Chain of Life Challenge
Outaouais
Take on the Chain of Life Challenge at mont Cascades!
Support our student flag-bearer, Christine Dufour, ambassador of the very first link in the chain of life: education. Make a donation to your region, create a team, or join your flag-bearers’ team. You can also register individually. Through this act of solidarity, you are directly helping to advance organ and tissue donation education in our schools.
It's a date on Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.
448, chemin du Mont-des-Cascades
Cantley (Québec) J8V 3B2
Flag-bearer
Christine Dufour
Hi,
My name is Christine Dufour, and I’m very honored to be this year’s Chain of Life Challenge flag-bearer for my region.
At 24 years old, I received a kidney from my father. This living donation allowed me to spend nearly fourteen years without dialysis, years that allowed me to build my adult life, advance my career, become a mother, travel, and discover my passion for hiking and climbing, all while learning to take care of my health through physical activity and healthy lifestyle habits.
Today, I am back on dialysis, waiting for a second transplant. I am therefore very familiar with both sides of organ donation: the immense gratitude of having received, but also the deeply rooted hope that one day, this precious gift will grant me a second chance.
This year, it is with pride that I take on the role of Flag-Bearer for the Chain of Life Challenge in Outaouais. Climbing Mont Cascades will hold a very special meaning for me. Every step will represent the determination of those waiting, the generosity of donors and their families, and all the human links that make transplantation possible.
The mission of Chain of life deeply inspires me: educating youth about organ and tissue donations, opening up discussions within families, and raising awareness about the importance of taking care of one's health. My journey has taught me just how precious health is. For me, being healthy no longer means living in a disease-free body. Instead, it means learning to respect my limits, staying active despite obstacles, and making choices day after day that allow me to take care of myself and move forward.
On October 18, the day after World Organ Donation and Transplantation Day, I invite you to walk by my side, form a team, or make a donation. Together, let’s truly cultivate a culture of donation and health.
Christine
The Key Links in the Chain of Life
The key links in the chain of life are doctors, nurses, transplant recipients, donor families, teachers, students, distinguished climbers, public figures and many others... who join forces to create a movement uniting all those touched directly or indirectly by organ and tissue donation.
The day of the event
- For the Challenge, you will need warm clothing, a snack and water.
- In case of bad weather, please consult the Facebook event for the Outaouais region for details.
- Door prizes will be drawn on the day of the event.
9:30 a.m.
Arrival time for participants
10:30 a.m.
Welcome remarks and speeches by special guests
10:30 a.m.
Start of the climb
11:30 a.m.
Photo at the top
12:00 a.m.
End of the event
Anick Charette
Team: Les Gogoss
Guy Gosselin
Team: Les Gogoss
Maelie Gosselin
Team: Les Gogoss
Laura Gosselin
Team: Les Gogoss
Nicole Gagné
Team: Les Gogoss
Caroline Gosselin
Team: Les Gogoss
Loralie Gosselin
Team: Les Gogoss
Loralie Gosselin
Team: Les Gogoss
Jacob Monette
Team: Les Gogoss
Jacob Monette
Team: Les Gogoss
Véronique Charette
Team: Les Gogoss
Eric Jomphe
Team: Les Gogoss
Felix Jomphe
Team: Les Gogoss
Sandrine Lavoie
Team: Les Gogoss
Abi Pruden
Team: Les Gogoss
Rachel Malenfant
Team: Les Gogoss
Daniel Soucy
Team: Les Gogoss
Alexis Bourgon
Team: Les Gogoss
Valérie Clairoux
Team: Les Gogoss
Hélène Sabourin
Team: Les Gogoss
Jean Clairoux
Team: Les Gogoss
Christine Dufour
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Sylvain Cyr
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Éris Dufour-Cyr
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Marina Dufour
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Antoine Morin
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Audrey Defalco
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Monique Savard
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Jean Guy Cyr
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Joanne Savard
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Alain Bélanger
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Veronique Do Couto
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Ayoub El Moutribi
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Malik El Moutribi
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Karim El Moutribi
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Emilie Perrier
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Mathieu Bourgie
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Ellie Fournier
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Véronique Dufour
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Claude Dufour
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Simon Tellier
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Chloe Richard
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Tim Walker
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Julia Walker
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Marie-Pier Roy
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Claude André Pelletier
Team: Les Perlinpinpins
Julie Rochon
Team: Les Reines de la montagne
Céleste Crevier
Team: Les Reines de la montagne
