CCS Annual Report 2009/2010

Annual Report 2009/2010
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
For the period February 1, 2009, to January 31, 2010
We are pleased to present the Statement
of Financial Activities for the Canadian
Cancer Society for the period of February 1,
2009, to January 31, 2010.
The Canadian Cancer Society Board of
Directors is committed to careful stewardship
of the Society’s financial resources.
The Board of Directors is responsible for
determining that management fulfills
its responsibilities in the preparation of
the financial statements. To fulfill this
responsibility, the Board created a finance,
audit and risk management committee
that meets with the Society’s national senior
management to review the financial
statements and the accounting policies the
Society follows. The committee also
meets with the Society’s external auditors,
KPMG LLP, to review the results of the
annual audit of the financial statements.
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Upon completion of its review of the
financial statements, the Finance,
Audit and Risk Management Committee
recommends them to the Board for
approval. The voting members of the
Committee and of the Board of Directors are
all Canadian Cancer Society volunteers.
The complete financial statements, including
the notes to the financial statements
and the auditor’s report, are available on
our website (cancer.ca) or by calling our
national office at 416 961-7223.
Pierre-Alain Rodrigue
Chair, Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Statement of Financial Activities – Operations and Externally Restricted Resources
Year ended January 31, 2010, with comparative figures for 2009
(In thousands of dollars)
Operations
2010
2009
Externally restricted
2010
2009
Revenue:
Relay For Life
$ 53,004
$ 51,005
Annual giving
48,539
49,279
$
—
13
$
—
5
Major and planned gifts
31,855
42,075
1,496
582
Special events
23,166
26,949
4
25
Tributes
11,395
12,290
1
—
Lotteries
29,514
28,069
—
—
Government-sponsored projects
10,208
10,564
(67)
153
Investment income (expense)
5,435
1,200
453
(117)
Other income
7,035
8,155
1,421
3,615
220,151
229,586
3,321
4,263
Research
48,364
48,588
22
243
Support for people living with cancer
36,545
37,051
77
155
Prevention
22,815
20,352
—
93
Information
15,149
15,033
2
78
6,533
6,844
—
7
129,406
127,868
101
576
Fundraising
67,516
61,984
667
740
Fundraising – lotteries
26,719
26,066
—
—
9,245
9,754
24
37
103,480
97,804
691
777
232,886
225,672
792
1,353
3,914
$ 2,529
$ 2,910
Expenditures:
Cancer control:
Advocacy
Supporting:
Management and general
Increase (decrease) in resources
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$ (12,735)
$
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GOLF CANADA’S GOLF FORE
THE CURE – ONE ROUND
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The Canadian Cancer Society is proud to
be the charity of choice for Golf Fore
the Cure – the signature charity event of
Golf Canada’s Sport Development Division.
In 2009, women across the country hit
the links in their local communities raising
more than $644,000 for breast cancer
research and support for women living with
the disease.
The key to Golf Fore the Cure’s success
is the tremendous commitment of
volunteers in local communities who
organize and host the events each
year. It takes personal dedication, time
and energy to organize a Golf Fore
the Cure event, and many event organizers
are motivated by personal reasons to
get involved.
Lisa MacDonald, event coordinator at
Caledon Woods in Bolton, Ontario,
organized an incredibly successful first year
event in 2009. Motivated by her own
personal experience with cancer – the loss
of her 19-year-old daughter – Lisa was
a passionate and dedicated coordinator
who helped this event raise more than
$17,000.
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“We held our Golf Fore the Cure tournament
in honour of two of our club members
who had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
We felt inspired to do everything we can to
help find a cure so no one else has to
suffer this tragic loss,” explains Lisa. “The
response from the ladies at our club as
well as the local community was a reflection
of the impact of this disease and our
desire to help make a real difference.”
Since 2004, Golf Fore the Cure has
harnessed the sheer power of women playing
the game of golf to enable thousands of
women to fight back against breast cancer.
