On this episode of the AmpuTO Show podcast, find out how the youngest Para Canoer on Team Canada fought cancer at the age of 12, having a rotationplasty and participated in her first international event at 19.  An accomplished athlete, Erica Scarff is the true definition of the athlete mindset. What an amazing story of determination and fighting all the the odds.

On this episode of The AmpuTO Show, we continue our series with the 4th instalment of Osseointegration Talks with the PBO Group. We hear from the four prosthetists who has worked with some of OI patients here in Canada including the first two prosthetist who has worked with Canada’s first OI patient upon her return from Australia. 

In this episode of the AmpuTO Show, we connect with the one and only Cinderella with a Glass Arm, actress and the imagination behind Be The Spark Cosplay, Mandy Pursley. Learn more about her take on Cinderella and why it is important to have representation in the entertainment industry, including the character in a new video game based on her likeness.

In this episode, we hear from the only amputee to ever grace the Broadway Stage 30 years ago and remains to be the only amputee on Broadway’s history. Actor David Connolly discusses inclusion in theatre, his advocacy and where we can come together to include persons of different abilities make it on to the Broadway stage.

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In this episode, we learn about living and thriving after sepsis and amputation from Sepsis Advocate, Christine Caron, and drummer, Dean Laponse, as they share their stories of being diagnosed with sepsis, amputations due to sepsis, and other health issues after surviving this deadly disease. Discover how they are both thriving despite having post-sepsis syndrome.

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In this episode of the AmpuTO Show, Dr. Alison Fox-Robichaud - Professor at McMaster University and Lead Scientist in sepsis research in Canada with Sepsis Canada, talks about this deadly disease that affects approximately 75,000 Canadians each year, some resulting in amputations. She also talks about COVID19 and sepsis deaths due to COVID.

TRIGGER WARNING: Trauma and medical details in audio.

In this episode, I speak with Edward Urquhart - a Tokyo 2020 hopeful, a double below-knee amputee, a multi-sport adaptive athlete and a two Canadian record-holder for Canada Para Long Drive and Para Powerlifting. 

In this episode of The AmpuTO Show, meet four members of Team Canada who were on their way to represent Canada at the now postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the games has been rescheduled to 2021. Listen to how they dealt with the news, to the uncertainty of the games, to staying resilient as the athletes they are through these tough times.

TRIGGER WARNING: Trauma and Medical description in the audio.

Listen to the journey of the first Canadian amputees who have undergone through the Osseointegration surgery including cost, accessing funding, and why they opted to have the procedure; one even going as far as Australia to have the surgery. 

In this episode, Dr. Robert Turcotte (first Canadian surgeon to perform Osseointegration in Canada) explains the procedure here in Canada including funding this innovative procedure for amputees outside of Montreal. Lots of great information for amputees and clinicians looking to explore Osseointegration and the future of this procedure in Canada.