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“My wife used CancerConnection.ca to
ask the questions that I couldn’t bring
myself to ask.”
Mark Simmons
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Mark Simmons was diagnosed with testicular cancer shortly after burying his
mother, who died of breast cancer. At the same time, his aunt was diagnosed
with multiple myeloma. He was afraid and worried for his own family – just as
his mother must have been during her 14-year struggle. With 3 separate cancer
diagnoses in his family, he needed more information about different cancers,
including his own. His wife, Julie, went to the Society’s online community –
CancerConnection.ca – and found the stories and answers they needed. This, plus
playtime with his 2 young daughters, helped him get through and live life fully.
Cover photo and right: Mark with daughters Grace and Lauren
Making the
most
impact
with Canadians
against cancers
for life
Pamela Fralick (right), President and CEO of the
Canadian Cancer Society, looks at a specimen
slide along with the Honourable Rona Ambrose,
Minister of Health, during a tour of Dr Michael
Taylor’s lab at the Hospital for Sick Children to
mark the announcement of the Brain Canada
partnership.
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Thank you
You’re the reason we’re doing everything possible to prevent
cancer, save lives and support Canadians living with cancer.
Thank you.
The Canadian Cancer Society is the trusted national voice on cancer,
thanks to your investment in priorities that are changing cancer
forever: leading the best research, influencing public policy, focusing
our support programs on Canadians’ greatest needs and engaging
more people in the fight for life.
This past year, you helped us put more resources behind research
in cancer prevention and hard-to-treat diseases like lung, brain,
pancreatic and colorectal cancers. Partnerships continued to
play a key role. Canadian Cancer Statistics, our publication with
Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, is driving
provincial bans on youth indoor tanning. An investment in cancer
prevention education from Husky Energy is helping us reach
Newfoundland and Labrador’s remote coastal communities.
And a partnership with Brain Canada is allowing donors like you
to double your impact on brain cancer research.
Through our signature fundraising events Daffodil Month and
Relay For Life, you raised $60 million to support every aspect of
our work, including the production of free cancer information and
services that Canadians depend on daily – such as peer support
and transportation to treatments.
We also couldn’t carry out our mission without the incredible
support of volunteers. You are the face of the Society, and your
contributions resonate in the hearts and minds of Canadians
everywhere. Because of each donor and volunteer, we continue
to strengthen the fight against all cancers, for all Canadians, in all
communities.
In closing, we wish to acknowledge the contributions of Past Chair
Marc Généreux, who led our national board of directors from
June 2012 to June 2014. We are grateful for Marc’s outstanding
and decades-long commitment to the Society in a wide range of
volunteer roles.
Once again, thank you for your compassion and generosity.
Pamela C. Fralick
Stephen Baron
President and CEO
Canadian Cancer Society
Chair, Board of Directors
Canadian Cancer Society
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Leading the most promising research
on all cancers, for all Canadians
Understanding the effects
of treatment for childhood
brain cancer
Last year, you supported these key
research findings and many more:
Discovering the genetics
of pancreatic cancer
Analyzing the cost-effectiveness
of lung cancer screening
Dr Stuart Peacock, BC Cancer Agency
(Vancouver), contributed important findings
that could impact policy discussions about
the value of proactive lung cancer screening.
A discovery by Dr Donald Mabbott,
Hospital for Sick Children, will influence
studies of new therapies that could
minimize long-term treatment effects
on learning and memory.
Dr Ming-Sound Tsao, Ontario Cancer
Institute/Princess Margaret Cancer Centre,
discovered 2 genes that, when absent,
allow pancreatic cancer cells to grow.
This will help develop new treatments.
Making immunotherapies
work for more people
Dr Claude Perreault, University of Montreal,
identified new molecules that attract
T cells, which fight off diseases. These
findings could help more patients benefit
from treatment that stimulates their own
T cells to fight cancer.
Joining forces to fund cancer
research
The Canadian Cancer Society is proud to
work with other organizations to support
leading-edge research.
