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Annual Report 2014/2015

“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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Pamela C. FralickPresident and CEO Canadian Cancer Society

Stephen BaronChair, Board of Directors Canadian Cancer Society

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.

Thank you

Leading the most promising research on all cancers, for all Canadians

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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.

last year, you supported these key research findings and many more:

analyzing the cost-effectiveness of lung cancer screeningDr Stuart Peacock, BC Cancer Agency (Vancouver), contributed important findings that could impact policy discussions about the value of proactive lung cancer screening.

Understanding the effects of treatment for childhood brain cancerA 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.

Discovering the genetics of pancreatic cancerDr 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 peopleDr 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 researchThe 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.

Thanks to you, 862 scientists across 10 provinces received support for their research last year.FA

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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.

Photo: © Getty Images

In 10 years, Prince Edward Island native Kathleen Murphy co-chaired 6 Relay For Life events, launched Canada’s fi rst 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.


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.

advocating for nationwide bans on indoor tanningTogether, 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!

educating, engaging and empowering canadiansYour 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.

Influencing government policies to protect Canadians

7 provinces now have legislation banning indoor tanning for underage youth, and 3 have committed to implementing bans.FA

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welcomed 20,618 visitors – and 5,400 Canadians pledged to set realistic health goals. FA

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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.”

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.

improving cancer literacy among inuitInuit 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 programNewfoundland 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.

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.FA

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“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


Inspired by her father’s fi ght 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).

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.

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.

relay for lifeRelay 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.

“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.”

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.”

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.

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.

Engaging everyday Canadians in the fight for life

More than 128,000 participants and 22,000 volunteers took part in Relay For Life in 2014, raising over $42 million.FA

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Daffodil MonthEach 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.

• Daffodil Month raised more than $17 million in 2014

• Nearly 60,000 volunteers helped make Daffodil Month possibleFA

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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.


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.


Gifts to researchThe 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!

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.

research Grants & awardsBrain Tumour Foundation of Canada Impact Grant of the Canadian Cancer Society and Brain Canada

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

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

Pedal for Hope Impact Grant of the Canadian Cancer Society

Prairie Women on Snowmobiles Innovation Grant of the Canadian Cancer Society

W. Gary Rowe Innovation Grant of the Canadian Cancer Society

funds Bill Barley Innovation Fund

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

Thank you for supporting research excellence

Celebrating exceptional peoplethe 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.

outstanding Youth leadership awardKathleen Murphy, Prince Edward Island

transformational leadership awardElizabeth Newson, Prince Edward Island

leadership in community engagementCops for Cancer Tour de Rock Steering Committee, British Columbia/Yukon

Medal of courageBarbara 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

program in action awardWellnessFits Program, British Columbia/Yukon

leadership in public policy awardKate Neale, Ontario

community achievement awardCarman Curl for Cancer Committee, Manitoba

corporate achievement awardWomen in Insurance Cancer Crusade (WICC), shared by British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec chapters

Golden corporate achievement awardTELUS, National

relay for life award of excellence – teamSuper Karate Monkeys, Ontario

relay for life award of excellence – leadershipPrince George Relay For Life Volunteer Leadership Team, British Columba/Yukon

awards for excellenceOutstanding 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 prizeDr Shoukat Dedhar, University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Cancer Agency

Bernard and francine Dorval awardDr Andrew Weng, University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Cancer Agency

o. Harold Warwick awardShared by

Dr William Foulkes, McGill University and

Dr Christine Friedenreich, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services

William e. rawls awardDr David Hammond, University of Waterloo


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 selfl ess efforts were acknowledged with a Medal of Courage in 2014.

fighting for all canadians: Women in insurance cancer crusadeRepresented 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 fi ght 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.


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

13th Street Winery

49th Parallel Grocery #2

97.3 The Wave (Saint John)

104.7 Heart FM (Woodstock)

105.3 EZ Rock Rogers Broadcasting Limited (Sudbury)

105.3 KOOL FM/KFUN 99.5 (Waterloo)

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

Albert Abrum Lager Foundation

Allnorth Consultants Ltd.

Ames Family Foundation

Amex Bank of Canada

Amgen Canada Inc.

Apache Canada Ltd.

Around the Bend Foundation

Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs

AstraZeneca Canada Inc.

ATCO Electric

Atlantic Towing Limited

Axalta Coating Systems

AXDEV

BMO Financial Group

Barrick Gold Corporation

BC Northern Real Estate Board

BCE Inc. (Bell Canada Enterprises)

Belron Canada Inc.

Benefaction Foundation

The Benjamin Foundation

Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP

Blackburn Radio Inc.

BMO Financial Group

Bowl Canada

Brookfi eld Residential

Bruce Power

Brunswick News Inc.

