I’m a natural sharer, and I’m always ready to speak out about the challenges I face as a cancer patient. Below is a collection of interviews and media pieces where I’ve used my story to advocate for better cancer care and increased research funding. It may be too late for me, but by shining light on these critical issues, we can help ensure others won’t have to endure the same fate.
- Parliament of Canada. (2024, December 12). Saving more lives: Improving Guidance, Increasing Access, and Achieving Better Outcomes in Breast Cancer Screening. House of Commons Standing Committee on Health: Report No. 23 – HESA (44-1).
- Djan, E. (2024, December 10). Cost of cancer care in Canada. City News Everywhere – Calgary
- Kwadrans, N. (2024, November 22). Study: Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines for Women Aged 40. House of Commons: Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO). Brief – Natalie Kwadrans
- Michaud, B., & Boisvert, É. (2024, September 24). L’école la source de Calgary Participe à la course Terry Fox. La Croisée | ICI Première.
- Potvin, G., & Kwadrans, N. (2024, September 24). Course Terry Fox toute spéciale à l’École de la Source. Le Café Show. Calgary, AB; ICI Radio-Canada.
- Boisvert, É. (2024, September 25). La course Terry Fox à l’école de la Source. ICI Alberta.
- CBC/Radio-Canada. (2024, September 24). Le téléjournal Alberta : Épisode du mardi 24 septembre 2024. ICI Télé. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/le-telejournal-alberta/site/episodes/974568/episode-du-24-septembre-2024
- CBC/Radio Canada. (2024, September 17). CBC Calgary News at 6 – September 17, 2024. CBC News. Retrieved from full CBC Calgary News at 6 newscast
- Lee, J. (2024, September 17). Calgary’s new cancer centre to start treating first patients by end of October | CBC News. CBC News.
- Kwadrans, N. (2024, June 14). Study: Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines. House of Commons: Standing Committee on Health (HESA) – Women’s Health Study. Brief – Natalie Kwadrans
- Zapata, K. (2024, May 31). Reaction to draft Canadian breast cancer screening guidelines [Audio file]. CBC Radio Calgary
- Ward, K. (2024, March 16). Assessing breast cancer risk. Global National. Retrieved from Global News website
- OncoDaily Medical Journal. (2024, February 22). Paula Gordon: If Just One Woman Advocates for herself, and gets an early diagnosis, you’ll have done a mitzvah. OncoDaily Blog. Retrieved from OncoDaily Medical Journal
- Tomlinson, J. (2024, February 14). “Younger and younger”: Radiologist calls for updated cancer screening. Retrieved from Global News
- Kwadrans, N. (2024, January 23). Study: Women’s Health. House of Commons: Standing Committee on Women’s Health (HESA) – Women’s Health Study. Brief – Natalie Kwadrans
- CBC News: The National. Ontario to lower age for regular breast cancer screenings to 40 [Video file]. (2023, October 30). Retrieved from CBC News – The National’s YouTube Channel
- CBC Radio News Calgary, Terry Fox School Run Fundraising Story [Audio file]. (2023, September 22)
- CBC News: The National. Breast cancer screenings should start at 40, medical task force says [Video file]. (2023, May 9). Retrieved from CBC News – The National’s YouTube Channel
- Lindsay, B. (2023, May 9). Canada should follow U.S. call to screen for breast cancer at 40, doctors and patients say. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/breast-cancer-screening-guidelines-1.6837907
- Kwadrans, N. (2023, May 9). “Mommy has cancer”: The most difficult conversation to have. Canadian Breast Cancer Network. https://www.cbcn.ca/en/blog/our-stories/mommy-has-cancer
- Kwadrans, N. (2023, May 9). “ maman a un cancer… ” : Une conversation difficile. Canadian Breast Cancer Network. https://www.cbcn.ca/fr/blog/our-stories/mommy-has-cancer
- CBC News: The National. Paper questions breast cancer screening recommendations. [Video file]. (2021, November 23). Retrieved from CBC News – The National’s YouTube Channel
- Williams, N. (2021, November 24). Breast cancer screening guidelines based on flawed Canadian study, New Paper says. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/breast-cancer-screening-study-flaws-1.6066337
- Dense Breasts Canada. (2021). About – Dense Breasts Canada. Who We Are: Our People, Our Advocates. https://densebreastscanada.ca/about/
- Why we Boobyball and why you should too. Rethink Breast Cancer. (2020, January 3). https://rethinkbreastcancer.com/why-we-boobyball-and-why-you-should-too/
- There is good that has come from this” – Calgary mom shares her cancer story, Alberta Cancer Foundation, July 18, 2019, retrieved at https://www.albertacancer.ca/calgary-mom-shares-her-cancer-story/
- 2019 ACE Fundraising Video – Drive for Thrive, University of Calgary Health & Wellness Lab, May 27, 2019,