In partnership with the New Brunswick
Health Research Foundation, we co-created
a fund with the Craig’s Cause Pancreatic
Cancer Society and the QEII Foundation
that is supporting scientists in developing
an early-detection blood test for pancreatic
cancer. The Lotte & John Hecht Memorial
Foundation fuelled 7 new and innovative
research projects and, thanks to the
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation,
Prostate Cancer Canada and the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research –
Institute of Cancer Research, we invested
in even more grants to support cancer
prevention.
FACT
With your support, we invested
$44 million in cancer research
nationwide. New discoveries are
improving our ability to prevent,
detect and treat cancer and to enhance
quality of life for people living with
cancer. We’re also making progress on
hard-to-treat diseases like lung, brain,
pancreatic and colorectal cancers.
Thanks to you, 862 scientists across
10 provinces received support for
their research last year.
Photo: © Getty Images
In 2014, we partnered with Brain Canada to help donors like you double
the impact of your gifts to brain cancer research. This partnership
leverages matching funds from Brain Canada through a public-private
partnership established by the Government of Canada.
In 10 years, Prince Edward Island native Kathleen Murphy
co-chaired 6 Relay For Life events, launched Canada’s first
Tan-Free Prom and advocated for a provincial ban on youth
indoor tanning, which is now law. Kathleen was honoured
with the Canadian Cancer Society’s Outstanding Youth Leadership
Award in 2014 and now attends university in Montreal.
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Influencing government policies
to protect Canadians
Educating, engaging and
empowering Canadians
Together, we’re pulling the plug on youth
indoor tanning. Melanoma is one of the
most preventable cancers. Armed with
the latest information in Canadian Cancer
Statistics 2014, we made great strides
influencing government policies to protect
young people from this disease. Thanks
in large part to these efforts, Alberta,
Saskatchewan and Manitoba – the only
provinces that had yet to prohibit youth
indoor tanning – have since committed to
implementing bans for underage youth.
We couldn’t have done it without you!
Your generosity also helped us create new
tools for cancer prevention awareness.
The data in Canadian Cancer Statistics 2014
fuelled the creation of It’s My Life! – an
interactive web tool that has helped more
than 20,000 Canadians better understand
how lifestyle choices can reduce cancer risk.
It’s My Life! covers more than a dozen of
the most common and preventable cancers
in Canada and 16 risk factors, including
tobacco, body weight and diet. With your
support, we’re encouraging more Canadians
to make positive changes in their lives.
7 provinces now have legislation
banning indoor tanning for
underage youth, and 3 have
committed to implementing bans.
FACT
Advocating for nationwide
bans on indoor tanning
FACT
Thanks to you, we are the nation’s most
trusted voice on cancer. Your support
enables us to partner with Statistics
Canada and the Public Health Agency
of Canada to produce Canada’s only
published comprehensive source of
nationwide cancer data. Canadian Cancer
Statistics is an invaluable resource for
researchers, healthcare professionals
and policy-makers who are fighting
cancer and measuring progress against
the disease. The 2014 publication has
helped to drive important advocacy
efforts and to educate, engage and
empower Canadians.
In just 8 months, It’s My Life
welcomed 20,618 visitors – and
5,400 Canadians pledged to set
realistic health goals.
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Providing trusted information
and life-changing support
Because of you, the Society is able to
provide people with cancer and their
caregivers from coast to coast with access
to proven, credible cancer information
and a wide range of support services.
Holly, a professional in her 50s, was
diagnosed with lung cancer in 2012.
“I was shocked beyond belief,” she says.
“I thought, how could I have lung cancer?
I’m a non-smoker. I’m active. I eat healthy.
Cancer doesn’t happen to people like me.”
FACT
Following radiation and chemotherapy,
Holly was given a clean bill of health.
But months later, after losing sight in
one eye, she learned that the cancer had
spread to her brain, spine and liver. She
was given 4 months to live. Holly and her
husband moved out of their house. She
updated her will and made her funeral
arrangements.
“One day, my oncologist said, ‘there’s a new
drug and you’re eligible. It’s not a cure,
but it could extend your life and your
quality of life.’” Anxious for information,
she went online. “You have to interpret
a lot of information and weed out what’s
not valid,” she says.
Through the Society’s website, Holly knew
she had access to accurate information,
not only about her cancer, but also about
what to expect throughout her treatments
and where to go for help if she needed
someone to talk to. “The Society’s resources
were my security blanket,” she says.
Informed and empowered, Holly started the
new drug treatment suggested by her
oncologist. Her health has since improved
and she continues to be closely monitored.
Last year, your donations provided thousands
of Canadians like Holly with the information
and support they needed.
In 2014, we answered almost 55,000 inquiries by telephone and email, distributed
over 1.4 million copies of print materials and provided information to over 7 million
visitors to cancer.ca.
Improving cancer literacy
among Inuit
Inuit have a higher death rate from cancer
than other Canadians, making the awareness
and understanding of cancer absolutely vital.
To help increase cancer literacy, the Society
was invited by Pauktuutit Inuit Women of
Canada to help develop a glossary of 250
cancer-related terms in plain English and
5 Inuktitut dialects. Over 1,500 print copies
of Kaggutiq: Inuit Cancer Glossary were
distributed in 2014.
Husky Energy supports a new
cancer prevention program
Newfoundland and Labrador is home
to some of the country’s most troubling
cancer statistics. To help reverse this
trend, Husky Energy donated $1 million
to the Society’s Newfoundland and
Labrador Division to support an important
cancer prevention program. This generous
corporate gift will have a positive impact
in schools and workplaces and on thousands
of families across the province, including
those who live in remote coastal areas.
“I thought, how could I have lung cancer?
I’m a non-smoker. I’m active. I eat healthy.
Cancer doesn’t happen to people like me.”
– Holly
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Inspired by her father’s fight with cancer, Maggie Lefevre has raised
more than $100,000 through Relay For Life. That amounts to $1 for
every seat at almost every major entertainment venue in Toronto,
including the Rogers Centre (pictured).
Engaging everyday Canadians
in the fight for life
Your generous donations, countless
volunteer hours and passionate
contribution to our fundraising events
allow us to continue the fight against
all cancers, for all Canadians.
“I said to Jim that I had raised one dollar
for every person in the stadium through
my participation in Relay For Life,” Maggie
says. “We looked around at that sea of
people and said ‘wow’ to each other.”
Through Relay For Life and Daffodil
Month, you support every aspect of
our work, including cancer research,
accurate cancer information and
services that Canadians depend on
every day.
Jim then playfully offered a challenge:
“But the stadium is only half full. Talk to
me again when you’ve raised a dollar for
every seat in the stadium.”
Relay For Life has raised nearly $500 million
since 1999. This past year, events in nearly
400 communities raised $42.3 million
to advance cancer research and support
Canadians living with cancer.
Maggie Lefevre is an all-star Relay For Life
fundraiser, inspired by her father’s fight
with cancer. In 2007, as she was watching
a baseball game with her brother Jim at
Toronto’s Rogers Centre, the day’s attendance
flashed on the stadium screen: 30,000 people.
With cancer touching the lives of her loved
ones and so many others, Maggie knows
she can’t give up now. “I’m a little over $326
away from adding Massey Hall to the list,”
she says.
FACT
Relay For Life
This marked the moment that Maggie’s
Stadiums Campaign was born. She has
since achieved incredible support for her
annual participation in Relay For Life.
Today, Maggie’s total fundraising of
$100,332 represents sell-out crowds at
the Rogers Centre, Air Canada Centre,
BMO Field, Sony Centre for the Performing
Arts and General Motors Centre.
More than 128,000 participants
and 22,000 volunteers took part
in Relay For Life in 2014, raising
over $42 million.
Each year during the month of April, our
amazing volunteers raise vital funds for
the fight against cancer by selling pins and
fresh flowers. Nearly 60,000 volunteers
made Daffodil Month possible in 2014,
raising more than $17 million for research,
support services and other life-changing
programs nationwide.
