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2013/2014 ANNUAL REPORT
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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.
Dr Shawn Li, Canadian Cancer Society funded researcher and Innovation Grant recipient.
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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.
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.
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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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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.
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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.
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.
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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 Zeste
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
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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 For the period February 1, 2013, to January 31, 2014
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.
Marion Kirsh 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 $128 million we spend on our mission, we invest:
$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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Statement of financial activities Operations and externally restricted resources Year ended January 31, 2014, with comparative figures for 2013
(in thousands of dollars)
Operations
Externally restricted
2014 2013 2014 2013
Revenue: Relay For Life
$
46,485
$
51,552
$
–
$
–
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 Less:
Direct fundraising
42,355
44,525
282
472
Lotteries fundraising
28,139
27,285
–
–
Net fundraising revenue 128,032 132,454
4,020
3,337
Government and other sponsored projects
11,304
11,472
–
–
Investment income
3,696
3,134
858
455
Other income
3,831
5,100
2
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146,863 152,160
4,880
3,818
Expenditures: Mission:
Programs
73,997
77,292
64
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Research
44,989
45,666
73
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Advocacy
8,995
9,669
9
–
127,981 132,627
146
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Supporting:
Indirect fundraising
17,920
18,598
152
2
Administration
8,091
8,426
29
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26,011 27,024
181
20
153,992 159,651
327
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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
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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
Canadian Cancer Society offices National Office
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
55 St Clair Avenue West Suite 300 Toronto, ON M4V 2Y7 Tel: 416-961-7223 ccs@cancer.ca
P.O. Box 2089 133 Prince William Street Saint John, NB E2L 3T5 Tel: 506-634-6272 ccsnb@nb.cancer.ca
1 Rochford Street, Suite 1 Charlottetown, PE C1A 9L2 Tel: 902-566-4007 info@pei.cancer.ca
Alberta/NWT
Newfoundland and Labrador
325 Manning Road NE Suite 200 Calgary, AB T2E 2P5 Tel: 403-205-3966 info@cancer.ab.ca
Daffodil Place 70 Ropewalk Lane P.O. Box 8921 St John’s, NL A1B 3R9 Tel: 709-753-6520 ccs@nl.cancer.ca
5151 de l’Assomption Blvd Montreal, QC H1T 4A9 Tel: 514-255-5151 info@sic.cancer.ca
British Columbia and Yukon 565 West 10th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Z 4J4 Tel: 604-872-4400 Toll-free: 1-800-663-2524 inquiries@bc.cancer.ca
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Ontario
193 Sherbrook Street Winnipeg, MB R3C 2B7 Tel: 204-774-7483 info@mb.cancer.ca
55 St Clair Avenue West Suite 500 Toronto, ON M4V 2Y7 Tel: 416-488-5400
5826 South Street Halifax, NS B3H 1S6 Tel: 902-423-6183 ccs.ns@ns.cancer.ca
Quebec
Saskatchewan 1910 McIntyre Street Regina, SK S4P 2R3 Tel: 306-790-5822 ccssk@sk.cancer.ca