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Women Speak Out: Largest Women’s Health Survey in Regional History Reaffirms Urgent Need to Address Barriers to Women’s Health

Halifax, NS (October 9, 2025) — More than 27,000 women across the Maritimes have spoken in what is the largest-ever open survey focused on women’s health in the region. The Voice of Maritime Women…

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Strong Uptake Across the Maritimes as Women’s Health Survey Enters Final Week

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Halifax, NS [July 24, 2025] — With just one week remaining, the IWK Foundation’s groundbreaking Women’s Health Survey is seeing strong participation from women across…

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Maritime-Wide Survey Launches to Help Close the Women’s Health Gap

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(Halifax, NS) July 3, 2025 — The IWK Foundation is launching a first-of-its-kind regional public perception survey to better understand women’s health experiences…

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Record-breaking $8,331,185.16 raised in historic 41st IWK Telethon for Children on CTV

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Halifax, N.S. (June 1, 2025) – This weekend, Maritimers made history. The power of community was on full display as donors across the region united to raise a record…

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The power of philanthropy: How IWK Child Life Specialists are making an impact, one MRI at a time

For many children, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test can be a frightening experience.

Now, thanks to the generosity of the late Arthur Irving, the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation…

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