“A lot of my friends have lost a grandparent
or family member to cancer. Everyone has
been touched by cancer,” says Giulia, a
grade 7 student who volunteers with her
school friends each year, selling pins at
the busy Bloor-Yonge subway station in
Toronto.
The Society’s transportation programs
are one of many resources that are made
possible because of Daffodil Month
volunteers like Giulia and her classmates.
Ontario Division’s transportation program
recently changed the lives of Kelly and her
young son, Jaxson.
Jaxson was diagnosed with
rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer,
at only 6 months of age. Kelly was
devastated. While Jaxson underwent
treatment, Kelly learned about the
Society’s transportation program – made
possible by hundreds of volunteer
drivers – that helps patients and their
caregivers get to and from hospital
appointments.
“I could not fathom taking my sick little
boy on both the train and subway to get
him to treatment in the city,” Kelly says.
“I couldn’t have got through this experience
without the Canadian Cancer Society and
its incredible volunteer drivers.”
After surgery and 43 weeks of
chemotherapy, Jaxson is now cancer-free.
FACT
Daffodil Month
• Daffodil Month raised more than
$17 million in 2014
•N
early 60,000 volunteers helped
make Daffodil Month possible
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Funds raised through Daffodil Month support
transportation programs that get Canadians like
Kelly and her little boy, Jaxson, to cancer treatment.
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Globally acclaimed scientist Dr Ming-Sound Tsao has dedicated his
career to understanding the mysteries of lung and pancreatic cancers.
Much of his work has been funded by the Canadian Cancer Society.
We couldn’t do it without you.
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Thank you for supporting research excellence
Gifts to Research
The Canadian Cancer Society Research
Institute (CCSRI) and our research programs
are funded entirely through your donations.
Thank you for contributing to our progress
in 2014!
Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation
Innovation Grants of the Canadian Cancer
Society
Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation
Innovation to Impact Grant of the
Canadian Cancer Society
CCSRI grants and awards are selected through
a gold-standard peer-review process.
Thanks to you, we made 408 investments
last year. We are pleased to list the
following grants, awards and funds that
were named last year in recognition of
donors’ generous gifts to research.
Pedal for Hope Impact Grant of the
Canadian Cancer Society
Research Grants & Awards
Funds
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
Impact Grant of the Canadian Cancer
Society and Brain Canada
Bill Barley Innovation Fund
Brooke’s Donkeys Innovation Grant of
the Canadian Cancer Society
Nick Natale Innovation Grant of the
Canadian Cancer Society
GIVETOLIVE Research Scientist Award in
Prevention Research
Prairie Women on Snowmobiles Innovation
Grant of the Canadian Cancer Society
W. Gary Rowe Innovation Grant of the
Canadian Cancer Society
Cardone Family Cancer Fund
Circles of Friends Pancreatic Cancer
Research Fund
Cleans for Cleavage Breast Cancer
Research Fund
Craig’s Cause Pancreatic Cancer
Research Fund
The Diller Project Brain Research Catalyst Fund
Ed Kozystko and Frances Kozystko Fund for
Cancer Research
Ginty Jocius Brain Cancer Research Fund
Michael Albert Garron Foundation Synovial
Sarcoma Research Fund
Kate Linder and Friends Fund for Women’s
Cancer Research
Love for Lizzie Fund
Lusomé Cancer Research Fund
Norris Family Pediatric Brain Cancer
Research Fund
Prairie Women on Snowmobiles Breast
Cancer Research Impact Fund
Red Lipstick Warriors Catalyst Fund
TELUS Catalyst Fund
Tets Haya Memorial Fund
Walk the Talk Lymphoma Research
Catalyst Fund
WICC Alberta Brain Cancer Research Fund
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Celebrating exceptional people
The Canadian Cancer Society Impact
Awards celebrate Canadians from coast
to coast who are making a difference in
the fight against cancer. We were proud
to recognize the following individuals,
groups and corporations last year for
their exceptional efforts.
