Improving lymphedema care takes all of us. Whether you donate, subscribe, volunteer, advocate, or help raise awareness, your involvement strengthens the CLF’s national work and helps us advance education, research, awareness, and collaboration across Canada.
There are many ways to get involved – choose the one that’s right for you.
Donate
Help strengthen lymphedema care across Canada.
More than 1.25 million Canadians – roughly 1 in 33 people – are living with lymphedema. Despite its prevalence, lymphedema remains under-recognized, and access to knowledgeable care, reliable information, and support continues to vary widely across the country.
The Canadian Lymphedema Framework is a national registered charity working to change that. We bring together people living with lymphedema, clinicians, researchers, educators, provincial organizations, health-system leaders, and other interest-holders to strengthen education, research, awareness, advocacy, and collaboration.
Your donation helps sustain this work. Contributions support trusted educational resources for patients and health professionals; Pathways, Canada’s national lymphedema magazine; research and knowledge translation; national learning and awareness initiatives; and opportunities to connect and strengthen the lymphedema community across Canada.
Every gift helps build our capacity to share reliable information, advance education and research, amplify patient and clinician voices, and work toward better lymphedema care for people across Canada.
Thank you for being part of this work.
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Other Ways to Give
A gift in memory of a loved one or in honour of a friend, family member, or colleague can be a meaningful way to recognize someone important to you.
Your employer may also offer a charitable matching program that can increase the impact of your gift.
If you have questions about donating to the CLF or would like to discuss another way of supporting our work, please contact us.
Subscribe
Stay up-to-date with developments in research, diagnosis and treatment with a subscription to Pathways, Canada’s only lymphedema magazine dedicated to empowering patients and professionals.
Sign up to receive our monthly eNews to stay informed about news, information and upcoming events of interest to the lymphedema community.
Health care professionals can also subscribe to our HP Toolkit for access to wide range of tools and supports for lymphedema clinical practice. Learn more at this link.
Advocate
The CLF is committed to giving a voice to all those affected by lymphedema. There is a role for each one of us. If you are a patient, you and your family already have experience of how lymphedema has impacted your life. Advocacy takes many forms. It can involve you telling your story to elected politicians and policy makers to persuade them of the need for change. If you are a health care professional, you could look for opportunities to emphasize the importance of early diagnosis and treatment for lymphedema and the need for more services to be covered by government health plans. We can all help get the message out by looking for opportunities to be heard in newspapers, magazine, radio and on television. Click here for some practical tips on advocacy, or here to learn about your role in advocating for lymphedema.
Click here to read an article from Pathways magazine about patient advocacy.
Learn more about the role of the CLF, ILF (International Lympoedema Framework) and provincial associations in advocating for increased awareness and care of lymphedema by clicking here.
Volunteer
The strength of the lymphedema movement lies in its volunteers. Consider volunteering for one of the CLF’s Working Groups or support the work of your provincial association.
The CLF gratefully acknowledges the support of these industry partners:
