Lung Health Foundation

Lung Health Foundation The Lung Health Foundation is the leading national charity dedicated to improving the lung health of Canadians

We help Canadians manage their health and well-being through our focus on asthma, COPD, lung cancer, immunization, and smoking/vaping prevention and cessation.

⏰ Flash Sale Alert — Last Chance Before Better Breathing Week 2026!Better Breathing Week 2026 is happening next week, an...
01/13/2026

⏰ Flash Sale Alert — Last Chance Before Better Breathing Week 2026!

Better Breathing Week 2026 is happening next week, and this is your final opportunity to save before it begins.

🎟️ Enjoy 10% off a full conference ticket during our limited-time flash sale before Thursday, Jan 15!

Use promo code NYFLASHB*W26 at checkout to claim your discount before time runs out.

Join us for accredited sessions, hands-on learning, and the chance to connect with experts across the lung health community.

Get ticket now: https://bit.lunghealth.ca/3LxNzfx

B*W 2026 Spotlight: Lung Health Research Poster SessionDiscover the latest advances in respiratory health at our interac...
01/12/2026

B*W 2026 Spotlight: Lung Health Research Poster Session

Discover the latest advances in respiratory health at our interactive Poster Session, featuring research from trainees, clinicians, and established investigators across prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and health systems. This is your chance to explore cutting-edge findings, engage directly with presenters, and spark new collaborations.

🔍Presenters include:
Julia Hartley – Lung NSPEI
Elvira Shah – Western University
Nandhitha Ragunayakam – McMaster University
Katya Brat-Matchett – McMaster University
Sarah Scruton – Nova Scotia Health Authority
Maria Medeleanu – Queen’s University
Salva Niwe – Women’s College Hospital
Ekamdeep Sandhu – McMaster University

Whether you’re a trainee, clinician, or researcher, this session is an opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, and explore the future of respiratory care.

🔗 Register now: https://bit.lunghealth.ca/3NeJKww

B*W 2026 Session Spotlight: Lung Cancer Screening—Global Landscape and Emerging Progress🔍 Led by Sebastian Schmidt, MD, ...
01/09/2026

B*W 2026 Session Spotlight: Lung Cancer Screening—Global Landscape and Emerging Progress
🔍 Led by Sebastian Schmidt, MD, Head of Strategy, Innovation, and Medical Affairs, and Hamida Petrovic, Dipl.-Ing, Market Access Manager, Siemens Healthineers

As part of Better Breathing Week 2026, this virtual session explores the global landscape of lung cancer screening and emerging progress in implementation. Participants will examine how low-dose computed tomography screening programs are being adopted worldwide and how successful approaches can be adapted to meet local needs.

During this session, you’ll learn how to:
• Understand the benefits of lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography
• Explore the current status of lung cancer screening implementation globally, including progress across different regions
• Discuss key learnings and success factors from other regions and how they can be applied to strengthen and improve local screening programs

Register now! You don't want to miss it: https://bit.lunghealth.ca/3Z4hJu5

COVID-19 hasn’t disappeared—and for older adults and people at higher risk, protection still matters.With the support of...
01/08/2026

COVID-19 hasn’t disappeared—and for older adults and people at higher risk, protection still matters.

With the support of Pfizer, Dr. Somkene Igboanugo, our Senior Manager of Person-Centred Care & Programs, contributed to a recent article on Healthing, sharing why COVID-19 vaccination remains essential. He also underscores the need to address barriers to vaccination for equity-deserving communities—from trust and access to culturally safe communication.

Protecting lung health requires more than awareness; it requires action across our health system and communities.

Read the full article to learn more: https://bit.lunghealth.ca/3LtAQdP

B*W 2026 Spotlight Series: Primary Care+ SeriesBetter Breathing Week 2026 presents Primary Care+, a series designed to h...
01/07/2026

B*W 2026 Spotlight Series: Primary Care+ Series

Better Breathing Week 2026 presents Primary Care+, a series designed to help primary care professionals optimize respiratory care with practical, evidence-informed strategies.

#1: The Realities of Spirometry Testing in Primary Care—Addressing the Barriers
🔍 Led by Anthony D’urzo, MD, MSc, BPHE, CCFP, FCFP
Learn how to overcome common barriers and implement effective spirometry testing in primary care.

#2: Identifying Suspected Severe Asthma and Prompt Referral in Primary Care
🔍 Led by Jason K. Lee, MD, FRCPC, FAAAAI
Learn how to identify severe asthma in primary care and apply timely referral pathways to optimize patient outcomes.

