The following is a list of peer support groups that have benefited from Willow’s Facilitator Training. For information about other groups that may exist in your community, please call Willow at 1.888.778.3100 or email support@willow.org. Information about organizations that provide supportive programs can also be found by clicking here.
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Athabasca
Athabasca Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Madena 780.675.9232
Calgary
Peer Support Group for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Contact: HBOC Society of Alberta 1.866.786.4262
Edmonton
Peer Support Group for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Contact: HBOC Society of Alberta 1.866.786.4262
Edson
Edson Breast Cancer Support
Contact: Fern 780.723.4997
Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Zaya 780.791.0177
Abbotsford
Women with Cancer - Abbotsford
Meetings held every third Thursday at 7 pm at Central Heights Church, 1661 McCallum Rd.
Burnaby Area
Up Front Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Shirley 604.434.2846
Coquitlam Area
Trillium Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Valerie 604.464.7296
Kelowna
Thrivers Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Dianna 250.860.0986
Kimberley
Breast Cancer Support Group
Meets every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7pm at the McKim Middle School Library
Contact: 250.427.2562 or 250.427.4568
Nelson
Nelson Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Alice 250.352.6223 or Nadine 250.359.7777
Smithers
Smithers Cancer Support Group for Women
Contact: Debbie 250.847.2381 or Judy 250.846.5251
Surrey
Surrey Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: 604.583.2228
Texada
Texada Breast Cancer Support
Contact: Joan 604.486.7790
Vancouver
Tsudoi Breast Cancer Support Group*
Contact: Yuki 604.319.4286 or yvlasman@gmail.com
*this group is intended for Japanese women
Pink Ribbon - Vancouver Breast Cancer Support Group
Meets the second Thursday of each month at 6 pm at the Canadian Cancer Society office, 565 W 10th Ave.
Contact: Pat Freiboth 604-620-4040
White Rock/ South Surrey
White Rock/ South Surrey Breast Cancer Peer Support Group
Contact: bcpsginfo@gmail.com
Assiniboine
Women's Cancer Support Group
Contact: Christine 204.827.5311 or 204.535.2928
Brandon
Brandon Women with Cancer Support Group
Contact: Myrna 204.728.3044
Carberry
Carberry Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: 204.834.3040
Central Plains
Central Plains Cancer Support Group
Contact: Linda 204.267.2322
Dauphin
Dauphin Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Myrna 204.733.2538
Ethelbert
Ethelbert Women's Cancer Support Group
Contact: Gloria 204.742.3391
Flin Flon
Flin Flon Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Virginia 204.687.8129
Gimli
Gimli Women’s Cancer Support Group
Contact: June 204.642.7463
Gretna/ Altona/ Rosenfeld
Gretna/ Altona/ Rosenfeld Support Group
Contact: Evelyn 204.327.6610
Norway House
Norway House Cancer Support
Contact: Dorothy 204.359.6704
Portage La Prairie
Portage La Prairie Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Shirley 204.267.2651
Selkirk
Selkirk Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Tannis 204.482.1055
Selkirk Grief Support Group
Contact: Arlene 204.785.7410 or arlenerobinson@irha.mb.ca
Virden
Virden Women's Cancer Support Group
Contact: Deborah 204.748.3452 or Jackie 204.748.6865
Winnipeg
Donna Kot Ovarian Cancer Lunch Group
Contact: Val 204.897.4092 or val.g@shaw.ca or Doreen 204.269.7550
Charlotte County
Breast Friends of Charlotte County
Contact: Shirley 506.466.2818 or Kim 506.465.4444
Moncton
The Supporting Sisters Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Frances 506.858.5676
Saint John
Saint John Breast & Women's Gynecological Cancers Support Group
Contact: Val 506.657.3873
Sussex
Sussex Cancer Support Group
Contact: Brenda 506.433.5028 or Joyce 506.433.5652
Tantramar
Tantramar Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Cathy 506.536.3821
