Because of
you
2013/2014 ANNUAL REPORT
“
Cancer is always going to
be a part of my life. I choose
to embrace that and do
something positive with it.
The Canadian Cancer Society
was there for me and my
family. Now it is my turn
to give back.
Heidi Hayes, 15, survivor
of acute lymphoblastic leukemia,
raises funds for and awareness
about the Society’s research,
information and support programs.
”
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Because of YOU
It’s been 75 years since the Canadian Cancer Society
embarked on an incredibly important and ambitious
mission: to eradicate cancer and to enhance the
quality of life of people living with cancer. While much
has changed since those early days, our resolve to
fight cancer and your dedication remain as strong
today as they have ever been.
Thanks to your support, the Society continues to make extremely encouraging
progress in the multi-faceted fight for life. This past year, we continued this
strong tradition, making strategic investments in innovative cancer research,
advocacy efforts related to tobacco and tanning beds, information and support
programs for Canadians affected by cancer and more.
You are our best partner in the fight for life, and partnerships continued to
play a central role in our organization in 2013. We continued to forge strategic
partnerships at the local, provincial, national and global levels to help even
more Canadians in the fight against cancer. Whether it was the new information
service we launched with Prostate Cancer Canada, the health literacy project
we undertook with an Inuit women’s group, our ongoing work with a long list
of global health charities or other initiatives, we recognized and embraced the
power of partnerships in the fight for life.
Fundraising is the engine that powers the important work we do. And 2013
was another strong year on the fundraising front. In April, you coloured Canada
bright yellow as part of the Society’s annual Daffodil Month campaign, raising
$19 million in the process. And, once again, you made Relay For Life the largest,
most successful cancer fundraiser in Canada, as 16,000 teams raised $46.5 million.
Together, over the past three-quarters of a century, we’ve made incredible
progress in the fight for life. You can read about some of that progress in the
pages that follow. But, as you know, there is still much work to be done. And
on behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society, we want to assure you that we at the
Society remain absolutely unwavering in our commitment to continue to lead
the charge to change cancer forever. But change can’t happen without you.
Thank you once again for your support.
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Pamela C. Fralick
President and CEO
Canadian Cancer Society
Marc Généreux
Chair, Board of Directors
Canadian Cancer Society
Pamela Fralick, President and CEO of
the Canadian Cancer Society, suits up to
support local police officers in Peterborough’s
Pedal for Hope, an event supporting the
highly successful Cops for Cancer.
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Thanks to YOU we are
leading cancer research
across Canada
In 2013, we invested $45 million of your
donations to support 294 lead researchers
and 567 students and fellows to carry out
327 research projects and 58 career
development awards.
Killing cancer cells with designer viruses
In Ottawa, Dr Jean-Simon Diallo and Dr John Bell have created 2 new oncolytic viruses that destroy
cancer cells by design. These designer viruses work by attacking the cancer cells while leaving
normal cells unharmed.
Mapping Canada’s expanding waistline
In Vancouver, Dr Carolyn Gotay has mapped Canada’s obesity – a known risk factor for cancer.
These maps show an increase in rates over the last 11 years.
Cancer cell assassins
In Edmonton, Dr Hanne Ostergaard’s research on cell movement has uncovered a new way that
immune cells latch on to cancer cells in order to destroy them.
Targeting hard-to-treat breast cancer
In London, Dr Shawn Li has discovered a complex cellular pathway that could explain why
chemotherapy doesn’t work well on some cancers like triple-negative breast cancer and could provide
a strategy to reverse chemo-resistance.
Detecting workplace cancer hazards
In Montreal, Dr Jérôme Lavoué is protecting workers from cancer-causing substances through
a workplace detection toolkit. He has identified the professions most at risk for silica exposure,
which can lead to lung cancer.
Dr Shawn Li, Canadian Cancer Society
funded researcher and Innovation
Grant recipient.
Getting to the heart of palliative care
In Manitoba, Dr Harvey Max Chochinov has developed an innovative approach, now being tested
in Manitoba and Scotland, to preserve patient dignity. By asking a simple question, healthcare
professionals can build greater empathy with their patients to give them the best possible care.
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Every policy change we
influence is because of YOU
Government policies and legislation that protect the
health of Canadians play a critical role in reducing cancer
incidence and improving cancer care. With your support,
we have made great progress.
Using Howard’s Law to protect Canadians
Saskatchewan became the first province to enact
a law making it mandatory for all provincial
government buildings that contain asbestos to be
included on a public registry. This law will reduce
exposure to asbestos, a known carcinogen.
Banning flavoured tobacco
to protect Canadian youth
Alberta adopted legislation to ban flavours in all
tobacco products, and the Ontario government
introduced a similar bill. Currently these products
evade most existing tobacco legislation, making
them accessible and attractive to youth.
The man behind Howard’s Law
The Society celebrated the life of Howard Willem in
March and presented his family with an award honouring
his leadership in asbestos awareness. Willem died in
November 2012 from a rare form of asbestos-related
cancer. He had been a building inspector and advocated
for a registry of public buildings that contain asbestos.
Butting out smoking
with higher tobacco taxes
Six provinces – British Columbia, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island
and Newfoundland and Labrador – increased tobacco
taxes. This is the most effective way to reduce youth
smoking. The federal government increased the tax
rate on roll-your-own tobacco and introduced a bill
to further reduce tobacco contraband.
Banning youth indoor tanning
to prevent skin cancer
With the help of melanoma survivors like Kate Neale,
we have now helped pass new legislation in most
provinces banning the use of commercial tanning
beds by young people.
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Hope becomes reality
The Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and
Long-Term Care, is joined by Kate Neale, a melanoma
cancer survivor and one of the Canadian Cancer Society’s
most vocal advocates. “When I was diagnosed with
melanoma, I wanted to stop every young person from
indoor tanning. I joined the Canadian Cancer Society to
advocate for legislation banning indoor tanning for youth
because it was my hope to make a difference. That hope
has become reality.”
Stephanie Wong (left)
and Adele Green were
advocates in the fight to ban
the use of tanning beds by
young people in BC. They
stood up and used their skills
in social media to recruit
more volunteers to make
more noise.
“
CancerConnection
gave me hope and
a peace of mind.
You need to talk
to someone who’s
gone through the
same thing.
”
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YOU are helping Canadians
make life-changing connections
Fear, anxiety, helplessness, anger – these are
feelings people can have when faced with a
cancer diagnosis. But knowledge and support are
power. Our services are free and confidential, and
many are available in multiple languages.
Talking to someone who has been there
Spreading the word
Thanks to your generosity more than 60,000 people
have used the Society’s telephone-based peer support
program since its launch 10 years ago. Our peer
support program provides a free service connecting
people with cancer with trained volunteers who listen,
provide hope, offer encouragement and share ideas for
coping – all from their unique perspective as someone
who’s been there.
You helped Canadians get the information they needed.
In 2013,
Available 24/7
Your support also powers our award-winning
online communities – CancerConnection.ca and
ParlonsCancer.ca. These communities continue to
empower, inform and support people living with
cancer, nearly 100,000 people have been helped since
they were launched in 2011. This year alone, over
48,000 people have visited more than 74,000 times.
Sandra Skrober, a survivor of pancreatic
cancer. Now healthy and back at work,
Sandra has trained as a peer support
volunteer so she can offer the comfort
that once helped her.
Knowledge is power
Society experts continue to review research that
improves our understanding of what causes cancer
and how to prevent it. This new knowledge allows
us to provide Canadians with up-to-date, credible
information about this disease and be as effective
as possible in our efforts to change cancer forever.
• Over 6,000 Canadians got the support they needed
through the Society’s telephone-based peer
support program.
• The Society’s Cancer Information Service responded to
more than 58,000 inquiries.
• Millions of Canadians turned to cancer.ca for in-depth
information on 58 cancer types and ways to get
involved in the fight for life.
• Our website, cancer.ca had more than 4.88 million
visits from around the world and more than
1.32 million visits from mobile devices.
• Our followers were engaged via social media – a
growing forum with close to 50,000 Facebook fans
and 36,000 Twitter followers.
• We distributed about 1.3 million print materials on all
aspects of cancer to Canadians across the country.
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Across the country YOU are
rallying to change cancer forever
For every donation you make, for all the volunteer
hours you give, for raising your voice on important
issues, for every event you take part in and for
every dollar you raise – thank you!
Relay For Life
Daffodil Month
The first Relay For Life in Canada was held in 1999
and raised $85,000. Since then, Relay has raised
over $496.5 million nationally. Continuing to be
the Canadian Cancer Society’s largest fundraising
program, in 2013:
During the month of April we ask Canadians to reflect
upon the thousands of people who are living with
cancer and to remember loved ones lost to cancer.
Society volunteers are involved in numerous activities
to raise vital funds in this national annual campaign.
In 2013 we:
• 487 Relay For Life events took place across
Canada raising $46.5 million.
• 161,746 Canadians participated on 16,224 teams.
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• mobilized around 70,000 volunteers across
the country
• 33,252 survivors celebrated at Relay.
• sold millions of daffodil pins and fresh cut flowers
• 28,311 volunteers made it happen.
• raised over $19 million coast to coast
In the spring of 2010, Brooke Ramsay was diagnosed
with a rare form of brain cancer. She fought this
cancer for 16 months and died after her first Relay
For Life in 2011. “Brooke led our team, which we
called Brooke’s Donkeys. Her hope was to make a
difference in the fight against cancer – she never
gave up and neither will her devoted Donkeys,” says
Lauren Merklinger, Brooke’s Donkeys team captain.
Dan Baxter, a cancer survivor who battled his way
back from a leukemia diagnosis in 2008, calls himself
a natural salesman and is affectionately known
as “Daffodil Dan.” The 51-year-old stands outside
a hardware store in his local town for a few hours
at a time. “It takes 3 seconds to ask, Have you got
your daffodil pin yet?” Dan says. “If you don’t ask,
you don’t get. And I’m out there to raise as much
money as I can.”
The top fundraising team for 2 of the past 3 years,
Brooke’s Donkeys have raised nearly $200,000. In
recognition of their outstanding fundraising effort,
the Society has named an Innovation Grant in their
honour. The Brooke’s Donkeys Innovation Grant of the
Canadian Cancer Society is held by Dr Kevin Petrecca
for brain cancer research.
The money that Dan and other volunteers raise
during Daffodil Month helps to fund cancer research
and support services for cancer patients and their
families. Dan, who contributes up to 25 hours of
his time to the Society each April, has experienced
first-hand the difference this money is making.
Dr Donald Mabbott was awarded the Pedal for Hope
Innovation Grant of the Canadian Cancer Society.
Dr Mabbott is studying the impact of exercise on
children treated with radiation for brain cancer
and is looking for evidence that increasing physical
activity in brain tumour survivors can stimulate
the growth of new brain cells.
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your gift to research
The Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute
(CCSRI) and our research programs are funded
entirely through your donations.
CCSRI grants and awards are considered a mark of excellence in the research community and are selected
through a gold-standard peer-review process. We are pleased to list here the grants, awards and programs
that were named in recognition of donors’ generous gifts to research in 2013.
Research grants/awards
• Bernard and Francine Dorval Prize
• Bill and Kathleen Troost Innovation Grants
of the Canadian Cancer Society
• GIVETOLIVE Research Scientist Award
in Prevention Research
• Glentel Innovation Grant of the Canadian Cancer Society
• Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life Junior
Investigator Award in Prevention Research
• John Matthew Innovation Grant of the
Canadian Cancer Society
• Lois Savoie Innovation Grant of the Canadian
Cancer Society
• Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation
Innovation Grants of the Canadian Cancer Society
• Louisa Gale Scholars
• Marilyn Hopper Innovation Grant of the
Canadian Cancer Society
• Marjorie Sheridan Innovation Grant of the
Canadian Cancer Society
• Mary Burleigh Stewart Cancer Research Scholarship
• Minor Hockey Fights Cancer/Mannarn Family
Innovation Grant of the Canadian Cancer Society
• Mrs Grace Limbert Innovation Grant
of the Canadian Cancer Society
• Nick Natale Innovation Grant of the
Canadian Cancer Society
• Pedal for Hope Innovation Grant
of the Canadian Cancer Society
• A Quality of Life Grant of the Canadian
Cancer Society in memory of Edna Goebel
• A Quality of Life Grant of the Canadian
Cancer Society in memory of Frank Tyrrell
• A Quality of Life Grant of the Canadian
Cancer Society in memory of James Tyrrell
• Rachelle Archambault Innovation Grant
of the Canadian Cancer Society
• Ramona Rull Karson Innovation Grant
of the Canadian Cancer Society
• W Gary Rowe Innovation Grant of the
Canadian Cancer Society
• WICC Ontario (Ottawa Region) Innovation
Grant of the Canadian Cancer Society
• Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade Alberta
Innovation Grant of the Canadian Cancer Society
Funds
• Helen Mary Storey Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
• Hodgson Family Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
• Marion Dorothy Pauderis Innovation Fund
• Sarcoma Steps Fund
• Susan and Steven Horvath Cancer Prevention
Research Catalyst Fund
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e consider ourselves privileged to partner with such a
“Wcommendable
organization and help fund cancer research
while providing such great support to patients, families and
survivors. We are inspired by the commitment and honoured
to associate ourselves with the Canadian Cancer Society
today and into the future.
”
Michael Beckette, President and CEO, Mortgage Alliance (front, centre)
Cancer is everyone’s business
The Canadian Cancer Society gratefully recognizes the
following national corporate partners for their generous support.
The commitment of these partners means that the Society can
fund life-saving cancer research and provide those living with
cancer with the information and support that they need.
3M ECCO
The 7 Days In May Foundation
91.5 The Beat and 107.5 Dave FM
102.9 K-Lite FM
105.3 KISS Rogers Broadcasting
Ltd. (Sudbury)
105.3 KOOL FM and KFUN 99.5
730 CKDM
820 CHAM
152245 Canada Inc.
979905 Ontario Ltd.
A&W Restaurants Sudbury
Abbott Nutrition
The Abercrombie Foundation
Acadia Broadcasting
Access Communications Co-operative Ltd.
ACME DMMT Holdings Ltd.
Action Car and Truck Accessories
Agropur Coopérative agro-alimentaire
Aimia
Air Canada
The Alan and Roula Rossy
Family Foundation
Alberta Diamond Exchange
Alberta Milk
Allnorth Consultants Ltd.
Ames Family Foundation
Amex Bank of Canada
ArcelorMittal Dofasco, FH Sherman
Recreation & Learning Centre
ArcelorMittal Mines Canada
Arctic Radio
Argus Properties Ltd.
Ashcroft & District Health Care Auxiliary
Association du cancer Lise Morin
Astral Media
AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
ATCO Group
Aviva Canada Inc.
AWB Charitable Foundation
Barrick Gold Corp.
BC Hockey Benevolent Foundation
Province of BC Ministry of Health
BC Northern Real Estate Board
BC Provincial Employees Community
Services Fund
Bearskin Airlines
Bell Canada
The Bellini Foundation
Belron Canada Inc.
Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP
Big Dog 92.7 (a division of Astral Radio)
Blackburn Radio
BMO Financial Group
BodySpa
Bombardier Aeronautics
Boston Consulting Group of Canada Ltd.
Bowl Canada
Bruce Power
Brunswick News Inc.
Bulkley Valley Credit Union
Business Development Bank of Canada
CAE Inc.
Caesars Windsor
Caisses populaires acadiennes
Calgary Flames Foundation
The Calgary Foundation
Cameron Group
Canaccord Genuity Corp.
Canada Post
Canada Safeway
Canada’s Wonderland
Canadian Tire
Candu Energy Inc.
Canfor Corp.
Canfor Pulp Ltd. Partnership
Canon Canada Inc.
Cargill Limited
Car Heaven
Carmax Enterprises Corp.
The Cartier Foundation
Cenovus Employee Foundation
CGI Information Systems and
Management Consultants Inc.
Champlain Capital Canada LP
Charles E Fipke Foundation
China Gold International
Resources Corp. Ltd.
CIBC Group of Companies
CJVR (a division of FABMAR
Communications Ltd.)
Claremont Secondary School (Staff)
CN and CN Employees’ and Pensioners’
Community Fund
Coast Capital Savings Credit Union
(Corporate Head Office)
Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation
Cogeco Cable Canada LP
Comeau Seafoods
Corporation des femmes d’affaires
du Saguenay
Cossette Communications Inc.
CTV for the North
Curves International
Dans un Jardin Canada Inc.
DBRS Ltd.
