Listen Now to Season 2
Welcome back to another season of Carry The Fire, hosted by legendary Canadian broadcaster Lisa LaFlamme. We have ten new and inspiring personal stories for you about what happens when world-leading doctors, researchers and their patients come together to ignite breakthroughs in cancer research, treatment, and care.Special guests this season include Olympic bronze medalist ice dancer, Piper Gilles, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Dakota Joshua, musician Ryan Gullen of The Sheepdogs, and award-winning author Claire Cameron, as well as everyday Canadians who are helping to create a world free from the fear of cancer.
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Episode 2 - Reimagining Life after Cancer: Author Claire Cameron
Claire Cameron is a best-selling Canadian author and winner of the 2025 Governor General’s Literary Award in Non-Fiction. A lifelong outdoors lover, her identity was upended when she was diagnosed with a hereditary skin cancer and told to avoid sunlight. After receiving treatment at The Princess Margaret, she found new ways to connect with nature and used writing – especially her book How to Survive a Bear Attack – to process her grief, accept her new limits, and reimagine her love for the outdoors .
Episode 1 - Managing Grief and Loss: Ryan Gullen from The Sheepdogs
When Ryan Gullen, bassist for the popular Canadian rock band The Sheepdogs, lost his father to esophageal cancer, grief showed up in unexpected and complicated ways. In this deeply personal episode, Ryan reflects on navigating hope, guilt, and the quiet aftermath of loss, all while balancing his music and life on the road. Plus, Dr. Madeline Li, a world-leading psychiatrist from The Princess Margaret, unpacks what grief really looks like, why it rarely follows a tidy path, and how we learn to live with it. Season 2 Trailer