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Collaboration and Innovation in Prostate Cancer Research awarded with $5 Million in Movember Team Grants
Toronto, ON – June 11, 2013 – Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC) is proud to announce the recipients of the inaugural Movember Team Grants. The program promotes collaboration between not only researchers but also institutions, providing a united approach to prostate cancer research. The recipient group will receive $5 million in funding. The 2013 Movember Team Grant has been awarded to Dr. Ralph Buttyan of the Vancouver Prostate Centre (Principal Investigator), who leads a team of 22 Co-Investigators. The title of their research is Tumour Cell Plasticity in Treatment-Resistant Prostate Cancer and their study will focus on targeting aggressive and lethal cancer.

Canadians Celebrate Father’s Day and the Men They Love
15 Communities Set to Increase Awareness of Prostate Cancer this Father’s Day TORONTO, ON – June 5, 2013 – Families across Canada will come together this Father’s Day, Sunday, June 16th, to celebrate the men they love at Prostate Cancer Canada’s Safeway Father’s Day Walk/Run. This annual event sponsored by Canada Safeway will see residents in 15 cities across the country lace up their running shoes to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer.

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Board of Directors

Meet Prostate Cancer Canada’s Board of Directors

Donald McInnes
Chair

Donald McInnes is the Executive Vice Chairman of Alterra Power Corp., a British Columbia-based renewable power development company with a broad portfolio of clean energy projects. Donald currently serves as Chairman of the Clean Energy Association of British Columbia and is a director of Prostate Cancer Canada, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award-British Columbia and Yukon Division and is a Governor of the British Columbia Business Council. He was a participant in the inaugural year (2010) of the SFU Leadership Exchange Program for the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business and was bestowed a Doctor of Technology honoris causa from the BC Institute of Technology in 2009. As well, he was a finalist for the 2008 and a recipient of the 2011 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Pacific Division Cleantech category. McInnes is a frequent public speaker and contributor to the debate on public policy and the integration and value of clean power.

Ted Nash
Vice Chair

Ted Nash most recently served as the Head of Strategic Merchant Banking and Corporate Development at CIBC and was a member of the Wholesale Bank’s Management Committee. He previously headed the firm’s mergers and acquisitions practice, served as Senior Vice President of the bank’s Retail Markets group, established the firm’s merchant-banking business in Europe, and worked as a management consultant in North and South America. Mr. Nash entered the banking industry 27 years ago, during which his time has been spent advising companies on strategic and transactional matters. He has been a member of the United Way’s Toronto cabinet, the Penn-Wharton Club’s Toronto Chapter board, the advisory boards of Brookfield Special Situations III and The Walsingham Fund, and the CIBC Children's Miracle Foundation and CIBC Mellon boards.

Robert Watson
Vice Chair

Robert Watson became SaskPower's President in 2010. Before joining SaskPower, Watson served as President and CEO of SaskTel beginning in 2004. Prior to that appointment he held several senior executive positions. Previous positions include: President of Shaw FiberLink Ltd., Shaw Mobilecomm; and WIC Connexus (divisions of Shaw Communications); President and Chief Operating Officer, STN; President and CEO, ACC; Executive Vice-President, Country Manager, Cable & Wireless; Executive Vice-President, Carrier Services; and Vice-President of Business Development, 360 Networks, Engineering, Operations, Customer Service and Chief Quality Officer at Group Telecom. Watson is a graduate in Electrical Technologies from Ryerson University, and has attended the International Executive Development Program at the INSEAD Centre in Fountainbleau, France, as well as the Executive Management Program at Ashridge College in the United Kingdom. He also holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. A recipient of the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal, Watson currently serves as a board member for the Conference Board of Canada, Prostate Cancer Canada, the Information Technology Association of Canada (past chair), the Canadian Electricity Association and the Canadian Nuclear Association. Robert and his wife, Brenda, have two adult children, a son-in-law and a granddaughter.

Stephen Graham
Past Chair

Stephen Graham is Chief Marketing Officer at Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Appointed to this newly-created role in 2009, Mr. Graham is responsible for providing executive leadership to all marketing and product development initiatives across Maple Leaf Foods businesses. Other areas of responsibility include Marketing Services, Media Services, Innovation, Digital, Consumer Affairs, Mapleleaf.com and the ThinkFOOD! Centre. Mr. Graham has over 25 years of senior leadership experience in marketing and has consistently generated exceptional results in tier one companies. Mr. Graham began his career at Procter & Gamble and has since overseen marketing for some of the world’s and Canada’s leading companies and brands including, Coca-Cola, AT&T, CIBC and Rogers Communications. While leading marketing for AT&T in the U.S. he was ranked #1 by Advertising Age in their Power 50 selection of top global marketers. Most recently, under Mr. Graham’s marketing leadership, Marketing Magazine selected Maple Leaf Foods as Canada’s 2011 Marketer of the Year. Mr. Graham graduated from Queen’s University with Bachelor of Commerce Honours.