Bay St. George/Stephenville
The Bay-St. George/Stephenville Cancer Support Group
Contact: Joan 709.643.3425 or Joyce 709.643.3021
Burgeo
Burgeo Cancer Support Group
Contact: Brenda 709.886.2121
Cornerbrook
Breast Friends Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Judy 709.634.0772 or Joan 709.785.7465
Cornerbrook Cancer Support Group
Contact: Pat 709.789.2835 or Ann 709.785.2176
Fogo Island
Fogo Island Cancer Support Group
Contact: penny_shirley@hotmail.com
Labrador West
Labrador West Cancer Support Group
Contact: Nina 709.944.5360
Marystown
Marystown Cancer Support Group
Contact: Linda 709.894.4892
Placentia
Gathering of Friends Support Group
Contact: Theresa 709.227.2432
St. John's
Sharing, Hoping, Empowering (SHE) Living Well with Metastatic Cancer support group
Contact: Sherry 709-744-3118 or Sharon 709-782-2326
Torbay
Sharing Our Strength Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Joan 709.364.8716
Twillingate/New World Island
Pink Ribbon Ladies
Meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 2pm, at the New World Island East Central United Church
Contact: Phyllis 628.5344
Yellowknife
Northern Cancer Support Group
Monthly group meetings at the Yellowknife Library for all people with cancer
Contact: 867.873.5486
Antigonish
Antigonish Women Alike Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Charlene 902.867.4436
Dartmouth
Darmouth Living with Cancer Support Group
Contact: 902.460.4540
Halifax
Pink Panthers
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month from 6:30 -8:30pm
967 Bedford Hwy, Suite 205
Mill Cove Plaza, Top Floor – Lawton’s Drugs
Contact: Kim 902.465.2685
King/Hants County
Breast Quest Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Delores 902.792.2683
Kingston/Greenwood
Kingston/Greenwood Living with Cancer Support Group
Contact: Lynda 902.765.3055 or Lloyd 902.765.6133
New Glasgow
Women Alike Breast Cancer Support Group*
Contact: joanne.cumminger@pcha.nshealth.ca
*This group meets from 7-9pm, on the last Monday of each month at the Aberdeen Hospital
Northside
Northside Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Emily 902.794.7150 or Donna 902.736.8953
Truro
Hope Chest Breast Cancer Support Group
Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7pm at the Sobey’s - Fundy Trail Mall
Contact: Jeanne 902.662.2325 or Annette 902.673.2762
Wolfville
Best Buds Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Sheila 902.542.0909
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Breast Cancer Support Group
This group meets from 7-9pm, on the 3rd Monday of each month at the Superstore Community Room, Starrs Rd, Yarmouth
Algoma
Algoma Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Pam 705.946.4972 or Brenda 705.942.4160
Alliston
Living With Cancer Support Group
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 2pm at the Gibson Centre
Contact: Gerda 705.435.7452
Arnprior & District
Arnprior & District Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Elta 613.623.7455
Brampton
Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Wellspring Chinguacousy 905.792.6480
Brockville
Brockville Breast Cancer Support Group
Meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the Westminster School Library – 6:15 – 8:30pm
Contact: Dot 613.865.8742
Burlington
Alumni Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Breast Cancer Support Services Burlington 905.634.2333 or 1.800.465.1902
Burlington
Young Women's Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Breast Cancer Support Services Burlington 905.634.2333 or 1.800.465.1902
Caledon
Caledon Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Rosa 905.857.4068 or r.raso@rogers.com
Cornwall
Women’s Cancer Support Group
Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from September – June at Carefor Cornwall
Contact: Carefor Cornwall at 613.932.3451
Georgina (Keswick, Pefferlaw, Sutton & area)
Women’s Cancer Support Group
Contact: Hospice Georgina at 905.722.9333 or www.hospicegeorgina.com.