Bulkley Valley Credit Union

Butler Family Foundation

Cadillac Fairview

CAE

Caisse Desjardins des policiers et policières

Caisses populaires acadiennes

Calgary Flames Foundation

The Calgary Foundation

Calgary Motor Dealers Association

Callahan Developments

Cambrian College

Canadian Pacifi c Railway Company

Canadian Tire

Canfor Pulp Ltd. Partnership

Canpotex

Canton Productions International Inc.

Capital Automotive Group

Capital Building Supplies Ltd.

Capital Honda

Cargill

Cascades Inc.

Casino de Montréal

Castor and District Community Chest

Central Supplies Limited

The Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation

China Gold International Resources Corp. Ltd.

Our donors


CIBC

City of Greater Sudbury

CKLW AM800 Windsor (a division of Bell Media)

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

CTV Southwestern Ontario

The David and Faye Sobey Foundation

David R. Budd Law Corporation

Day & Ross

Deloitte & Touche Foundation Canada

The DER/TSE Relation Association of Alberta

Donate A Car Canada Inc.

Dorothy & Hugh Cole Foundation

Dusseault Family Fund

East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd.

East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Economical Insurance

Écho du Nord

Echo Foundation

Edmonton Community Foundation

Électro Sag

Energy 99.7/Country 105 FM Peterborough (a division of Bell Media)

Les Entreprises RGMSP Ltée

Eos Products LLC

The Etta I. Jackson Charitable Foundation

Eva Lesser & The Cartier Foundation

ExxonMobil

Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara

Federated Health Charities Corporation

Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec

Fednav Limited

Fiera Capital

First Choice Haircutters

Fleming Foundation

Focus United Ltd.

Fondation Denis-Chartier

Fondation Jacques & Michel Auger

Fonds Québec en Forme

Fung and Duen Au-Yeung Foundation

G. Grant and Dorothy F. Armstrong Foundation

G.A. Paper International Inc.

Gallagher Family Holding Inc.

Gary Bluestein Charitable Foundation

Gates Canada Inc.

General Motors of Canada

Gleichen-Cluny United Fund

Glengarry Foundation

Glentel Inc.

Goldcorp Inc.

Goldcorp Porcupine Gold Mines

Golf Canada

Goodyear Charity Trust Fund

Graham and Lorraine Adamson Legacy Fund

Grant Simeon, Concepteur photographique

Great-West Life Assurance Company

Green Field Ethanol

Groupe T.V.A. Inc.

HealthPartners

Holland America Line N.V.

Holt Renfrew

Hot 93.5 (Sudbury)

Hub International Barton Insurance

Husky Charitable Fund/ Husky Energy

IBM Canada Ltd.

IDL Projects Inc.

IMS Health Canada Inc.

Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services Inc.

International Paper

Iron Mountain Canada Corp.

Iron Ore Company of Canada

JDS Energy & Mining Inc.

Jam Industries Ltd.

J.B. Quinn and Family Foundation

The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc.

Jennifer J. Traub Law Corporation

The Joe Wo Joint Spousal Trust

The John and Judy Bragg Family Foundation

John Deere Foundation of Canada

Johnny Fong Charitable Foundation

Johnson & Johnson Inc. Canada

K94.5, Max FM, BOFM (Moncton)

Kent Building Supplies

Kin’s Management Ltd. (Kin’s Farm Market)

KISS FM/Q92 Timmins (a division of Rogers Radio)

KOA Care Camps

La Cie Canada Tire Inc.

Langley Concrete Group

Laura Canada Inc.

The Lawrason Foundation

LIFT Philanthropy Partners Society

Loblaws Inc.

London Drugs

Long View Systems Corporation

L’Oréal Canada

Loto-Québec

Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation

LGM Financial Services Inc.

Lundbeck Canada Inc.

Macquarie Group Foundation Limited

Manitoba Hydro

MBNA Canada Bank

The McCain Foundation

McCall MacBain Foundation

McGill Management Undergraduate Society

McKesson Canada

Medavie Blue Cross

Merck

Metro

Michael Albert Garron Foundation

Michelin North America Canada Inc.

Mondou


Mortgage Alliance

National Bank Financial

NB Masonic Charities & Housing Co. Ltd.

Nechako Construction Ltd.

New Brunswick Health Research Foundation

Newcap Inc.

Nor Lan

Norris Family Foundation

Northland Dodge

Northside Auto Group

Novartis Canada

The NWM Private Giving Foundation

Offshore Fish Resources Harvesters Inc.

One Ocean Expeditions

Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt S.E.N.C.R.L./s.r.l.

Pacific BioEnergy Prince George Ltd. Partnership

Pacific Western Brewing Co.

Paladin Security Group Ltd.

The Pampered Chef

The Panikkar Family Foundation

Pantene

Patten Family Foundation Inc.

Peninsula Consumer Services Co-operative

Perennial Inc.

Peterbilt Pacific Inc.

Peterborough Examiner (a division of Sun Media Corp.)

Pfizer Canada Inc.

Pharmasave

Pharmascience Inc.