This remarkable series of events has
raised more than $1.7 million to date for
the Society. Thanks to each participant,
volunteer and donor who continues to make
this program a success, research and
support funded by the Society have resulted
in steadily declining mortality rates and
improved treatments and quality of life for
women with breast cancer.
CORPORATE RECOGNITION
2009/2010
In all that we do, we fight for life. Thanks to the generous support of our
donors, the Canadian Cancer Society is doing everything we can to prevent
cancer, save lives and support those living with cancer. As we continue
to make an impact against the disease, the Society benefits from the support
of caring companies across the country. By taking a leadership role in
the fight against cancer, these companies show their employees, customers
and community that they care.
Our dedicated corporate donors are committed to helping protect the
health and well-being of Canadians by investing in vital cancer research
and critical support and information programs. In addition to helping
the Society make more impact, against more cancers, in more communities,
than any other charity in Canada, companies who support the Society
also benefit from enhanced corporate image and improved customer and
employee loyalty.
We thank all of our generous donors who have joined us in this fight.
The following comprise the Society’s top corporate contributors in
2009 –2010. Although we appreciate all gifts, only those organizations
that contributed $10,000 or more are listed.
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100.5 EZ Rock
Bayshore Broadcasting Corporation
CIBC
102.9 K-Lite FM
BC Liquor Distribution Branch
Citi Canada
104.5 CHUM FM
Bearskin Airlines
Citi Cards Canada Ltd.
105.1 The River
Bell Canada
City of Montréal
107.5 KOOL FM
Bell Canada Employee Giving
Program
City of Mount Pearl
3M Canada Employees’ Charitable
Contribution Organization
Best Made Toys Ltd.
City of Toronto; Transportation
Services Division/Parks Forestry &
Recreation
820 CHAM
BFL Canada
93.9 BOB FM
BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc.
96.3 Capital FM
BIC Inc.
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Big 105.5 FM / 106.7 The Drive
A & B Courier
Birks
Abbott Laboratories Limited,
Abbott Nutrition Division
Blackburn Radio Inc.
AbitibiBowater Inc.
Acme Dmmt Holding Inc.
BMO Employee Charitable
Foundation
Aerarium / Northstar
BMO Financial Group
AGF Funds
Bombardier Inc.
Alcoa Foundation
Bowes Publishers Ltd.
ALDO
Bruce Power
AM740 Zoomer Radio/Classical 96.3
Cadbury Adams Canada Inc.
AMEC Earth & Environmental Limited
CAE
ArcelorMittal Dofasco, F.H. Sherman
Recreation & Learning Centre
Caisse de Prévoyance Sociale
Corus Radio Edmonton
Calgary Herald
Cosoltech Inc.
Astral Media Radio Group
Cameo Knitting
ATCO Electric Ltd.
Credit Unions of Prince
Edward Island
Campbell Company of Canada –
Employees
CTV “A”
Canadian Forces Base, 22 Wing
CTV Inc.
Canadian Natural Resources
Limited
CTV Northern Ontario
Canadian Pacific
CTV Southwestern Ontario
Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd.
Cummins Eastern Canada
Carma Developers Ltd.
Carpet One Floor & Home
CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador
Division
CHANEL
Curves International
CHCA News
Dave Mercer Outdoors Inc.
Chronicle Journal
Davis + Henderson
ATCO EPIC – Employees Participating
in Communities
ATCO Gas
ATCO Power
Atlantic Lottery Corporation
Auctioneers’ Association of Alberta
AXA Canada Inc.
Bank of America
Barrie Advance
Barsalou Lawson Barristers
& Solicitors
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Bloomex Inc.
Civitan Clubs of Lanark, Leeds
and Grenville
CKNX Radio
Clearbrook Iron Works Limited
Club Lions Avenir
Club Lions Doyens
CN
CN Employees’ and Pensioners’
Community
Coast Capital Savings Credit Union
Cogeco Cable Inc.
Columbia Sportswear Company
Concept Caskets Inc.
Connacher Oil and Gas Limited
CTV Ottawa
Deeley Canada
Husky Charitable Fund
Manitoba Lotteries Corporation
Deloitte
Husky Energy
Manulife Financial
Desjardins
Hydro One – Employee’s and
Pensioner’s Charity Trust Fund
Markel Insurance Company
of Canada
Hydro One Inc.