Grimsby
Living with Breast Cancer Support Group
This group meets from 7-9pm, on the 3rd Monday of each month at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church
Contact: livingwithbreastcancer@hotmail.com
Guelph & Wellington
Guelph & Wellington Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Karen 519.856.2089
Hamilton
Breast Cancer Peer Support - The First Two Years
Contact: Wellwood Resource Centre 905.389.5884
Living Well with Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Wellwood Resource Centre 905.389.5884
Young Women's Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Wellwood Resource Centre 905.389.5884
Kanata & District
Kanata & District Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Judy 613.592.1929 or Diane 613.829.5229
Kenora
Breast Friends
Contact: Marilyn 807.548.4427 or Carol 807.547.2354
Kingston
Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Breast Cancer Action Kingston 613.531.7912
Kitchener/ Waterloo
Women's Cancer Support Group
Contact: 519.744.1636
London
Bosom Buddies Support Group
Meets every Tuesday from 2-3pm in the Wellspring Room at the Central Y
Norfolk
Norfolk Cancer Support Group for Women
Contact: Joan 519.582.4202 or Colleen 519.426.1986
Northumberland
Northumberland Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: 289.252.0881
Orangeville
Headwaters Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Sharon 519.942.9962
Oshawa
Alumni Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre 905.579.4833
Lymphedema Support Group
Contact: Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre 905.579.4833
Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre 905.579.4833
Ottawa
Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Breast Cancer Action Ottawa 613.736.5921
BRCA Chat*
Contact: Willow 1.888.778.3100 or HBOC.Ottawa@gmail.com
*this group is open to women who are at risk for hereditary breast or ovarian cancer
or have a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation.
Parry Sound
Parry Sound & District Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Gail 705.746.6095 or West Parry Sound Health Centre 705.773.4030
Perth & District
Butterfly Fan Club - Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Carleen 613.812.4474
Peterborough
Peterborough Breast Cancer Support Group
Meets on the second Tuesday of each month at Grace United Church from 7-9pm
Contact: 705.745.7579
Sault Ste Marie
Living with Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: 705.945.8750
Scarborough
Scarborough Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Peggy 416.269.7575 or Marilyn 416.284.9984
Sudbury
Circle of Strength/Cercle de Forces Sudbury Breast Cancer Support Group
Meets the first Tuesday of every month in the Library at the Daffodil Terrace Lodge at the Laurentian Hospital
Contact: 705.692.4567
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay & District Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: 807.475.0025
Website: www.breastcancersupporttb.com
Toronto
BRCA Chat*
Contact: Willow 1.888.778.3100 or brcasupport@live.ca
*this group is open to women who are at risk for hereditary breast or ovarian cancer
or have a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation.
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Circle of Friends Support Group*
Contact: The Olive Branch of Hope Breast Cancer Support Services
416.265.3155 or www.theolivebranch.ca
*This group is open to all women with a focus on women of colour and other immigrant women
Lesbian and Partners' Cancer Support Group
Contact: Wellspring Odette House 416.961.1928 or www.wellspring.ca
Winchester
Living Well with Cancer Support Group
Contact: 613.774.2420 x 6791
York Region
Connecting Rainbows Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Donna 905.477.8636 or Sheila 905.887.6645
BRCA+ Chat*
Contact: Willow 1.888.778.3100 or brca-york@live.com
*this group is open to women who are at risk for hereditary breast or ovarian cancer
or have a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation.
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Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island Breast Cancer Support Group
Contact: Glenda 902.594.5454 or Judy 902.569.3496
Charlottetown
YWCA Encore After Breast Cancer Exercise Program
Contact: 902.569.4584 x 0
Montreal/West Island
West Island Cancer Wellness Centre
Contact: 514.695.9355 or info@wicwc.org
Regina
Pink Earth Angels Breast Cancer Support Group
http://thepinkearthangels.webs.com/
Whitehorse
Whitehorse Women's Cancer Support Group
Contact: Mya, Cancer Care Navigator 867.393.8853