Deloitte & Touche Foundation Canada
Deloitte LLP
Denis-Chartier Foundation
Desjardins Group
D et H Limited Partnership
DiGem (a division of Gemalta
Co-operative Ltd.)
Donate A Car Canada Inc.
Dorothy & Hugh Cole Foundation
Double B Holdings DBA Tim Hortons
Store No. 252
Douglas B Floreani Investments Ltd.
DWPV (Quebec) Foundation Inc.
East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd.
L’Écho de Repentigny
Economical Insurance
Éditions Debeur
EnCana Corp.
Energy 99.7 and Country 105 FM
(a division of Bell Media)
Ernst & Young LLP
The Ernst Hansch Foundation Inc.
EXO-S
The Expositor
Face The World Foundation
The Fairmont Winnipeg
Fallsview Casino Resort
Farm Credit Canada
Farmers
Federated Health Charities Corp.
Fédération des producteurs
de porcs du Québec
Fednav Ltd.
Fiera Sceptre
Flamborough Review
Fleming Foundation
Fonds humanitaire Fraternité des
policiers et policières de Longueuil
Freemasons of Manitoba
Freshco & Price Chopper
Frischkorn Audio Visual Inc.
The Gazette
General Motors of Canada
Genivar
Gildan
Glentel Inc.
Global Winnipeg
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Goldcorp Inc.
Goldman Sachs Canada Inc.
Golf Canada
Great-West Life Assurance Company/
London Life Insurance and
The Canada Life Assurance Co.
Hamilton Community News
HealthPartners
Hewitt Equipment Ltd.
Historical Arms Collectors Society of BC
Holland America Line NV
Hub International Barton Insurance
Husky Charitable Fund/Husky Energy
Hydro One Employees’ and Pensioners’
Charity Trust Fund
Iamgold Corp.
IBM Employees’ Charitable Fund
IDL Projects Inc.
Industrial Alliance Insurance
and Financial Services Inc.
Infinite Game Publishing
Insurance Bureau of Canada
Intact Financial Corp.
Intact Insurance
International Paper
Irving Shipbuilding Inc.
JACOB
Jacques & Michel Auger Foundation
JDS Energy & Mining Inc.
Jewel 92/Country 1380
Jiffy Lube
Jim Hansen’s Gateway Ford
Lincoln Sales Inc.
John Deere Foundation of Canada
John M & Bernice Parrott Foundation Inc.
Johnson & Johnson Inc. Canada
Kal Tire
KENT
Kent Building Supplies
Kentville Rotary Club
Keyano College
Kin’s Management Ltd.
(Kin’s Farm Market)
Know Show
KOA Care Camps
Kolstad Fund at the Calgary Foundation
KPMG LLP
La Cie Canada Tire Inc.
Lamarche Family Foundation
Landmark Properties
Langley Concrete Group
Laurentian Bank
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The Lawrason Foundation
LCBO
L(EARN) 2 Inc.
LGM Financial Services Inc.
Libro Financial (Credit Union)
LifeLabs
Lise Watier Cosmétiques Inc.
Loblaws Inc.
Long View Systems Corp.
L’Oréal Canada Inc.
Loto-Québec
Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation
Lucie Moreau
Lundbeck Canada Inc.
MacEwen
Macquarie Group
Macquarie Group Foundation Ltd.
Majestic Management (1981) Ltd.
Mandarin Oilfield Holdings Ltd.
Province of Manitoba
Manitoba Hydro
Marcelle Group
Marie-Anick Paulhus
Market Place IGA (Head Office)
MARZ Homes
MBNA Canada Bank
The McCain Foundation
McCall MacBain Foundation
McKesson Canada
Medavie Blue Cross
Medisys Health Group
Merck Canada Inc.
Michael Albert Garron Foundation
Minichiello Jewellers
Mondou
Mortgage Alliance
Mosaiq (Tequila Rose)
NAPA Auto Parts
National Tile (2005) Ltd.
NB Masonic Charities and Housing Co. Ltd.
Nechako Construction Ltd.
Newcap Inc.
Newcap Radio Moncton
Nexio
Niobec
Normandin Beaudry
Norris Family Foundation
North Vancouver Musical Ride Committee
Northbridge Insurance
Northern Savings Credit Union
Northern Valve Services Ltd.
