Thinking about becoming a corporate partner of Breast Cancer Canada? Amazing. work with all types of organizations. We’ll help you deliver results which are measurable. National or local. A partnership with Breast Cancer Canada is a win-win. It improves employee engagement, boosts morale, fosters a tighter culture. It raises your organization’s profile and demonstrates your support for breast cancer research. To customers. To employees. To suppliers. Most of all – it makes a positive impact for those affected directly by breast cancer. We’ll raise money for life-saving breast cancer research, together. Let’s talk about building your program! Contact Charlene Politano today to get started. Email: cpolitano@breastcancerprogress.ca Phone: 1-800-567-8767 or 416-352-8567 To make an online corporate donation, please click here .

Leave a legacy. Plan for a future gift. Leave a gift in your will Donating a life insurance policy Donate a TFSA, RRSP, or RRIF Support Breast Cancer Canada with a future gift to create a better future for breast cancer patients. Your gift helps to save lives through early detection and improve outcomes with better treatments. or more information, please contact Natalina Hamilton: nhamilton@breastcancerprogress.ca LEAVE A GIFT IN YOUR WILL This is often called a bequest. It’s the simplest way to make a legacy gift. A gift in your will has no effect on your current income and your estate receives a charitable donation tax receipt. Here’s a sample of simple bequest wording : “To pay the sum of $_________ OR _______% of the residue of my estate to Breast Cancer Canada.” DONATING A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY Life insurance is a way to provide financial security for your family. If the needs of your family are already taken care of, a life insurance policy is a smart way to donate to charity including tax savings for your estate. Speak to your financial advisors for your personalized advice and learn how a gift of life insurance can work for you. Here’s the top-line on ways of leaving gifts of life insurance: Bequeath your policy to Breast Cancer Canada for the future: Name Breast Cancer Canada as the beneficiary of your policy. BCC will receive your insurance proceeds tax-free. Your estate will receive a donation receipt. Transfer ownership of a paid-up policy to Breast Cancer Canada now: Want to gift us your existing, paid-up policy right now? Make Breast Cancer Canada the beneficiary and owner of your policy. You will receive a donation receipt for the fair market value of the policy. BCC may redeem the policy now, or hold it and receive the face value in the future – however your gift can be put to best use. Transfer ownership of a policy on which premiums are still owing to BCC now: Premiums still owing? You can still opt to transfer your policy ownership to BCC. You’ll receive a donation receipt for the policy’s fair market value. Want to make it an ongoing gift? Transfer the ownership to BCC, and still continue to pay the premiums owing. You’ll receive donation receipts for those payments too. DONATE A TFSA, RRSP, RRIF Register a significant difference in the lives of those affected by breast cancer. Donate the proceeds of a registered account: Tax-free savings account (TFSA); Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP); Registered retirement income fund (RRIF). It’s a smart way to make a major contribution. Without reducing your current assets. Without subjecting the funds to probate fees. While reducing taxes on your estate through a donation receipt. Making a gift like this is easy. Designate Breast Cancer Canada as the beneficiary of your registered account. You benefit from the full use of your account(s) during your lifetime. We receive any remaining funds after your passing. For more information, contact Natalina Hamilton: nhamilton@breastcancerprogress.ca

Donating securities is becoming more popular, and supports Breast Cancer Canada just like cash donations. Gifts of publicly traded securities (stocks, bonds, mutual funds) are an easy, tax-effective way to make a contribution towards life-saving research that helps with early detection, better treatments, and ultimately Securities can be of any size and given immediately, or you can bequeath them to Breast Cancer Canada in your will. Just like a cash donation, you’ll get a donation tax credit for your gift of securities. Today, most securities are held electronically and are easily transferred from your brokerage account to our BCC brokerage account. Your Financial Advisor can make all the arrangements. For more information, contact Natalina Hamilton: nhamilton@breastcancerprogress.ca

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Support life-saving breast cancer research every month of the year. When you make a monthly contribution to Breast Cancer Canada, you provide stable funding for year-round campaigning and allow us to continue to support research projects across Canada. To join, simply pre-authorize a monthly deduction from your credit card. Online: Donate Now By Phone: Sign up as a monthly donor by calling Toll Free: 1-800-567-8767 By Mail Breast Cancer Canada, National Office 415 Exmouth Street Unit # 101 Sarnia, ON N7T 8A4 You will need to provide us the credit card type, number and expiry date, and the amount you would like to give each month.

