Mission:
STEM is a non-profit Saskatchewan organization whose mission is to raise awareness and provide information about the Saskatchewan Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program. STEM has three main objectives:
- To support the development of an accredited Provincial Hematology/Stem Cell Transplant Program that meets the needs of Saskatchewan residents
- To educate the public about the Program
- To serve as a collective voice for Saskatchewan residents living with hematological/blood cancers
We need your support to be effective.
If you have an interest in hematological/blood cancers or have been affected by such a diagnosis, then join STEM and make a difference.
Board of Directors
Activities of STEM are organized by a Board of Directors elected from around the province. Prior to incorporation STEM was run by a CORE group of individuals. The Board meets approximately once a month by teleconference. If you wish to contact any member of the board, please send an E-mail to: stem@sasktel.net and place “Attention: [Board Member’s name] in the topic line.
2016 – 2017
Hank Lashta (Chair)
Saskatoon, SK
Faye Eberle (Secretary)
Dundern, SK
Cathy Lashta (Treasurer)
Saskatoon, SK
David Gabruch
Saskatoon, SK
Sonya Gabruch
Saskatoon, Sk
Bill Wilson
Regina, SK
Kathy Macey
Saskatoon, SK
Bev Byrne
Prince Albert, SK
Carol Byrne
Prince Albert, SK
Kelly Neufeldt
North Battleford, SK
Cheryl Neufeldt
North Battleford, SK
Noland Eberle
Warman, SK
Laura Eberle
Warman, SK
Click here for Past STEM Board of Directors
History:
The first Canadian bone marrow transplant was carried out in Regina in 1958 and published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. However, Saskatchewan’s stem cell transplant program did not start till 1998 when a physician was employed half-time and in the first two years, approximatrely 10 autologous transplants were carried out annually. In 2000 this physician left and was replaced by a full-time physician so allogeneic (donor) transplants were started. By 2001 approximately 25 transplants were being carried out annually but then this physician left.
Finally, in 2002, two transplant hematologists were recruited to provide a combined Provincial Malignant Hematology Program and a Bone Marrow (stem cell) Transplant Program. Within a year these physicians were carrying out 48 transplants on an annual basis, both autologous and allogeneic.
By 2005, the program was struggling as transplant hematologists departed and it was lacking the resources and infrastructure that it needed if it was ever to become an accredited transplant centre. So in January 2005, a small group of stem cell transplant recipients and one care giver began to discuss ways in which support could be given to the Saskatchewan Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program. From these discussions, the Saskatchewan Stem Cell Transplant Advocacy Group or STEM was born. On June 16th, 2006 the organization became Incorporated under the Saskatchewan Non-Profit Corporations Act.
Since its inception in 2005, STEM has:
- Participated in the development of the BMT Program
- Assisted in the planning of the stem cell transplant unit at Royal University Hospital
- Published a brochure about stem cell transplants
- Developed a display board
- Become the organization to contact to obtain the views of those affected by blood cancers.
- Had members on Saskatchewan Cancer Agency committees representing the voice of those with blood cancers
- Given interviews to the media.
- Had questions raised in the Legislature.
- Attracted over 225 members in its first five years
Mission:
STEM is a non-profit Saskatchewan organization whose mission is to raise awareness and provide information about the Saskatchewan Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program. STEM has three main objectives:
- To support the development of an accredited Provincial Hematology/Stem Cell Transplant Program that meets the needs of Saskatchewan residents
- To educate the public about the Program
- To serve as a collective voice for Saskatchewan residents living with hematological/blood cancers
We need your support to be effective.
If you have an interest in hematological/blood cancers or have been affected by such a diagnosis, then join STEM and make a difference.
Board of Directors
Activities of STEM are organized by a Board of Directors elected from around the province. Prior to incorporation STEM was run by a CORE group of individuals. The Board meets approximately once a month by teleconference. If you wish to contact any member of the board, please send an E-mail to: stem@sasktel.net and place “Attention: [Board Member’s name] in the topic line.
2016 – 2017 |
|
| Hank Lashta (Chair) | Saskatoon, SK |
| Faye Eberle (Secretary) | Dundern, SK |
| Cathy Lashta (Treasurer) | Saskatoon, SK |
| David Gabruch | Saskatoon, SK |
| Sonya Gabruch | Saskatoon, Sk |
| Bill Wilson | Regina, SK |
| Kathy Macey | Saskatoon, SK |
| Bev Byrne | Prince Albert, SK |
| Carol Byrne | Prince Albert, SK |
| Kelly Neufeldt | North Battleford, SK |
| Cheryl Neufeldt | North Battleford, SK |
| Noland Eberle | Warman, SK |
| Laura Eberle | Warman, SK |
Click here for Past STEM Board of Directors
History:
The first Canadian bone marrow transplant was carried out in Regina in 1958 and published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. However, Saskatchewan’s stem cell transplant program did not start till 1998 when a physician was employed half-time and in the first two years, approximatrely 10 autologous transplants were carried out annually. In 2000 this physician left and was replaced by a full-time physician so allogeneic (donor) transplants were started. By 2001 approximately 25 transplants were being carried out annually but then this physician left.
Finally, in 2002, two transplant hematologists were recruited to provide a combined Provincial Malignant Hematology Program and a Bone Marrow (stem cell) Transplant Program. Within a year these physicians were carrying out 48 transplants on an annual basis, both autologous and allogeneic.
By 2005, the program was struggling as transplant hematologists departed and it was lacking the resources and infrastructure that it needed if it was ever to become an accredited transplant centre. So in January 2005, a small group of stem cell transplant recipients and one care giver began to discuss ways in which support could be given to the Saskatchewan Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program. From these discussions, the Saskatchewan Stem Cell Transplant Advocacy Group or STEM was born. On June 16th, 2006 the organization became Incorporated under the Saskatchewan Non-Profit Corporations Act.
Since its inception in 2005, STEM has:
- Participated in the development of the BMT Program
- Assisted in the planning of the stem cell transplant unit at Royal University Hospital
- Published a brochure about stem cell transplants
- Developed a display board
- Become the organization to contact to obtain the views of those affected by blood cancers.
- Had members on Saskatchewan Cancer Agency committees representing the voice of those with blood cancers
- Given interviews to the media.
- Had questions raised in the Legislature.
- Attracted over 225 members in its first five years