Program in Action Award
Outstanding Youth
Leadership Award
Community Achievement
Award
Kathleen Murphy, Prince Edward Island
Carman Curl for Cancer Committee,
Manitoba
Dr Shoukat Dedhar, University of British
Columbia and the British Columbia
Cancer Agency
Elizabeth Newson, Prince Edward Island
Corporate Achievement
Award
Bernard and Francine Dorval
Award
Leadership in Community
Engagement
Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade (WICC),
shared by British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario
and Quebec chapters
Dr Andrew Weng, University of British
Columbia and the British Columbia
Cancer Agency
Golden Corporate Achievement
Award
O. Harold Warwick Award
TELUS, National
Dr William Foulkes, McGill University and
Relay For Life Award of
Excellence – Team
Dr Christine Friedenreich, University of
Calgary and Alberta Health Services
Super Karate Monkeys, Ontario
William E. Rawls Award
Relay For Life Award of
Excellence – Leadership
Dr David Hammond, University of Waterloo
Transformational Leadership
Award
Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock Steering
Committee, British Columbia/Yukon
Medal of Courage
Barbara Tremblay, British Columbia/Yukon
Lyall Marshall, Alberta/Northwest Territories
Stacey Lieffers, Saskatchewan
Tammy Horvath, Ontario
Marie-Claire Turgeon, New Brunswick
Susan Taylor, Nova Scotia
Cudmore Family, Prince Edward Island
Craig Andrews, Newfoundland and Labrador
WellnessFits Program,
British Columbia/Yukon
Leadership in Public Policy
Award
Kate Neale, Ontario
Prince George Relay For Life Volunteer
Leadership Team, British Columba/Yukon
Awards for Excellence
Outstanding cancer science is recognized
with annual awards to deserving Canadian
researchers who are fighting cancer with
your support. We proudly presented the
following awards in 2014.
Robert L. Noble Prize
Shared by
British Columbia resident Barbara Tremblay is
a 14-year survivor of esophageal cancer and a
10-year volunteer with the Society’s peer support
program. Her selfless efforts were acknowledged
with a Medal of Courage in 2014.
fighting for all canadians:
Women in insurance cancer crusade
Represented by chapters in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, Women in Insurance
Cancer Crusade (WICC) has raised more than $11.2 million in 18 years for cancer research,
support services and education. Since 1997, WICC has engaged the insurance industry
in the fight for life through a diverse range of volunteer fundraising initiatives. In 2014,
the Canadian Cancer Society was proud to present WICC with the Corporate Achievement
Award in recognition of the organization’s nationwide impact.
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Our donors
the Canadian Cancer Society gratefully
acknowledges the following corporate
partners and charitable groups for their
generous support this past year. it is because
of them, and each of our generous donors,
that we’re able to fund the best cancer
research and provide Canadians with the most
reliable information and support programs.
The 7 Days In May Foundation
Amgen Canada Inc.
Cadillac Fairview
13th Street Winery
Apache Canada Ltd.
CAE
49th Parallel Grocery #2
Around the Bend Foundation
97.3 The Wave (Saint John)
Association of Chinese Canadian
Entrepreneurs
Caisse Desjardins des policiers
et policières
104.7 Heart FM (Woodstock)
Caisses populaires acadiennes
105.3 EZ Rock Rogers Broadcasting
Limited (Sudbury)
AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
Calgary Flames Foundation
ATCO Electric
The Calgary Foundation
105.3 KOOL FM/KFUN 99.5
(Waterloo)
Atlantic Towing Limited
Calgary Motor Dealers Association
Axalta Coating Systems
Callahan Developments
AXDEV
Cambrian College
BMO Financial Group
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Barrick Gold Corporation
Canadian Tire
BC Northern Real Estate Board
Canfor Pulp Ltd. Partnership
BCE Inc. (Bell Canada Enterprises)
Canpotex
Belron Canada Inc.
Canton Productions International Inc.
Benefaction Foundation
Capital Automotive Group
The Benjamin Foundation
Capital Building Supplies Ltd.
Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP
Capital Honda
Blackburn Radio Inc.
Cargill
BMO Financial Group
Cascades Inc.
3249531 Canada Inc.
2860-6440 Québec Inc.
A&W Restaurants Sudbury
Abbott Nutrition
The Abercrombie Foundation
ACME DMMT Holdings Ltd.
Actavis Canada
Agribrands Purina Inc.
Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP
Aimia
Air Canada
Al Roadburg Foundation
The Alan and Roula Rossy
Family Foundation
Bowl Canada
Brookfield Residential
Albert Abrum Lager Foundation
Bruce Power
Allnorth Consultants Ltd.
Brunswick News Inc.
Ames Family Foundation
Bulkley Valley Credit Union
Amex Bank of Canada
Butler Family Foundation
Casino de Montréal
Castor and District Community Chest
Central Supplies Limited
The Charitable Gift Funds Canada
Foundation
China Gold International
Resources Corp. Ltd.
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CIBC
Dorothy & Hugh Cole Foundation
Fondation Denis-Chartier
Hub International Barton Insurance
La Cie Canada Tire Inc.
City of Greater Sudbury
Dusseault Family Fund
Fondation Jacques & Michel Auger
Langley Concrete Group
CKLW AM800 Windsor
(a division of Bell Media)
East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd.
Fonds Québec en Forme
Husky Charitable Fund/
Husky Energy
East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Fung and Duen Au-Yeung Foundation
IBM Canada Ltd.
The Lawrason Foundation
Economical Insurance
G. Grant and Dorothy F. Armstrong
Foundation
IDL Projects Inc.
LIFT Philanthropy Partners Society
IMS Health Canada Inc.
Loblaws Inc.
G.A. Paper International Inc.
London Drugs
Gallagher Family Holding Inc.
Industrial Alliance Insurance &
Financial Services Inc.
Gary Bluestein Charitable Foundation
International Paper
Gates Canada Inc.
Iron Mountain Canada Corp.
General Motors of Canada
Iron Ore Company of Canada
Gleichen-Cluny United Fund
JDS Energy & Mining Inc.
Lotte & John Hecht Memorial
Foundation
Les Entreprises RGMSP Ltée
Glengarry Foundation
Jam Industries Ltd.
LGM Financial Services Inc.
Eos Products LLC
Glentel Inc.
J.B. Quinn and Family Foundation
Lundbeck Canada Inc.
The Etta I. Jackson Charitable
Foundation
Goldcorp Inc.
The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc.
Goldcorp Porcupine Gold Mines
Jennifer J. Traub Law Corporation
Macquarie Group Foundation
Limited
Eva Lesser & The Cartier Foundation
Golf Canada
The Joe Wo Joint Spousal Trust
ExxonMobil
Goodyear Charity Trust Fund
CTV Southwestern Ontario
Fallsview Casino Resort and
Casino Niagara
Graham and Lorraine Adamson
Legacy Fund
The John and Judy Bragg Family
Foundation
The David and Faye Sobey
Foundation
Federated Health Charities
Corporation
Grant Simeon, Concepteur
photographique
David R. Budd Law Corporation
Fédération des caisses Desjardins
du Québec
Great-West Life Assurance Company
Clearwater Fine Foods
Incorporated
Cliff Thayer Foundation
CN
Coast Capital Savings Credit Union
Coast to Coast Against Cancer
Foundation
Cogeco Cable Canada LP
Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs
Cornelius and Helen Vanden Top
Charity Foundation
Corus Entertainment
Cossette
Credit Unions of Prince Edward Island
CTV Northern Ontario
Day & Ross
Écho du Nord
Echo Foundation
Edmonton Community Foundation
Électro Sag
Energy 99.7/Country 105 FM
Peterborough (a division of
Bell Media)
Deloitte & Touche Foundation
Canada
Fednav Limited
The DER/TSE Relation Association
of Alberta
First Choice Haircutters
Donate A Car Canada Inc.
Fiera Capital
Fleming Foundation
Focus United Ltd.