Marketplace Events
Hydro Québec
MARZ Homes
Hylands Golf Club
Masonic Foundation of MB
Iamgold Corporation
MBNA Canada Bank
IBM Employees’ Charitable Fund
MBNA Canada Bank, a Bank of
America Company
DiGem
Dorothy & Hugh Cole Foundation
Dougall Media
Drywood Ranch Ltd.
Duocom
E1 Entertainment
EastLink
Edmonton Journal
EDS Canada Inc.
IGA and Foodland, A Division of
Sobeys Inc.
Industrial Alliance Insurance and
Financial Services
McCall MacBain Foundation
McGill Cancer Society
McNeil Consumer Healthcare
Industrial Alliance Pacific
Insurance & Financial Services
MDF Mechanical, Ltd.
Intact Foundation
Medavie Blue Cross
Intact Insurance
Mennonite Foundation of Canada
Ernst & Young LLP
Investors Group
Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
ETFS Travel & Healthcare solutions
J.D. Irving Limited
EVRAZ Inc. NA
Jamac Publishing
Fabmar Communication Ltd.
Face The World Foundation
Jodoin Lamarre Pratte et
Associés Architectes
First Choice Haircutters
John Deere Foundation of Canada
Mondou
First Lady Coiffures
John M. Parrott Foundation
Moose Jaw Times Herald
Flamborough Review
Johnson & Johnson Inc.
Murphy Oil Company Ltd.
Fleming Foundation
Knights of Colombus Quebec
State Council
NAPA Auto Parts
EnCana Corporation
Energizer Canada Inc.
EnerMark Inc./ Enerplus Resources
Corporation
Fondation Jacques & Michel Auger
Fondation Paul A. Fournier
Fonds Humanitaire Fraternité
Policiers de Longueuil
KOA Care Camps
KPMG
KPMG Enterprise
Merrill Lynch Canada
Metro Toronto
Michael Kors
Milan & Maureen Ilich Foundation
National Bank Financial Group
Nestlé Waters Canada
Neutrogena
Future Electronics Inc.
KPMG LLP
New Brunswick Honda Dealers
Association
G.A. Paper International Inc.
La Presse
Newcap Broadcasting
General Motors of Canada
Langley Concrete Group
Nexen Inc.
Geoff Cross Insurance Agency Ltd.
Laura Canada
Normandin Beaudry
Glengarry Foundation
L(earn)² Inc.
Norris Family Foundation
Glentel Incorporated
Le Centre Sheraton Montreal
Global Television Network
Ledcor Management Limited
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Canada Inc.
Golden West Radio
Lefebvre & Benoit
Golf Canada
Le Réseau des Sports (RDS) Inc.
Goodyear
Les Éditions Debeur Inc.
H&R Block Canada, Inc.
Lick’s Homeburgers® & Ice Cream
Hamilton Community News
LifeLabs
Harvard Broadcasting
Lions Club of Vancouver Cambie
Haywood Securities Inc.
Lise Watier Cosmetics Inc.
HB Group Insurance
Management Ltd.
Loto-Québec
Healthpartner Quebec
Hewitt Equipment Ltd.
Honda Canada Inc.
HSBC Community and
Philanthropic Services
HSBC Financial Corporation Ltd.
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Loyal Protestant Association
LuvGear
MacEwen Petroleum
Ogilvy Renault LLP
Okanagan Chrysler Jeep Dodge
OLDIES 1150
Omni Group Services
Ontario Automotive Recyclers
Association
Ontario Power Generation
Employees’ & Pensioners’
Charity Trust
Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan
Parmalat
Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd.
Mademoiselle Ellégance Inc.
Pat McFarlane Cancer Research
Foundation
Mandarin Restaurants
Peel Regional Police
Mandrake
Pennecon
Transcontinental Western Media
Group Inc.
Penticton Activities Society
Suncor Energy Foundation
Petro-Canada
Suncor Energy Inc.
