Allen Chankowsky is currently surviving a rare form of stage-4 Androgen Receptor positive cancer. As the author of his best-selling and multi-award-winning book, On the Other Side of TERMINAL, Allen hopes to share his incredible story of survival by inspiring readers with an enduring message of hope and resilience in the face of a life-shattering diagnosis. He has been invited to speak at major international cancer events – most recently as the keynote speaker at TargetCancer Foundation’s 2022 gala in Boston, Massachusetts.

Harjeet Kaur survived a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer at the age of 32. Stage IV Subcutaneous Panniculitis T-cell Lymphoma complicated with HLH has only 150 documented cases worldwide. Today she is NED, volunteering, spreading awareness, and advocating for cancer patients. Harjeet has volunteered with YACC – Edmonton, the Canadian Cancer Society, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada and fundraised for their Light the Night event.

April Stearns was diagnosed at 35 years old with Stage 3 breast cancer that she found while breastfeeding her daughter. Four years later, while struggling to “go back to normal” and find other women in similar circumstances, April launched Wildfire Magazine. Now she enjoys not only publishing the stories of those “too young for breast cancer,” she also finds pleasure in helping others heal through learning to write and share their stories.

In March of 2008, Canadian Comedy Award Winner, Daniel Stolfi, was diagnosed with acute non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, an aggressive form of cancer requiring equally aggressive chemotherapy and radiation treatments over the next two years of his life. Through his ongoing battle with the disease, Daniel created his simultaneously heart warming and hysterical, Canadian Comedy Award winning one-person show, “Cancer Can’t Dance Like This”. Daniel has spoken for a number of organizations across Canada including, Lymphoma Canada, Young Adult Cancer Canada, Sunnybrook Hospital and the Canadian Cancer Society.