The Generations of Hope Fertility Assistance Fund was conceived in 2005 as an initiative of the Regional Fertility Program in Calgary. The primary objective of the Fund is to help patients of the Regional Fertility Program who wish to conceive a child, but who are facing fertility challenges, and who also face serious financial challenges that make the hope offered by assisted reproductive technology through the Regional Fertility Program - particularly In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) - an unaffordable option for them.

The Fund has a secondary objective of seeking to raise awareness of the widespread occurrence of infertility in Canada, affecting an estimated 1 in 6 couples who try to get pregnant; and to increase awareness that the high direct and indirect costs of assisted reproductive technology not funded by public health care or most private health insurance.

While the Regional Fertility Program provides as much assistance to financially challenged patients as possible, the need for further assistance continues to grow. The goal of the Fund is to help as many people as possible obtain access to assisted reproductive technology, to help put the hope of having a child within reach for as many we can.

The Fund is 100% supported by corporate and individual donations. The immediate priority is to raise as much as possible in order to create sufficient resources to assist eligible applicants. Donations are requested and welcome.

The Generations of Hope Fund is supported through the efforts of a large group of volunteers, including the current Board of Directors.

Read More

Unlocking inclusive fertility- and family-building benefits in Canadian workplaces

Read More

We are the national organization that helps all Canadians reach their reproductive health hopes and dreams by providing support, awareness, education, and advocating for equitable access to fertility care.

Read More

Welcome to Informed Fertility – a counselling practice specifically designed to support individuals, couples and groups in their family building goals. Dara (the Founder of Informed Fertility and Lead Practitioner) and Blair (a full-time Practitioner) are committed to supporting people experiencing primary or secondary infertility, as well as those seeking assisted fertility options for reasons other than infertility (i.e. sexual orientation/gender identity, relationship status, or underlying medical conditions unrelated to reproduction).

Read More

Fertility Friends Foundation is a Canadian registered charity that offers grants to cover expenses associated with assisted reproduction such as IVF, egg and sperm donation and gestational surrogacy. Fertility Friends Foundation provides education and resources to families who are in need of support along their journey.

Read More

The Modern Miracle Foundation is a registered Canadian charity. It was started by a family who knows first-hand how difficult and expensive fertility treatments. Modern Miracle turns generous donations into grants for those struggling to afford fertility treatments, helping ease their financial stress and making fertility treatments more accessible for them.

Read More

We Are Egg Donors was co-founded by three women who envisioned a resource for egg donors to receive support, form community, and collectively advocate for issues that matter most to egg donors. Since then, We Are Egg Donors has formed international partnerships with researchers, academics, nonprofits, filmmakers, attorneys, and top tier media outlets to contribute to the growing transparency and understanding of egg donor concerns and diverse experiences. Today, We Are Egg Donors is an active global community of more than 1,500 egg donors in 12+ countries.

WAED provides an honest platform for egg donors around the world to connect. Our members prove that there is no "one size fits all" story for all of us

Read More

More people are conceiving children using donated eggs than ever before, but very little is known about the women who provide those eggs, and how their experience of donation affects their bodies and lives. What we do know is that egg donation is a complex experience in which donors want to help people build their families, but are often not informed about risks, and may be treated as a means to the reproductive ends of others.

This project is the first large-scale study of egg donation in Canada. Our goal is to work with egg donors to chronicle their stories, and to improve relevant law and public policy. In 2022 and 2023, we interviewed 53 people who donated eggs in Canadian clinics. We are analyzing the data and will make results available as soon as possible.

Ova Obscura is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada’s Insight Program. Additional funding is provided by the Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Reproduction, with support from the University of Waterloo.

Read More

Conceivable Dreams is a grassroots advocacy organization supporting current and future families. We work to build awareness about fertility and reproductive health issues, and empower patients to address their fertility challenges head-on. We act as patient advocates for individuals and couples from the early steps of their journeys like fertility baseline testing all the way through to fertility treatments like IUI and IVF.

Read More

Follow and learn about a variety of infertility, mental health and egg donation topics

Read More

The Fertility Alberta Advocacy & Outreach Association (FA) is a patient-led, volunteer organization that is leading the public movement toward achieving government funding for fertility treatments in Alberta.

We aim to achieve this by:

Engaging patients across the province to get involved in advocacy

Educating and lobbying government officials

Promoting fertility awareness through traditional and social media

Fertility Alberta works towards access to public funding for fertility treatment for all Albertans and aims to reduce the stigma and misconceptions around fertility issues by providing access to tools and sharing resources.

Read More