Pfizer Canada Inc.
Supreme Homes
Pirie Foundation
Swiss International Air Lines
Power Corporation of Canada
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Pratt & Whitney Canada
TD Bank Financial Group
University of Ottawa Protection
Services
Price Chopper
Team Sales Vancouver Island Ltd.
VAC AERO International Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Telegraph Journal
Van Houtte Inc.
Pro Gym
TELUS
Vanac Development Corp.
Protus
TELUS Corporation Community
Engagement
Vancouver Island Charity Group
Provincial Employees Community
Services Fund
The Abercrombie Foundation
PTI Crown Camp Services
The Cactus Pub & Grill
Q91 Country
The Calgary Foundation
Quebecor Inc.
The Cares Foundation of Fallsview
Casino Resort and Casino Niagara
R3D Consulting
Rawlco Radio
The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen
Foundation
TVCogeco
UBS Securities
UFIT Cares Foundation
Van-Whole Produce Ltd.
Versaterm Inc.
Vision Transportation
Walmart Canada Corp.
Wellington Laboratories Inc.
West Ferris Secondary School
The Economical Insurance Group
WICC (Women in Insurance
Cancer Crusade)
The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
WOLF/KRUZ Radio
The Gazette
Workers Compensation Board (WCB)
The Great West Life Assurance
Company
Workopolis
Rogers Broadcasting Ltd.
Rogers Communications Inc.
The HYDRECS Fund
Yellow Pages Group
Rollins Investments Inc. and
Kente Management
The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc.
Yellow Pages Group – Employees
The Keg Spirit Foundation
Zebra Studios
RBC Foundation
RBC Royal Bank
Record News Communications
Redwood Construction
Royal Canadian Legion
Royal Lighting
Samson Bélair / Deloitte & Touche
The Keg Steakhouse & Bar
The Lawrason Foundation
Samsung Electronics Canada Inc.
The Ontario Produce Marketing
Association
Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc.
The Ottawa Citizen
SAQ
The PAC
Saskatoon Media Group
The Pampered Chef
SCA Personal Care
Scholar’s Choice
The Penny & Gordon Echenberg
Family Foundation
Scotiabank
The Shopping Channel
Sears Canada Employees
Charitable Fund
The Vancouver Sun
Shaw Cable
The Winnipeg Foundation
Shaw Communications Inc.
The World
Shaw Communications Inc. –
Employees
The World-Spectator
Ship & Anchor Pub
Shiu Pong Group Ltd.
The Westin Hotel
Thrifty Foods Inc.
Tim Hortons Inc.
Sobeys Inc.
Toronto Community News Metroland
Media Group Ltd.
Société des Casinos du Québec
Toronto Police Services
Société générale de financement
du Québec
Torys LLP
St. Anthony’s Soccer Club
Steele Communications
Stonehaven Group of
Companies Inc.
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Tournament Sports Marketing
Trader Corporation
Transamerica Life Canada
Transcontinental
WWRD Canada, Inc.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2009/2010
Jimm Simon
Stonewall, Manitoba
Richard Gallagher
Vancouver, British Columbia
Pierre-Alain Rodrigue
Laval, Quebec
Pamela Baker*
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Marc Généreux
Montreal, Quebec
James Rutka
Toronto, Ontario
John Bell*
Ottawa, Ontario
John Jacobson**
Vancouver, British Columbia
Leonard Schein
Vancouver, British Columbia
Doug Dahl
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Eshwar Kumar
Saint John, New Brunswick
Brian Tyers
Calgary, Alberta
Roger Deeley
Kingston, Ontario
Vincent MacLean
East Bay, Nova Scotia
David Williams
Toronto, Ontario
Darren Dick
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Maria Mathews
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Elizabeth Eisenhauer**
Kingston, Ontario
Lori Messer**
Sooke, British Columbia
John Paterson,
Honorary Solicitor
Toronto, Ontario
Betty Fraser
Brudenell, Prince Edward Island
Jack Murray
Winnipeg, Manitoba
* Term Ended October 2009
** Term Ended July 2009
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Betty Newson
New Glasgow,