Northland Dodge
Northside Toyota
Northstar Drillstem Testers
Novartis Pharma Canada Inc.
NRJ Astral Radio
Oak Bay Secondary School
Oakville Blades
OLDIES 1150
Onex Corp.
Ontario Power Generation Employees’
and Pensioners’ Trust
Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan
OPG Employees’ & Pensioners’
Charity Trust
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Pacific BioEnergy Prince George Ltd.
Partnership
Pacific Western Brewing Co.
Paladin Security Group Ltd.
The Pampered Chef
Pantene
Paradise Golf Equipment Inc.
Paramount Fine Foods
Payless ShoeSource Canada
Peace River Regional District
PEI Credit Unions
Peninsula Consumer Services
Co-operative
Peter & Joanne Brown Foundation
Peterbilt Pacific Inc.
Peterborough Examiner
(a division of Sun Media Corp.)
Pfizer Canada Inc.
Pharmasave
Pharmascience Inc.
Pictou County Prostate Cancer Association
Pirie Foundation
Pizzaville
Power Cheer Toronto
Pratt & Whitney Canada
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Primero Mining Corp.
Prince George Motors Ltd.
Purves Redmond Ltd.
Quadrant Cosmetics Corp.
Qualico
Québec en Forme
Quebecor
R3D Conseil Inc.
Radio CHLC 97.1 FM
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
RBC Foundation
RBC Royal Bank
Renaissance Pharma Inc.
City of Repentigny
Revlon Canada
Rexall Foundation – Katz Group
Reynolds Secondary School
Rimanesa Furniture Inc.
RioCan Management Inc.
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.
Rogers Group of Companies
Royal Lighting
Rukhsar Jaffer – Shave the Locks
Safeway
Salon les Jumelles
Sanofi Canada Inc.
Saskatoon Media Group
SAVE-X-LP Gas Ltd.
Scholar’s Choice
Scotiabank
Seacliff Foundation
Sears Employees Charitable Fund
Services Or LP/SEC
Shaw Communications Inc.
The Shaw Group
Sherman Foundation
Shoppers Drug Mart – Pharmaprix
Shorcan Brokers Ltd.
Silver Wheaton Corp.
The Slaight Family Foundation
SML Stainless Steel Group Quebec
SNC-Lavalin Inc.
Sobeys Inc.
Sobeys Québec division ADL
Statoil Gulf Services LLC
Steele Auto Group
The Stephen and Anne Leung Foundation
Stewart McKelvey
St Joseph Communications
Stonehaven Group of Companies Inc.
Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation
Subway
Suncor Energy Foundation
Sun Life Financial
Sun Media
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
TD Bank Financial Group
Team TELUS Cares
Teck Coal Ltd.
Teck Highland Valley Copper Partnership
Teck Resources Ltd.
Teksavvy
TELUS
Terrafix Geosynthetics Inc.
Teva Canada Ltd.
Thomas Alan Budd Foundation
Tim Hortons
Toronto Community Foundation
Transcontinental Avenir De L’Est
TVCogeco
UAP Inc.
Union Gas Ltd.
University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine
Vale
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Vanderhoof & Districts
Co-operative Association
Vanguard
Van-Whole Produce Ltd.
Versaterm Inc.
Videotron
Wal-Mart Canada Corp.
The Waterloo Region Record
Wellington Laboratories Inc.
Westcana Electric Inc.
West Coast Classic Invitational
Golf Tournament
Western Financial Group
West Fraser Mills Ltd.
WICC (Women in Insurance
Cancer Crusade)
Wing Yip Enterprises Ltd.
City of Winnipeg
Winnipeg Free Press
Workday
Xstrata Copper Canada
YP Heung Foundation
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hoosing to support the Canadian Cancer Society is one way
“CBDC
and its employees are giving back to the community
and saying ‘yes’ to the fight for life. We are proud to continue
to help those who are working to find new ways to prevent
cancer and to support Canadians living with this disease.
Michel Bergeron, BDC Senior Vice President, Marketing & Public Affairs
”
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and its employees have made the Society their charity of
choice. In 2013, they increased their support through Relay For Life by over 64%. Since 2012, they have raised
more than $150,000 for the Society through team participation in Relay and Daffodil Month as well as a variety
of local and national initiatives.