Green Field Ethanol
Groupe T.V.A. Inc.
HealthPartners
Holland America Line N.V.
Laura Canada Inc.
Long View Systems Corporation
L’Oréal Canada
Loto-Québec
Manitoba Hydro
MBNA Canada Bank
The McCain Foundation
John Deere Foundation of Canada
McCall MacBain Foundation
Johnny Fong Charitable Foundation
McGill Management
Undergraduate Society
Johnson & Johnson Inc. Canada
K94.5, Max FM, BOFM (Moncton)
Kent Building Supplies
Kin’s Management Ltd.
(Kin’s Farm Market)
McKesson Canada
Medavie Blue Cross
Merck
Metro
Michael Albert Garron Foundation
Holt Renfrew
KISS FM/Q92 Timmins
(a division of Rogers Radio)
Hot 93.5 (Sudbury)
KOA Care Camps
Mondou
Michelin North America Canada Inc.
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Mortgage Alliance
National Bank Financial
NB Masonic Charities & Housing
Co. Ltd.
Nechako Construction Ltd.
New Brunswick Health Research
Foundation
Peninsula Consumer Services
Co-operative
Perennial Inc.
Peterbilt Pacific Inc.
Peterborough Examiner
(a division of Sun Media Corp.)
Pfizer Canada Inc.
Richard Kalwajtys Fund
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
TUC’S Contracting Ltd.
Rio Tinto Alcan
The Sobey Foundation
UAP Inc.
RioCan Management Inc.
Southern Cross Equestrian
Academy
Union Gas Ltd.
Rogers Group of Companies
Rogers Kitchener Radio Group
Rotary Club of Yarmouth
Rx&D – Canada’s Research-Based
Pharmaceutical Companies
Steele Auto Group
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Uniprix Group
Stewart McKelvey
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of American Local 579
Strategic Charitable Giving
Foundation
Vale Newfoundland & Labrador
Limited
Subway
Van Berkom and Associates Inc.
Sun Life Financial
Vancouver International Airport Staff
Sun Media
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Suncor Energy Products
Partnership
Van-Whole Produce Ltd.
The Waterloo Region Record
Newcap Inc.
Pharmasave
Nor Lan
Pharmascience Inc.
Norris Family Foundation
Pirie Foundation
Northland Dodge
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Northside Auto Group
Praxair Canada Inc.
Novartis Canada
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Saskatchewan Heavy Construction
Association
The NWM Private Giving Foundation
Prince George Motors Ltd.
Scholar’s Choice
Taiwan Entrepreneurs Society
Charitable Foundation
Offshore Fish Resources
Harvesters Inc.
Product Care Association
Scotiabank
Talos Steel Ltd.
Watson Family Foundation
Provincial Airlines Limited
Seacliff Foundation
TD Waterhouse
One Ocean Expeditions
Provincial Employees Community
Services Fund
Servier Canada Inc.
Teksavvy
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance
Company
Province of Manitoba Employees
(All Charities Campaign)
Shanam Investments Inc.
TELUS
Shaw Communications Inc.
Terracon Development Ltd.
(formerly The Ernst Hansch
Foundation Inc.)
Ontario English Catholic Teachers
Association
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
S.E.N.C.R.L./s.r.l.
Pacific BioEnergy Prince George
Ltd. Partnership
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Foundation
Safeway
Safeway Operations, Sobeys Inc.
Sanofi Canada
The Shaw Group
The Sherman Foundation
Ventas Charitable Foundation Inc.
West Coast Classic Invitational
Golf Tournament
West Fraser Mills Ltd.
Westcana Electric Inc.
Québecor Inc.
Sherwood Parkdale Lions Club
The Thomas Alan Budd
Foundation
Pacific Western Brewing Co.
RBC Foundation
Shimano Canada
Thrifty Foods
WICC
(Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade)
Paladin Security Group Ltd.
The Redbourne Group
Shooting Star Foundation
Tim Hortons
William Switzer & Associates Ltd.