Prince Edward Island
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY
OFFICES
National Office
10 Alcorn Avenue, Suite 200
Toronto, ON M4V 3B1
Tel: (416) 961-7223
Fax: (416) 961- 4189
ccs@cancer.ca
Manitoba Division
193 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, MB R3C 2B7
Tel: (204) 774-7483
Fax: (204) 774-7500
info.wpg@mb.cancer.ca
For more information
about cancer:
info@cis.cancer.ca
1 888 939-3333
New Brunswick Division
PO Box 2089
133 Prince William Street,
Suite 201
Saint John, NB E2L 3T5
Tel: (506) 634-6272
Fax: (506) 634-3808
ccsnb@nb.cancer.ca
Alberta / NWT Division
325 Manning Road NE,
Suite 200
Calgary, AB T2E 2P5
Tel: (403) 205-3966
Fax: (403) 205-3979
info@cancer.ab.ca
British Columbia and
Yukon Division
565 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4J4
Tel: (604) 872- 4400
Fax: (604) 872- 4113
inquiries@bc.cancer.ca
Newfoundland and
Labrador Division
PO Box 8921
70 Ropewalk Lane
St. John’s, NL A1B 3R9
Tel: (709) 753-6520
Fax: (709) 753-9314
ccs@nl.cancer.ca
Nova Scotia Division
5826 South Street
Halifax, NS B3H 1S6
Tel: (902) 423-6183
Fax: (902) 429-6563
ccs.ns@ns.cancer.ca
Ontario Division
55 St. Clair Avenue West,
Suite 500
Toronto, ON M4V 2Y7
Tel: (416) 488-5400
Fax: (416) 488-2872
webmaster@ontario.cancer.ca
Prince Edward Island Division
1 Rochford Street, Suite 1
Charlottetown, PE C1A 9L2
Tel: (902) 566-4007
Fax: (902) 628-8281
info@pei.cancer.ca
Quebec Division
5151 de l’Assomption Blvd
Montreal, QC H1T 4A9
Tel: (514) 255-5151
Fax: (514) 255-2808
info@sic.cancer.ca
Saskatchewan Division
1910 McIntyre Street
Regina, SK S4P 2R3
Tel: (306) 790-5822
Fax: (306) 569-2133
ccssk@sk.cancer.ca
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62% of people diagnosed
today with cancer
will survive five years
after diagnosis
Incidence and
death rates for most
cancers have
stabilized or declined
87% of Canadian women
will survive breast
cancer five years after
diagnosis
95% of Canadian men will
survive prostate cancer
five years after diagnosis
Colorectal cancer death
rates continue to
decline for both men
and women
Lung cancer incidence
and death rates
among Canadian men
are declining
Lung cancer remains
the leading cause
of cancer death for both
males and females
Melanoma – the most
deadly type of skin
cancer – is increasing in
both males and females
Two in five Canadians
will develop some
form of cancer in their
lifetime
The Canadian Cancer
Society has been
making a difference
in Canadians’
lives since 1938
The Canadian
Cancer Society has
170,000 volunteers
fighting cancer
The Canadian Cancer
Society fights more
than 200 types of cancer
Join the Fight! Together, let’s show cancer we mean business. Sign on with the Canadian Cancer Society to help us
lead the fight against cancer in Canada. The Canadian Cancer Society is your best partner in the fight against cancer.
We have more impact, against more cancers, in more communities, than any other cancer charity in Canada. Make
today the day you help fight back against cancer for life. Join the fight! Go to fightback.ca to find out how you can help.
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communities
in all provinces and
territories across
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L I ON E L ’S ST ORY
SUSA N ’ S S TORY
“I’M A FIGHTER”
“YOU’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE
AWAY MY SPIRIT”
Susan Duguay’s family has a saying: Dying is not an option.
Lionel Wong’s cancer fight is written right on him.
Those were words Susan lived by after being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer
Lionel was diagnosed with lymphoma at age 28 and given a year to live. Steeling himself for
just before Christmas, 2004. She went through two mastectomies, six rounds of chemotherapy,
12 debilitating rounds of chemotherapy and a month of daily radiation treatments, he got a tattoo.
