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The POGO School and Work Transitions Program is a free, one-on-one professional counselling service that helps childhood cancer survivors and brain tumour survivors aged 16 and over to achieve their educational and career goals. Sign up today for our eNews to keep informed about the Program and additional survivorship-focused news and events!

By subscribing to our eNews, you get:

• Our newsletter, published twice a year and offering the latest information about services for childhood cancer and brain tumour survivors; general event listings; and articles about education, work and survivorship. We also have a Creative Corner column where we invite YOU to submit content, and our once-a-year Survivor Edition is written entirely by survivors!
• Notifications and registration links for upcoming Survivor to Survivor (S2S) Network workshops happening in your area
• Announcements about other exciting events, news and organizations of interest to childhood cancer survivors

To subscribe to The POGO School and Work Transitions Program eNews, please select the distribution list that best corresponds to your POGO counsellor and/or closest major city:

• Hamilton Distribution List
  Your POGO counsellor is Barb Williams, and/or your closest major city is Hamilton.
• London Distribution List
  Your POGO counsellor is Lindsay VanSickle, and/or your closest major city is London.
• Ottawa/Kingston Distribution List
  Your POGO counsellor is Sarah Brandon or Carol Perry and/or your closest major city is Ottawa or Kingston.
• Toronto Distribution List
  Your POGO counsellor is Helen Antoniades and/or your closest major city is Toronto.

The POGO Transitions Program eNews

Most Recent Edition
Winter 2022
Culturally Respectful Health Care, Accessibility at School and a Sneak Peak of S2S 2022!

Back Issues
Fall  2021 – Survivor Edition – Returning to School after a Cancer Diagnosis, Music as Medicine, Honouring and Remembering Residential School Victims, Linked for Life, Poops and Farts, Creative Corner and Upcoming Events. 

Winter 2021 – Survivor to Survivor Network 2021, Make Connexions: Employment Resources, More about Scholarships, Black History Month, Creative Corner and Upcoming Events. 

Fall 2020 – Survivor Edition – Returning to Post-Secondary School, Linked for Life, Stories behind the Tattoos, Interview with an RCMP Officer 

Fall 2019 – Survivor Edition – OSAP and Recent Changes, How to Win a Prestigious Scholarship, It Pays to Volunteer, ELLICSR Kitchen, Survivor Success Story, Creative Corner and Upcoming Events 

Winter 2019 – Meet the 2019 S2S Team, Time to Apply for Scholarships, Summer Job Opportunities, Survivor Success Story, Creative Corner and Upcoming Events