Pirie Foundation

Pratt & Whitney Canada

Praxair Canada Inc.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Prince George Motors Ltd.

Product Care Association

Provincial Airlines Limited

Provincial Employees Community Services Fund

Province of Manitoba Employees (All Charities Campaign)

QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation

Québecor Inc.

RBC Foundation

The Redbourne Group

Réjean Parisien Construction

Renaissance Pharma Inc.

Revesco Properties

Rexall Foundation – Katz Group

Richard Kalwajtys Fund

Rio Tinto Alcan

RioCan Management Inc.

Rogers Group of Companies

Rogers Kitchener Radio Group

Rotary Club of Yarmouth

Rx&D – Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies

Safeway

Safeway Operations, Sobeys Inc.

Sanofi Canada

Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association

Scholar’s Choice

Scotiabank

Seacliff Foundation

Servier Canada Inc.

Shanam Investments Inc.

Shaw Communications Inc.

The Shaw Group

The Sherman Foundation

Sherwood Parkdale Lions Club

Shimano Canada

Shooting Star Foundation

Shuswap Park Holdings Ltd.

Silver Wheaton Corp.

Sinopec Daylight Energy Ltd.

The Slaight Family Foundation

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.

The Sobey Foundation

Southern Cross Equestrian Academy

Steele Auto Group

Stewart McKelvey

Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation

Subway

Sun Life Financial

Sun Media

Suncor Energy Products Partnership

Taiwan Entrepreneurs Society Charitable Foundation

Talos Steel Ltd.

TD Waterhouse

Teksavvy

TELUS

Terracon Development Ltd. (formerly The Ernst Hansch Foundation Inc.)

The Thomas Alan Budd Foundation

Thrifty Foods

Tim Hortons

Toronto Foundation

Tournoi de golf FIR Montréal

Trailer Trash

Transworld Management Ltd.

TUC’S Contracting Ltd.

UAP Inc.

Union Gas Ltd.

Uniprix Group

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of American Local 579

Vale Newfoundland & Labrador Limited

Van Berkom and Associates Inc.

Vancouver International Airport Staff

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Van-Whole Produce Ltd.

Ventas Charitable Foundation Inc.

The Waterloo Region Record

Watson Family Foundation

The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company

West Coast Classic Invitational Golf Tournament

West Fraser Mills Ltd.

Westcana Electric Inc.

Western Financial Group

WICC (Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade)

William Switzer & Associates Ltd.

Winnipeg Police Services Half Marathon

The Woodbridge Corporation

Y P Heung Foundation


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 SanfordChair, Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee

Financial highlights

For the period February 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015

Every dollar you giveThe 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

$64 million toward fundraising*

$8 million toward administration

*Excluding lottery

$44 million on research

$70 million on information, services and programs

$8 million on advocacy


(in thousands of dollars) Operations Externally restricted

2015 2014 2015 2014revenue: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

Capital campaign - - 1,779 3,534

180,606 198,348 1,954 4,302

Less:

Direct fundraising 44,862 41,758 353 420

Lotteries fundraising 25,128 28,139 - -

net fundraising revenue 110,616 128,451 1,601 3,882

Government and other sponsored projects 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

expenditures:Mission:

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

Supporting:

Indirect fundraising 18,865 17,836 31 14

Administration 7,681 8,005 25 29

26,546 25,841 56 43

148,095 152,741 247 189

increase (decrease) in resources $ (15,943) $ (5,281) $ 2,718 $ 4,553

Statement of financial activities

Operations and externally restricted resources

Year ended January 31, 2015, with comparative figures for 2014


Cyril abbott Gander, NL

Stephen Baron Thornhill, ON

Jeff Cook† Winnipeg, MB

Michael Costello Saint John, NB

neil Currie Toronto, ON

Marc Généreux Montreal, QC

don Hansen Regina, SK

andrew Hazlewood Victoria, BC

Jason Holowachuk Calgary, AB

Ken Hubley Stanhope, PE

Marion Kirsh Thornhill, ON

pierre lafrenière Montreal, QC

david Malkin Toronto, ON

Bretta Maloff Calgary, AB

Susan payne Port Williams, NS

dorothy Sanford Toronto, ON

dean Schinkel* East St Paul, MB

Michael Woods St John’s, NL

dallan young Calgary, AB

* Term ended June 15, 2014

† Term started June 15, 2014

National Board of Directors 2014/2015

national 55 St Clair Avenue West Suite 300 Toronto, ON M4V 2Y7 Tel: 416-961-7223 [email protected]

National Public Issues Office 116 Albert Street, Suite 500 Ottawa, ON K1P 5G3 Tel: 613-565-2522

alberta/nWt 325 Manning Road NE Suite 200 Calgary, AB T2E 2P5 Tel: 403-205-3966 [email protected]

British Columbia and yukon 565 West 10th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Z 4J4 Tel: 604-872-4400 Toll-free: 1-800-663-2524 [email protected]

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