Chloé Daher
Team: Les Reines de la montagne
Émile Dufour
Team: No team
Danielle Lafrance
Team: No team
Eric Mougeot
Team: No team
Josee Lacroix
Team: No team
Guy Lafrance
Team: No team
Marie Houtart
Team: No team
MICHEL CARPENTIER
Team: No team
Nicole Therriault
Team: No team
Jean-Guy Lorrain
Team: No team
Alexandre Lorrain
Team: No team
Marie-Hélène Paquet-Boulet
Team: No team
Amélie Lorrain
Team: No team
Émile Dufour
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $30 to the region
Nathalie Lavoie
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the region
Christine Dufour
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $130 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Marina Dufour
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $80 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Marie Morin
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
maryse Gagnon
1 month 2 weeks agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
« Je suis pas capable de les suivre physiquement mais je les encourage ainsi. Bravo! »
Manon Chouinard
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Ian Cyr
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Anick Charette
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Gogoss
Guy Gosselin
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Gogoss
Monique Tremblay
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Gogoss
Monique Savard
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Joanne Savard
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Laura Gosselin
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Gogoss
Linda Giroux
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Gogoss
Nicole Gagné
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les Gogoss
Suzanne Bédard
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Veronique Do Couto
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Danielle Lafrance
1 month 1 week agomade a donation of $100 to the region
Julie Rochon
1 month agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les Reines de la montagne
Serge Crevier
1 month agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Reines de la montagne
« GO Les Reines! »
Thérèse Boudrias
1 month agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Gogoss
« Go gang Go »
Raymonde Rochon
1 month agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Reines de la montagne
François Rochon
1 month agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Reines de la montagne
Marie-Claude Latourelle
1 month agomade a donation of $25 to the region
Annie Leduc
1 month agomade a donation of $25 to the region
« De tout coeur avec vous depuis maintenant 20 ans :) »
Caroline Gosselin
1 month agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Gogoss
Marie-Josée Laventure
1 month agomade a donation of $25 to the region
Claudette Charette
1 month agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les Gogoss
Helene Sabourin
1 month agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Gogoss
« Go go go!!! »
Julie Lepine
4 weeks 1 day agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Gogoss
Emilie Legendre
4 weeks agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Reines de la montagne
Eric Mougeot
3 weeks 6 days agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Emilie Perrier
3 weeks 4 days agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Myriam Bou Malhab
3 weeks 2 days agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Reines de la montagne
Josee Lacroix
2 weeks 6 days agomade a donation of $40 to the region
Guy Lafrance
2 weeks 6 days agomade a donation of $40 to the region
Marcelle Abou abdallah
2 weeks 3 days agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Jonathan Crevier
2 weeks 3 days agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Reines de la montagne
Julie Rochon
2 weeks 1 day agomade a donation of $20 to the team: Les Reines de la montagne
Rachel Malenfant
1 week 6 days agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Genevieve Forest
1 week 6 days agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Stephan Thibert
1 week 6 days agomade a donation of $250 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
« 🙏😇 »
Véronique Dufour
1 week 5 days agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Sylvie Roussel
1 week 5 days agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Lyne Roussel
1 week 5 days agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Claude Dufour
1 week 5 days agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Filipe Braga
1 week 4 days agomade a donation of $250 to the team: Les Gogoss
Véronique Charette
1 week 4 days agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les Gogoss
Eric Jomphe
1 week 4 days agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les Gogoss
Valérie Clairoux
1 week 4 days agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Gogoss
« Petit rein va loin!!! Bravo les Gogos! Je vous aime! »
Simon Tellier
1 week 3 days agomade a donation of $250 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Johanne Gagnon
1 week 3 days agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Sylvette McGraw
1 week 2 days agomade a donation of $40 to the team: Les Gogoss
Francine Provencher
1 week 2 days agomade a donation of $25 to the region
« Continuez cette belle initiative »
Marie Houtart
1 week 2 days agomade a donation of $30 to the region
Chloe Richard
1 week 2 days agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Brenda Seguin
1 week 1 day agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Marie-Pier Roy
