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The logo for the Canadian Cancer Society is the daffodil.The flower had served as a symbol of cancer awareness since the 1950s, when volunteers for CCS organized a fundraising tea in Toronto; the volunteers used daffodils to decorate the tables, as they thought it would create hope that cancer could be beaten.
The Quebec Cancer Foundation (French: Fondation québécoise du cancer) is a Quebec non-profit organization [1] [2] that aims to improve care to Quebecers suffering from cancer, [3] enhance the quality of life for people with cancer and that their relatives, as well as to educate the population on the fight against cancer in Quebec.
Childhood Cancer Canada (CCC) is a foundation dedicated to fighting childhood cancer. It was founded in 1987. [ 1 ] The foundation works to improving the lives of children with cancer and their families through its support programs and investment in collaborative cancer research.
Bailey Hutchins first shared her colon cancer diagnosis in January 2023. She was 24 at the time. “I have been in the hospital for the last 5 days and have undergone 2 surgeries to identify and ...
The Canadian Red Cross Society (French: La Société canadienne de la Croix-Rouge) [1] is a Canadian humanitarian charitable organization, and one of 192 national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies. The organization receives funding from both private donations and from Canadian government departments. [2]
Canadian Blood Services (French: Société canadienne du sang) is a non-profit charitable organization that is independent from the Canadian government. [2] The Canadian Blood Services was established as Canada's blood authority in all provinces and territories except for Quebec in 1998. [3]
Addressing the needs of Canadians from coast to coast, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation has regional offices throughout Canada with the Foundation's central shared services office being located in Toronto. The signature program for the foundation is the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run For The Cure.
The Ride to Conquer Cancer event was licensed to cancer charities in Montréal, Calgary, and Vancouver following the initial success of the first Ride in 2008, as the inaugural event raised $14 million for The Princess Margaret. Importantly, 100% of the License Fees went back into a national collaborative clinical trials initiative.