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Financial highlights
Statement of financial activities
For the period February 1, 2013, to January 31, 2014
Operations and externally restricted resources
Year ended January 31, 2014, with comparative figures for 2013
We are pleased to present the Canadian Cancer Society’s (the Society’s) Statement of Financial Activities and key
financial indicators for the year ended January 31, 2014. Our strong financial position and diversified fundraising
activities ensure our continued ability to fund the best cancer research, influence public policy for prevention of
cancer and quality cancer care, and offer programs supporting the needs of cancer patients and caregivers.
The Society’s volunteer board of directors, with guidance from the volunteer Finance, Audit and Risk Management
Committee, is committed to proactive stewardship of the Society’s financial resources.
The financial statements for the year ended January 31, 2014, with comparatives for the year ended January 31, 2013,
including the notes to the financial statements and the auditor’s report, are available on cancer.ca or by calling our
National Office at 416-961-7223.
(in thousands of dollars)
Operations
Externally restricted
2014 201320142013
Revenue:
Relay For Life
$
46,485
$
51,552
$
Chair, Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee
$
–
Annual giving
43,323
44,156
–
–
Planned gifts
32,805
34,865
113
–
Lotteries
38,065
38,244
–
–
Special events
24,775
23,847
–
–
Tributes
8,385
9,409
–
–
Major gifts
4,688
2,191
655
580
Capital campaign
–
–
3,534
3,229
4,302
3,809
198,526 204,264
Marion Kirsh
–
Less:
Direct fundraising
42,355
44,525
282
472
Lotteries fundraising
28,139
27,285
–
–
Net fundraising revenue128,032 132,454
Every dollar you give
4,020
3,337
The Canadian Cancer Society is extremely thankful for our donors, partners and volunteers whose efforts give us
Government and other sponsored projects 11,304
11,472
–
–
the power to fund groundbreaking research, advocate for healthy public policy, provide information about cancer and
Investment income
3,696
3,134
858
455
prevention, and support those living with cancer. Every dollar given supports our passion to deliver on our mission to
Other income
3,831
5,100
2
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eradicate cancer and to enhance the quality of life of people living with cancer.
146,863 152,160
4,880
3,818
Expenditures:
Mission:
Of the $128 million we spend
on our mission, we invest:
Programs
73,997
77,292
64
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Research
44,989
45,666
73
17
Advocacy
8,995
9,669
9
–
127,981132,627
146
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Supporting:
$128 million toward our mission
$45 million on research
$61 million toward fundraising*
$74 million on information, services and programs
$8 million toward administration
$9 million on advocacy
Excluding lottery
*
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Indirect fundraising
17,920
18,598
152
2
Administration
8,091
8,426
29
18
26,011 27,024
181
20
153,992 159,651
327
54
Increase (decrease) in resources
$
(7,129)
$
(7,491)
$
4,553
$
3,764
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National Board of Directors 2013/2014
Cyril Abbott†
Gander, NL
Jason Holowachuk
Calgary, AB
James Rutka**
Toronto, ON
Stephen Baron†
Thornhill, ON
Ken Hubley
Stanhope, PE
Dorothy Sanford††
Toronto, ON
Michael Costello
Saint John, NB
Marion Kirsh
Thornhill, ON
Dean Shinkel
East St Paul, MB
Steve Craig**
Lower Sackville, NS
Pierre Lafrenière†††
Montreal, QC
Karen Whonnock*
Terrace, BC
Neil Currie
Toronto, ON
David Malkin†
Toronto, ON
Michael Woods
St John’s, NL
France Desharnais***
Westmount, QC
Bretta Maloff†
Calgary, AB
Dallan Young
Calgary, AB
Marc Généreux
Montreal, QC
Betty Newson**
New Glasgow, PE
*Term ended July 16, 2013
**Term ended July 31, 2013
Lorraine Grant**
Prince George, BC
Marie-Elise Parent**
Westmount, QC
***Term ended December 31, 2013
†
Term started August 1, 2013
††
Term started December 12, 2013
†††
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Donald Hansen
Regina, SK
Susan Payne†
Port Williams, NS
Andrew Hazlewood†
Victoria, BC
Mark Robinson**
Oakville, ON
Term started January 1, 2014
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