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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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Movember

Thank You Movember 2012

In 2007, Prostate Cancer Canada (then the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada) was approached by Movember and introduced to the ‘Mo”. Unsure of how Canadians would embrace this hairy campaign, the first year saw 2,500 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas raise $545,000 across Canada. Fast forward six years and Movember in 2012 saw over 247,066 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas raise over $39 million for prostate cancer and men’s mental health. It’s clear that Canadians are embracing the Moustache and making a difference.

Making a difference, that’s exactly what PCC is doing in Canada. Thanks to the generosity and dedication of Movember participants, Movember has raised over $113 million dollars over the past six years.

Men typically shy away from health issues and concerns, so Movember is a means to educate men about prostate cancer and emphasize the importance of taking charge of their health

During Movember, the month formerly known as November, men register at Movember.com, start clean shaven and groom and grow their Mo's (Australian slang for moustache) to raise awareness and funds for men’s health. At the end of the month, Mo Bros and Mo Sistas rally together to celebrate their journey at the infamous Gala Partés. In Canada, funds raised support specifically male mental health and prostate cancer, the most common cancer to affect Canadian men.

Prostate Cancer Canada is proud to be one of Movember’s Canadian beneficiary partners; through this relationship we are advancing prostate cancer research and support services for men and their families living with the disease.

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