single mom.
Her resilience and advocacy shine. Listen to Andrea:
On behalf of the Public Interest Group on Cancer Research, thank you Andrea.
Episode 13 – “I have led people to the promised land, but I could not enter the promised land. In memory of Dr. Robin McGee”
Our condolences to Robin’s family, friends, and the cancer community in Canada and beyond. Robin passed away from colorectal cancer in June 2024 after 14 years living with it . She was a fierce advocate and change-maker.
In this episode we talked with Robin and Hope Gillis about cancer, advocacy and coaching. It is one of a kind episode and hearing Robin speaks makes us even more determined to keep going. We have gigantic shoes to fill.
Podcast Episode 2 – At the intersection of being trans and having gendered cancer: A candid, timely, and educational conversation with James Moriarty
On behalf of the Public Interest Group on Cancer Research, welcome to Episode 2 of our podcast series!
We have a very special guest today, James Moriarty! 😊
In this episode, James provides his experience and thoughts about cancer, cancer screening, and cancer care experiences as a transgender man in Newfoundland and Labrador.
All very important topics, considering that we have around 60,000 transgender men and women in Canada, and they too can develop cancer.
Being a transgender person, having a gendered cancer, jumping over the many cracks, advocating for better conditions, and educating everyone – literally – about what needs to improve in healthcare and community is not an easy job.
We – Janine, Jason, and Sevtap – thank James for educating all of us by sharing his story, knowledge, and insight. We will do our part and educate ourselves further. We all should do. Please join us.
BACKGROUND: A few things we – The Public Interest Group on Cancer Research – wanna achieve with this podcast series are to:
- remove stigma around cancer
- make it a conversation topic
- learn from each other
so that we can help reduce our risk of getting cancer and support ourselves and others going through cancer better.
Please join us in this goal.
You can find more info about this project here or can contact me (savas{at}mun.ca).
Funding by the Office of Public Engagement – Memorial University and support by NLSUPPORT are gratefully acknowledged.
Sevtap Savas, PhD. Feb 17, 2024, St. John’s
Pilot Podcast Episode – Introduction to our team and project!
On behalf of the entire Public Interest Group on Cancer Research, we are beyond excited to share with you our first ever podcast episode aired today!
Thank you Jason Wiseman, Janine Taylor-Cutting, Kayla Crichton, and Aaron Curtis for making this a reality!
Podcasting is one of the digital tools that we have proposed in one of our recent projects, to exchange knowledge about cancer with members of the public.
We hope to have more guests and have conversations about cancer from diverse perspectives.
You can find more info about this project here or can contact me (savas{at}mun.ca).
Please join us!
Funding by the Office of Public Engagement – Memorial University and support by NLSUPPORT are gratefully acknowledged.
Sevtap Savas, PhD. Jan 17, 2024