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: June 2026

This issue covers highlights from the What the Cell!? event in Toronto, recruitment info for the DRIVE-UP study, and request for input into a patient education video.

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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.

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Archived Issues of The Loon Duct

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2022	Vol 3, Issue 3	Vol 3, Issue 4	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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