Ian MacVicar
Treasurer & Secretary

Ian MacVicar is a founding partner of CastleHill Ventures, a venture capital management company focused on technology based businesses. His background includes extensive involvement in all aspects of corporate / investment / merchant banking and venture capital in

Canada

. He currently serves as Executive Chairman and CFO of one of

Canada

’s fastest growing technology companies. Mr. MacVicar has previously served on the boards and various board committees of several private and public companies, both in

Canada

and the

United States

; he is a Chartered Accountant, and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Jim Copeland

Jim’s current role is Vice President and Region Head, Atlantic, Private Client Group, Wealth Management, TD Bank Group This group delivers integrated wealth management solutions for affluent Canadians through Private Banking, Private Trust, and Private Investment Counsel. He has an extensive background with TD, primarily in retail banking where as District Vice President, he provided leadership to TD Canada Trust branches in the Windsor, Ontario market. Born and raised in the Maritimes, he returned to Halifax in August, 2008 after four years in Ontario. Jim is a valued member of the Wake-Up Call breakfast committee in Halifax and was the Co-Chair of the event from 2010 to 2012. He is also a board member of the Atlantic Region Advisory Council of Prostate Cancer Canada.

Thomas Godber

Tom Godber is Senior Vice-President and Principal at Avison Young’s Montreal office. Tom leads the Capital Markets practice in Montreal and Quebec City and is in charge of the representation for dispositions of investment properties owned by financial institutions, pension funds, REIT’s and private investors. Tom began his commercial real estate career over 23 years ago. Throughout his career, Tom has been involved with over one billion worth of real estate transactions. Tom is a graduate of Bishop’s University where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration, heavily involved in community Tom founded the Bermuda Golf Classic with Samuel L. Jackson and is involved on the Board of several other charitable committees.

Michael J. Gough

Michael Gough is a retired partner of Osler. Hoskin & Harcourt where he practiced in the Business Law group for more than 21 years. He led their Health Care practice for a number of years. Prior to that Mr. Gough was a senior lawyer with Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General. He has sat on a number of corporate and not -for -profit boards. Mr. Gough is a graduate of St. Patrick's College in Ottawa, the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics.

Eileen Greene

Eileen is currently VP and Partner of HKMB HUB International Insurance Brokers, with over 21 years of progressive growth in the insurance industry. Prior to joining HKMB, Eileen was an independent producer affiliated with KRG. She is Board Alumni of Ontario Chamber of Commerce. Eileen has also made her mark in the area of community giving. Her strong personal involvement in the not for-profit sector includes a position as Director of Stop the Violence, The Argos Foundation, a principal of GreeneStone Clinic in Muskoka, Board Member of Hospice Muskoka and the Bridgepoint Health Foundation, and was a winner of the prestigious Lew Dunn Memorial Award in 2003. In this context, Eileen is an accomplished marathon runner, successfully completing events which include a race associated with the Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade. She also served on The Grey Cup Advisory Board for Grey Cup 2007 when it was hosted in Toronto.

Dr. William Kennedy

Bill Kennedy is a retired Professor of Psychology from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. Prior to that he was employed with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador as the Provincial supervisor of Student Services. Bill has long been a tireless worker is promoting the volunteer sector within the community. His strong involvement includes serving as chair of the Newfoundland Division of the Canadian Mental Health Association, member of the National Canadian Mental Health Association Board, vice chair of the Newfoundland and Labrador Health and Community Services Board, member of the St. John’s Nursing Home Board, member of the St. John’s Health Care Corporation, president of the Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy Association. Bill has also served on the Canadian Prostate Cancer Network Board, Canadian Prostate Cancer Network Task Force, and is presently chair of the Prostate Cancer Canada Network Advisory Council. At the local level he has served as chair of the Avalon Prostate Cancer Support Group and is a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Prostate Cancer Advisory Board. He has over forty years experience working Provincially, Nationally, and Internationally in academia, health, and education and related fields. Bill holds undergraduate degrees from St. Mary’s and Dalhousie Universities, a Master’s degree from St. Francis Xavier University and a PhD from University of Alberta.