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2023 Precision Oncology Research Grants

Canadian scientists and researchers are invited to submit an application for precision oncology breast cancer research projects.

Timeline:

Applications Due: December 23, 2022 5 pm (PT)
Notice of Invitation: January 16, 2023, 5 pm (PT)
Invited Grant Submission: March 18, 2023, 5 pm (PT)
Notice of Decision: May 19, 2023, 5 pm (PT)
Funding Start: June 26, 2023, 5 pm (PT)

Breast Cancer Canada has announced a call for proposals for their 2023 Precision Oncology Research Grants which will award $500,000 in new funding for breast cancer research projects. The submission period will close December 23, 2022.

Thanks to the generous support of Breast Cancer Canada donors through 2022, the organization has increased their new grants funding for the year ahead by $150,000 for their second annual call for proposals. The organization granted $350,000 in funding to precision oncology projects across Canada in 2022, many of which are continuing into the new year.

“With several Canadian organizations having to reduce funding for breast cancer research, we are proud to continue elevating precision oncology research projects that will have direct impact on patients,” said Shaniah Leduc, Chair of Breast Cancer Canada. “We know because of research there are more than 50 types of breast cancer. Precision oncology research allows us to more accurately diagnose breast cancer, and design treatment plans targeted to the patient’s specific type of breast cancer – the goal is to match the right treatment, to the right person, at the right time.”

Breast Cancer Canada’s Scientific Advisory Committee is leading the selection process and is committed to listening to breast cancer patients. All funded project teams are required to include a breast cancer patient advocate or a local breast cancer advocacy group as part of their research.

The selected projects will focus on precision oncology that deliver individualized treatment models and accelerate the transition from standard approaches for breast cancer treatment, to the new age of personalized medicine. The projects will surround four divisions of precision oncology research: basic science, screening and detection, personalized treatment, and patient reported outcomes. All projects must also include an artificial intelligence (AI) component.

Canadian scientists and researchers are invited to submit an application for precision oncology breast cancer research projects by December 23, 2022. Please download the application package here which includes details on the eligibility, mandate, and timeline.

Questions can be directed to: [email protected].

Scientific Advisory Board

Breast Cancer Canada remains the only organization in Canada laser focused on breast cancer research. The projects we fund surround precision oncology set to deliver individualized treatment plans. Progress starts with the right people. The teams we leverage across Canada accelerate the transition from standard approaches for breast cancer treatment, to the new age of personalized medicine. Our ultimate goal is to match the right plan, to the right person, at the right time.

Dr. Marc Webster

Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee

Breast Cancer Research Focused in Precision Oncology

Breast Cancer Canada’s Scientific Advisory Board works as one to drive excellence in Canadian breast cancer research and leadership. How? By identifying, collaborating with, and funding groups and individuals. Specifically, those that are supporting our four pillars in precision oncology research. The pillars that bring us closer to earlier detection and better management.

Our research focuses on precision oncology that deliver individualized treatment models. The projects we fund across Canada accelerate the transition from standard approaches for breast cancer treatment, to the new age of personalized medicine.

The goal is to match the right plan to the right person at the right time.

Precision Genomics Research Pillars

Basic
Science

The purpose of basic science research is to increase the understanding of how fundamental biological processes work. The information uncovered by basic science projects lay the groundwork for all other research that follows.

Screening &
Detection

Using new technology to improve screening and detection – with better quality and less invasive test techniques than what we use now. New precision or personalized technology like genomic blood tests that identify breast cancer during screening, and machine learning that assists a clinician for more accurate breast cancer detection.

Treatment

Research where a biomarker has been identified for treatment research and development; or a targeted localized treatment discovery is in early stage of development involving a precision oncology focus.

Patient Reported Outcomes

Research on the implementation of patient reported outcomes across the spectrum of breast cancer screening and disease management. The data highlights how patients perceive health and treatment effects and how treatments impact outcomes. This shapes treatment and surgical interventions that impact many aspects of a patient’s life.

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