Ryan Parker photographed Thy Chan, an advanced disease cancer patient navigator at the Cross Cancer Institute, for The Power of Planning Ahead, a Q&A in the Fall / Winter 2026 issue of Leap, the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s magazine, and for the contents page.
The story
The Power of Planning Ahead
Thy Chan is a registered nurse who has worked in oncology since 2014, and since 2024 she has supported Albertans with advanced gastrointestinal cancers as an advanced disease cancer patient navigator at the Cross Cancer Institute. In the Q&A she makes the case for planning early, whatever the prognosis: a will, a personal directive and an enduring power of attorney, where to spend the time that’s left, and how to be honoured after. Done early, she says, it gives a family the peace of knowing what matters most, and the time to focus on each other.
- Magazine
- Leap, the Alberta Cancer Foundation
- Issue
- Fall / Winter 2026
- Section
- Expert Advice
- Cover line
- Last Wishes
- Ran as
- A two-page Q&A, and the contents page
- Words
- Karin Olafson
- Art direction
- Veronica Cowan
- Photographs
- Ryan Parker
As printed
The cover, and the pages.
01Leap, Fall / Winter 2026
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