The Loon Duct - PSC Partners Canada's newsletter

The Loon Duct e-newsletter helps the PSC Community in Canada stay up to date on upcoming events, research, and other PSC news. Emailed quarterly, the newsletter also highlights people’s stories about their experiences living with PSC.

Most Recent Issue: December 2025

In the December 2025 issue of The Loon Duct, read the 2025 Year in Review, Edmonton patient event, year-end fundraising matching grant, and much more!

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Many thanks to The Loon Duct volunteers!

2023-Present Editors: Kristian Stephens and Matt Hodgson.
2021-2022 Editors: Kristian Stephens and Jennifer Stephens.
2019-2020 Editors: Jessica Travis and Meg Ramore.

Contributing authors: Virve Aljas, Kristian Stephens, Jennifer Stephens, Jessica Travis.

If you’d like to join The Loon Duct team, please email us at [email protected].

Archived Issues of The Loon Duct

	March	June	September	December
2025	Vol 6, Issue 3	Vol 6, Issue 4	Vol. 7, Issue 1	Vol. 7, Issue 2
2024	Vol 5, Issue 3	Vol 5, Issue 4	Vol 6, Issue 1	Coming Soon
2023	Vol 4, Issue 3	Vol 4, Issue 4	Vol 5, Issue 1	Vol 5, Issue 2
2022	Vol 3, Issue 3	Vol 3, Issue 4 (July)	Vol 4, Issue 1	Vol 4, Issue 2
2021	Vol 2, Issue 3	Vol 2, Issue 4	Vol 3, Issue 1	Vol 3, Issue 2
2020	Vol 1, Issue 3	Vol 1, Issue 4	Vol 2, Issue 1	Vol 2, Issue 2
2019			Vol 1, Issue 1	Vol 1, Issue 2

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