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ABOUT
The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation
Founded in 1965, the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation is a national registered charity powered by a professional staff and volunteer Board of Directors. The Foundation is Canada’s only health charity dedicated solely to helping people maintain and restore their bone and joint, or orthopaedic, health.
OUR IMPACT
What We Do
The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation raises money through public and institutional donations and invests funds in programs to advance orthopaedic research, promote patient and public education, and improve outcomes.
Annually, the Foundation funds grants and awards to orthopaedic researchers across the country.
The Foundation is committed to patient education and to providing patients and their families with accurate, up-to-date information that will make going through orthopaedic surgery a little easier and less frightening.
The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation is Canada’s only health charity dedicated solely to helping people build, maintain and restore their bone and joint health. We do this by raising and allocating funds for the research, education and care that helps Canadians to live and move independently – longer and stronger.
HELPING YOU MOVE PAIN-FREE
About Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics is the branch of surgery devoted to treating a wide variety of injuries and disorders in children and adults pertaining to the skeleton and its supporting muscles.
Your bones provide the structural frame for your skeleton, protect your internal organs, anchor muscles, ligaments, tendons and joints for movement, store calcium and produce blood cells.
Healthy bones are dependent on a healthy lifestyle.