Gordon I. Kirke, Q.C., LL.B., LL.M, D.JURIS (HON.)

Mr. Kirke is with Global Resolutions and is one of the most in-demand mediators in a diverse range of business and legal matters. As a lawyer, Mr. Kirke has acted for several sports teams and many of Canada's top hockey players. He is a Professor at both Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, and the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. In addition, he is a past director of the Scarborough Distress Centre, the Sheldon Kennedy Foundation and serves on the boards of several other charities, including Stop The Violence, the Easter Seal Society and the Scarborough Hospital Foundation. He has been named by the Globe & Mail as one of the 25 most important persons in sports for three consecutive years.

Neil Parkinson

Mr. Parkinson is a partner in KPMG LLP based in Toronto, where he is national director of the firm’s Insurance Industry Practice. He has over 30 years of experience in providing public accounting and advisory services and has served as chair, vice-chair or member of several Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants technical working groups as well as advisory committees for regulatory bodies and industry associations. Mr. Parkinson is a native of Cambridge, Ontario and graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Mathematics before earning his Chartered Accountant designation, and was named an FCA in 2009. He has served numerous local charities throughout his career.

George Przybylowski

Mr. Przybylowski has 35 years of experience in the planning and management of conferences, trade shows, special events and consumer shows. Prior to working at York Communications he spent 12 years with the Government of Canada in various policy and program roles and one year acting as Special Policy Advisor to the Minister of Housing & Municipal Affairs. Mr. Przybylowski is also an active volunteer having served as Director of Rotary Cheshire Homes, the Canadian Helen Keller Centre, the Don Valley Rotary Club and acting as a Board member for the Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons.

Pradeep Sood

Pradeep Sood is the founder of XactScribe Inc. and OutSource Process Inc. Mr. Sood is a Director on the Board of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and a past Chair of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Civic action Steering Committee, Toronto. From 2007-09 he was a Director on the Board of the Toronto Board of Trade. Passionate about giving back to the community, Mr. Sood has organized numerous fundraising events to support community organizations including the Royal Ontario Museum, Harbourfront Centre, the Textile Museum of Canada and the Bridgepoint Health Foundation. He brings extensive international experience and diverse cultural knowledge to the Board, with over 35 years’ experience at both operations and management levels in Asia, Africa and North America.

Lee Watchorn

Lee Watchorn retired as a senior officer of Sun Life Financial and is currently President of Watchorn Advisory Group, a firm he founded to provide advice to senior management. He is a Director of a number of companies including Equitable Life of Canada and BF&M limited and he teaches a course at the SculichSchool at YorkUniversity. He has long been active with volunteer organizations, having been President of St. John Ambulance in Ontario and a member of a number of other Boards in both health care and education.

Sam Whittaker

Sam Whittaker is a partner in Ernst & Young LLP with over 20 years of experience, and serves as the engagement partner for a number of international companies operating primarily in the mining sector. He is currently the Operations Leader for the Toronto Audit Group, as well as the Toronto assurance leader for the Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice. Mr. Whittaker was previously the firm's National Director of Recruiting, obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario and holds both Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst designations.

Paul Villanti

Over the past 20 years Paul has successfully led and built businesses in Australia across the infrastructure, technology, property and telecommunications sectors. He was appointed Chairman of Movember in 2007 and has overseen Movember’s success and expansion globally. In 2011, he stood down as Chairman to assume the responsibility for directing Movember’s program investments globally, predominantly in prostate cancer and mental health research, support services and catalyzing innovation that delivers system wide improvements. He has a particular interest in leveraging Movember’s role as a global funder to accelerate research breakthroughs through global collaboration.

Honorary Directors

Wesley Brown
Mr. Brown was instrumental in the establishment of the predecessor organizations, which became the present day Prostate Cancer Canada.

J.G. (Geoff) Clarke
Mr. Clarke was the first Chair of the Board of Directors of the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation and has been instrumental in the establishment of the predecessor organizations, which became the present day Prostate Cancer Canada.

Donald J. Harrison
Mr. Harrison retired as an active Board member after seven years and has been instrumental in the establishment of the predecessor organizations, which became the present day Prostate Cancer Canada.

Dr. Laurence Klotz

Ralph Noble
Mr. Noble was instrumental in the establishment of the predecessor organizations, which became the present day Prostate Cancer Canada.