25 radiation treatments and a difficult series of reconstructive surgeries.
A combination of Japanese cherry blossoms – a symbol of the samurai warrior’s code – and a
Chinese character for strength formed the design.
“Half of the battle is mental,” says the 52-year-old. “I told myself, ‘I have kids, I have a life,
“It was to remind me to fight, to be a warrior,” says Lionel, 33. A second tattoo at the end of
I have to fight.’”
treatment commemorated his battle with a mythical phoenix, a symbol of rebirth.
The Canadian Cancer Society was “always there,” giving information and linking her to a support
Now cancer-free he’s living that new life, recently moving to Montreal from Toronto as an
group she came to depend on.
advertising art director.
But her fight is not over. Her father, mother and daughter fought cancer before her. She is
“If we don’t continue to fight, cancer will take over,” he says. “We owe it to ourselves to find
determined to do what she can to protect her family’s next generation from the disease.
a better treatment for those who have to beat this disease.”
“That’s why I’m so vehement,” she says. “We have to find a way to beat this.”
L OUIS E’S S TORY
IAN’ S STO R Y
“WE NEED TO START NOW”
“BRING IT ON”
Dr Louise Parker is part of the reconnaissance team in the battle against cancer.
A caregiver can be a cancer patient’s sword and shield while going through the often
overwhelming process of treatment and decision-making.
The Dalhousie University scientist is investigating the impact of naturally occurring arsenic
Ian Glyn Williams took up that role the day his 18-year-old son Aaron was diagnosed with
in well water on Nova Scotia’s cancer rates – the highest in the country – so future policy-makers
Hodgkin lymphoma.
have better information when it comes to water testing and treatment. Nova Scotians are
being invited to submit toenail clippings and tap water samples to test for arsenic. A high level
“I told Aaron I loved him and he didn’t have anything to worry about because we’d get through
of arsenic over a long period of time is known to increase the risk of several types of cancer,
it and I’d be with him all the way,” Ian says.
including lung, liver, kidney, bladder and certain types of skin cancers. The Canadian Cancer
He learned how to inject his son with pre-treatment medications, how to interpret blood
Society plays “an incredible part,” she says, funding the project with a $575,000 cancer
test results so he could ask informed questions, researched treatment and diagnostic options,
prevention grant over three years.
and advocated at school so Aaron would not fall too far behind.
“Around 50 per cent or even more of all cancers are preventable,” says Dr Parker, the holder
Despite the difficulties, Ian saw the impact of Canadian Cancer Society-funded research
of an endowed chair in population cancer research of the Canadian Cancer Society, Nova Scotia
through Aaron’s dramatic turnaround. He’s now 23 and cancer-free.
Division. “We need to accept that our cancer rates are not inevitable – we can challenge them.
But we need to start now.”
“It is astonishingly motivating when you see the results so clearly before your eyes,”
Ian says. “That makes me want to fight, on behalf of all cancer patients.”
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WE SAVE LIVES
WE PREVENT CANCER
WE SUPPORT PEOPLE LIVING WITH CANCER
JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER!
Cancer robs lives. But there’s strength in numbers. With your help, we’re standing up to
We’ve got cancer on the run – and our prevention work gives cancer fewer chances to even start.
The Canadian Cancer Society is doing everything it can to empower, inform and support
This year, the Canadian Cancer Society launched an impassioned movement called “Join the
Canadians living with cancer.
Fight”, inviting Canadians to work with us, against cancer, for life.
cancer in a big way.