#3: Strengthening Defenses—Advancing Immunization and Vaccine Uptake in Respiratory Disease
🔍 Led by Christine Palmay, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Learn how to improve vaccine confidence and uptake for patients with respiratory disease in primary care.

Better Breathing Week 2026 is officially certified and accredited for continuing education:
✔️ Credits for Family Medicine Specialists
✔️ Credits for Royal College Specialists
✔️ Up to 27.5 hours of Continuing Education for all health professionals

🔗 Register now: https://bit.lunghealth.ca/4srPpz9

Happy New Year 2026 🎉As we begin the year ahead, we wish you good health, strength, and moments that matter most!Healthy...
01/01/2026

Happy New Year 2026 🎉

As we begin the year ahead, we wish you good health, strength, and moments that matter most!

Healthy lungs make it possible to live fully—yet millions of Canadians are affected by various lung conditions. Through education, advocacy, and community programs, we work to ensure no one faces lung health challenges alone.

Start the year by making a meaningful impact. Your donation helps bring support, care, and hope to those who need it most.

Join us in supporting lung health this year: https://bit.lunghealth.ca/495ecQL

Ring in the new year by making a resolution for lung health. Wishing everyone a safe, healthy, and hopeful start to the ...
01/01/2026

Ring in the new year by making a resolution for lung health. Wishing everyone a safe, healthy, and hopeful start to the year ahead!

Final hours. 79% reached!In these final moments, your gift can still go 3X further, helping extend care, connection, and...
12/31/2025

Final hours. 79% reached!

In these final moments, your gift can still go 3X further, helping extend care, connection, and hope to Canadians living with lung disease. Every donation now helps carry us across the finish line.

Donate now: bit.lunghealth.ca/2025-Year-End-Giving

Just 1 day left! The finish line is in sight, and this final push can make all the difference.Right now, your donation g...
12/30/2025

Just 1 day left! The finish line is in sight, and this final push can make all the difference.

Right now, your donation goes 3X further, unlocking more care, more connection, and more hope for Canadians living with lung disease. Every gift today helps fuel life-changing programs, support families and caregivers, and drive research forward.

Let’s finish strong—together. Make your 3X impact before Dec 31 midnight: bit.lunghealth.ca/2025-Year-End-Giving

We’re halfway there—and this is where your support matters most! Thanks to our 3X matching opportunity, every dollar you...
12/30/2025

We’re halfway there—and this is where your support matters most!

Thanks to our 3X matching opportunity, every dollar you give right now is tripled, accelerating care, connection, and hope for Canadians living with lung disease.

From supporting seniors at home to helping young people manage asthma—and advancing healthcare and research nationwide—your gift helps move us closer to the finish line.

Let’s turn 50% into 100%.
Donate before December 31: bit.lunghealth.ca/2025-Year-End-Giving

12/29/2025

This holiday season, Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil reminds us how every breath matters—on the podium and in life.

At the Lung Health Foundation, our programs empower youth to make healthy choices, manage their lung health, and help build a smoke-free future. With your support, we can reach young Canadians, families, healthcare providers, advocates, researchers, and older adults—helping ensure healthier lungs today and for generations to come.

Join Maggie in making an impact this holiday season. Donate today: https://bit.lunghealth.ca/4sdsEyT

45% of our goal reached—and only 3 days left!This is the moment to make your impact count. With our 3X matching opportun...
12/28/2025

45% of our goal reached—and only 3 days left!

This is the moment to make your impact count. With our 3X matching opportunity, every dollar you give is tripled—delivering more support, more care, and more hope to Canadians living with lung disease.

Your 3X gift helps fund:
• Fitness for Breath programs that support seniors at home
• Youth programs that help young Canadians manage asthma
• Caregiver support for families navigating lung disease
• Healthcare and research that drive better outcomes

Let’s finish strong together.
Donate today: bit.lunghealth.ca/2025-Year-End-Giving

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Toronto, ON
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Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
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The story of the Lung Health Foundation

For more than a century, we worked tirelessly to be the recognized leader, voice and primary resource in lung health under the Ontario Lung Association name. Meanwhile, lung disease continued to place a profound burden on patients and their families, and placed a large – and growing – economic burden on every provincial healthcare system across Canada.

Given the staggering gaps we had uncovered in the prevention, diagnosis, and care of lung disease, it became clear that it was time to bring the staff and board of the association together to make some big, bold changes to our approach.

In 2020 and beyond, we are charting a new path forward. We are empowering all Canadians to improve their lung health, and re-introducing ourselves to Canadians under a new name,

We are the Lung Health Foundation. And lung health starts now!