1 week 1 day agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
MICHEL CARPENTIER
1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Julie Tassé
1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Gogoss
« Bravo pour votre implication 💚 »
Sophy Lambert
1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Gogoss
Kariane Lusignan
1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Gogoss
Claude André Pelletier
1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Martine Rondeau
1 week agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Gogoss
Daniel LeBlanc
1 week agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Les Gogoss
« Bonne montée !! »
Nicole Therriault
1 week agomade a donation of $60 to the region
Alexandre Lorrain
1 week agomade a donation of $100 to the region
George Simard
1 week agomade a donation of $105 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
« Don pour l’equipe a Christine Dufour! Bonne randonnée! »
Parnel Dugas
1 week agomade a donation of $50 to the region
Francine Roussel
1 week agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Amélie Lorrain
1 week agomade a donation of $45 to the region
Marie-Eve Bisson
1 week agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Francois st-pierre Dubois
1 week agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les Gogoss
Abi Pruden
6 days 14 hours agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Gogoss
Abi Pruden
6 days 14 hours agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les Gogoss
Chloe Doucet
6 days 14 hours agomade a donation of $10 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Ginette Tremblay
6 days 13 hours agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Gogoss
Gentil couple de Québec
6 days 13 hours agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les Gogoss
Rachel Malenfant
6 days 9 hours agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Les Gogoss
Jessica Lambert
6 days 8 hours agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Reines de la montagne
Sophie Brennan
6 days 6 hours agomade a donation of $25 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
Alexis Bourgon
6 days 6 hours agomade a donation of $30 to the team: Les Gogoss
Melanie Scholle
6 days 4 hours agomade a donation of $100 to the team: Les Reines de la montagne
Rita Tabbakh
6 days 1 hour agomade a donation of $75 to the team: Les Gogoss
Hélène Sabourin
5 days 17 hours agomade a donation of $60 to the team: Les Gogoss
Véronique Moisan
5 days 6 hours agomade a donation of $15 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
« Bravo les Perlinpinpins!! »
Député Fédéral de Gatineau (Steven MacKinnon)
2 days 14 hours agomade a donation of $250 to the region
Olivier Desjardins
2 days 7 hours agomade a donation of $1000 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
« Félicitation! »
Nancy Asselin
9 hours 48 minutes agomade a donation of $250 to the team: Les Perlinpinpins
« Pour nous, l'escalade est le plus beau sport du monde! Parce qu'il nous invite à toujours essayer d'aller plus haut, à notre rythme, et ce défi, bien qu'individuel, se vit se partage en communauté. Chère Christine, nous te souhaitons bonne chance dans ton challenge et surtout, Bravo pour ton engagement et ta détermination. C'est inspirant! »
Health Ambassador
Dr. Sophie Gagnon
In my work as a neurologist, I have witnessed brain death far too often. Some of these patients were eligible to donate their organs. As their own lives came to an end, they had the possibility of doing something extraordinary: saving other lives.
This opportunity arises in only about 1% of all deaths. For families facing the profound decision of whether or not to donate their loved one’s organs during such a painful time, having already thought about it and discussed it together can make all the difference, allowing them to make their decision with greater peace of mind.
And you, young people—with your minds buzzing with curiosity, your desire to understand, to speak up and to change the world—you are among the best equipped, across all generations, to understand what is at stake and to talk about it with the people you love. For them. For yourselves.
You are also in the best position to protect this wonderful yet fragile gift that is your health. Celebrate your body and all its potential by taking care of it and allowing it to thrive. Read, sing, study and create. Explore the arts, play sports and make discoveries. Eat well. Build genuine relationships. Be fully alive!
In the Chain of Life, you are strong links. Never underestimate your importance. You have a vital role to play in understanding and communicating the issues surrounding organ donation and health.
Become ambassadors for both.
Dr. Sophie Gagnon
Mountain Climbing and Waiting for a Transplant: What a Parallel!
Participants in the Chain of Life Challenge carry the flag to the top of a mountain in their region.
Waiting for a transplant is a bit like climbing a mountain. Both require preparation, fortitude, determination, perseverance and, most of all, support — the climber needs strong climbing partners and the person waiting for an organ needs a reliable support network. Both are real challenges. This is why the mountain has become one of the symbols associated with Chain of Life.
By planting the Chain of Life flag at the top of a mountain, we are not only showing our solidarity for organ and tissue donation, but we are also helping send a message of hope to all those waiting for a transplant in Quebec and elsewhere.
Thank you to our partners!