The Pampered Chef
Réjean Parisien Construction
Shuswap Park Holdings Ltd.
Toronto Foundation
The Panikkar Family Foundation
Renaissance Pharma Inc.
Silver Wheaton Corp.
Tournoi de golf FIR Montréal
Winnipeg Police Services
Half Marathon
Pantene
Revesco Properties
Sinopec Daylight Energy Ltd.
Trailer Trash
The Woodbridge Corporation
Patten Family Foundation Inc.
Rexall Foundation – Katz Group
The Slaight Family Foundation
Transworld Management Ltd.
Y P Heung Foundation
Western Financial Group
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Financial
highlights
For the period February 1, 2014
to January 31, 2015
We are pleased to present the Canadian Cancer Society’s (the Society’s) Statement of Financial Activities
for the year ended January 31, 2015. Our financial position and diversified fundraising activities support
our 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, 2015, 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.
Dorothy Sanford
Chair, Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee
Every dollar you give
The Canadian Cancer Society is
extremely thankful for our donors,
partners and volunteers whose
efforts give us the power to fund
groundbreaking research, advocate
for healthy public policy, provide
information about cancer and
prevention, and support those living
with cancer. Every dollar given supports
our passion to deliver on our mission to
eradicate cancer and to enhance the
quality of life of people living with cancer.
Of the $122 million we
spend on our mission,
we invest:
$122 million toward our mission
$44 million on research
$64 million toward fundraising *
$70 million on information,
services and programs
$8 million toward administration
$8 million on advocacy
Excluding lottery
*
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Canadian Cancer Society Annual Report 2014/2015
(in thousands of dollars)
Statement of
financial activities
Operations and externally
restricted resources
Year ended January 31, 2015, with
comparative figures for 2014
Operations
2015
Externally restricted
2014
2015
2014
Revenue:
Relay For Life
$
42,345
$
46,485
$
20
$
-
Annual giving
41,575
43,134
-
-
Planned gifts
29,058
32,654
130
264
Lotteries
32,417
38,065
-
-
Special events
24,438
24,775
-
-
Tributes
7,988
8,396
-
-
Major gifts
2,785
4,839
25
504
-
-
1,779
3,534
180,606
198,348
1,954
4,302
Direct fundraising
44,862
41,758
353
420
Lotteries fundraising
25,128
28,139
-
-
110,616
128,451
1,601
3,882
10,681
11,987
-
-
Investment income
5,315
3,696
1,364
858
Other income
5,540
3,326
-
2
132,152
147,460
2,965
4,742
Programs
69,297
73,155
138
64
Research
43,870
44,906
48
73
Advocacy
8,382
8,839
5
9
121,549
126,900
191
146
18,865
17,836
31
14
Capital campaign
Less:
Net fundraising revenue
Government and other sponsored projects
Expenditures:
Mission:
Supporting:
Indirect fundraising
Administration
Increase (decrease) in resources
7,681
8,005
25
29
26,546
25,841
56
43
148,095
152,741
247
189
$ (15,943)
$
(5,281)
$
2,718
$
4,553
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Canadian Cancer Society Annual Report 2014/2015
National Board of Directors 2014/2015
Cyril Abbott
Gander, NL
Marion Kirsh
Thornhill, ON
Stephen Baron
Thornhill, ON
Pierre Lafrenière
Montreal, QC
Jeff Cook†
Winnipeg, MB
David Malkin
Toronto, ON
Michael Costello
Saint John, NB
Bretta Maloff
Calgary, AB
Neil Currie
Toronto, ON
Susan Payne
Port Williams, NS
Marc Généreux
Montreal, QC
Dorothy Sanford
Toronto, ON
Don Hansen
Regina, SK
Dean Schinkel*
East St Paul, MB
Andrew Hazlewood
Victoria, BC
Michael Woods
St John’s, NL
Jason Holowachuk
Calgary, AB
Dallan Young
Calgary, AB
Ken Hubley
Stanhope, PE
*
†
Term ended June 15, 2014
Term started June 15, 2014
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