Our efforts to protect young people from smoking paid off in the fall of 2009 with a national ban
As the largest national charitable funder of cancer research in Canada, we have more impact,
against flavoured tobacco products, including little cigars. That same legislation also prohibits
Knowledge is power. This year, we distributed two million copies of print materials on all
Why? Every three minutes another Canadian is faced with fighting cancer – and these people
on more cancers, in more communities, than any other cancer charity in the country.
print advertising of tobacco products.
aspects of cancer, including new publications on When Your Child Has Cancer: A guide to
are our mothers, fathers, children, siblings and friends. We want to work with you so that we see
good nutrition and Mesothelioma: Understanding your diagnosis.
fewer loved ones and friends diagnosed with, and die from, cancer.
against cancer, through our new three-pronged cancer prevention plan. Found on our website –
We offer compassion and support in more than 100 languages through interpreter services
Many of you have already joined the battle and your generosity astounds us. Your donations
cancer.ca – it educates Canadians about living well, early detection and joining the community
available on our toll-free Cancer Information Service. This year, we built on the service’s success
to the Society provide a lifeline for everything we do. We received more than $223 million this
fight to reduce cancer risk.
by adding follow-up calls to make sure our callers’ information and support needs had been
year to fund our important work across Canada. This support gives us the power to have more
met. Our website – cancer.ca – received more than 3.5 million hits. And we are reaching more
impact, against more cancers, in more communities, than any other cancer charity in Canada.
This year we invested $48.4 million to help Canadian researchers outsmart cancer through
better prevention and treatment. Canadian Cancer Society-funded research led to the
development of a “lab-on-a-chip,” which may, in the future, offer a quick and convenient
measure of a woman’s breast cancer risk. The technique takes tiny samples of blood
and breast tissue and analyzes them for their concentration of estrogen – an indicator of risk.
We are arming Canadians with important information they can use to defend themselves
Society-funded researchers discovered the genetic mutations that lead to medulloblastoma,
The Canadian Cancer Society believes that Canadians should not be exposed to cancer-causing
an unforgiving brain cancer that attacks mostly children. Armed with this knowledge, scientists
substances at home, at work or in their environment. Working with communities across
can move on to develop treatments targeting these mutations and the molecular reactions
Canada, we advocate relentlessly to ban the use of cosmetic pesticides in their green spaces.
We speak up for Canadians on important cancer issues. Cancer patients should not have
event – Relay For Life – a success year after year. This inspiring event raises funds as well as
they set off to boost kids’ survival and reduce treatment side effects. As stem cell research
After reviewing the most current research, we’ve also strengthened the information we
to worry about how to pay for their drugs. That’s why we are lobbying the federal government
celebrates the people who have survived cancer and pays tribute to those who have died.
leaders, scientists whom we support are getting to the root of cancer by unravelling the
provide to Canadians about non-cosmetic pesticides so they can make the most informed
for a national catastrophic drug program.
This year, more than $53 million was raised through Relay.
secrets of these master cells of the body. Their recent discoveries have identified differences
choices possible about their health.
Our push for a national caregiver strategy helped result in a multi-party federal parliamentary
Every contribution to our work makes a difference. Your donations allow us to do all we can to
working group to examine caregiver issues.
prevent cancer, save lives and support those living with the disease.
We are right there with cancer patients, their families and friends each day of their fight.
The “Join the Fight” movement is picking up momentum, and we urge you to sign on. Together
between normal cells and cancer stem cells that could lead to more precise treatments
targeting cancer cells, leaving healthy cells alone. That also adds up to fewer side effects and
better quality of life for patients.
Thanks to you, we are fighting back against cancer in research labs across the country.
Our ongoing commitment to support Canadians’ right to know has made the federal government
aware of the need for warning labels on products that can cause chronic health risks.
Canadians in new ways, through social media such as Facebook and YouTube.
We’re doing everything we can to make sure cancer never picks on you.
A special salute goes to the thousands of volunteers who make our cross-Canada signature
we are creating a powerful collective resolve among Canadians to fight back and say “enough
is enough”. The strength we gain by working together means that we won’t back down until we
And we are winning.
end cancer once and for all. Now, isn’t that a fight worth joining?
Go to fightback.ca to find out how you can join the fight.
‘‘I will win’’
‘‘I’m tougher than you’’
Peter Goodhand
President and CEO
Canadian Cancer Society
‘‘You can’t stop me’’
‘‘I’m not afraid of you’’
Jimm Simon
Chair
Canadian Cancer Society