Prostate Cancer Canada - Prostate Cancer Canada

In The News

Media Advisory - Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Vancouver Hero
Vancouver, British Colombia, April 16 –– Prostate Cancer Canada will honour the late Jack Poole, former VANOC Board Chair and local businessman, with the Local Hero Award. Jack was a generous benefactor to the Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Hospital Foundation with gifts totalling $3 Million for “Jack the Robot”, a da Vinci S HD surgical system, and a $1 Million gift towards the Robert H. N. Ho Research Centre. His lead donation attracted a further $3.5 million in donations including $1.5 million from Jimmy Pattison. Together these donations enabled VGH to become the fourth Canadian hospital to employ robotic technology in surgery.

Media Advisory- Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Calgary Hero
Calgary, AB, April 10 –– Local Hero Dr. Jay Lee will be honoured on April 11th at the annual Wake Up Call Breakfast, hosted by Prostate Cancer Canada, in partnership with the Prostate Cancer Centre. Dr. Lee is being recognized for his extraordinary contribution to the fight against prostate cancer.

Click For Information Archive

Foundation News

Please read through this section of our website to learn more about what's "new" at the Foundation.

Displaying results 1-5 (of 59)

|< < 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 > >|

Media Advisory - Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Vancouver Hero | 4/17/2013

Vancouver, British Colombia, April 16 –– Prostate Cancer Canada will honour the late Jack Poole, former VANOC Board Chair and local businessman, with the Local Hero Award. Jack was a generous benefactor to the Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Hospital Foundation with gifts totalling $3 Million for “Jack the Robot”, a da Vinci S HD surgical system, and a $1 Million gift towards the Robert H. N. Ho Research Centre. His lead donation attracted a further $3.5 million in donations including $1.5 million from Jimmy Pattison. Together these donations enabled VGH to become the fourth Canadian hospital to employ robotic technology in surgery.

Media Advisory- Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Calgary Hero | 4/10/2013

Calgary, AB, April 10 –– Local Hero Dr. Jay Lee will be honoured on April 11th at the annual Wake Up Call Breakfast, hosted by Prostate Cancer Canada, in partnership with the Prostate Cancer Centre. Dr. Lee is being recognized for his extraordinary contribution to the fight against prostate cancer.

Media Advisory - Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Edmonton Hero | 4/8/2013

Edmonton, AB, April 8th – Local Hero CJ Woods will be honoured on April 19th at the annual Wake Up Call Breakfast, hosted by Prostate Cancer Canada, in partnership with the University Hospital Foundation and Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation. Mr. Woods is being recognized for his extraordinary contribution to the fight against prostate cancer.

Media Advisory - Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Toronto Hero | 4/2/2013

TORONTO, April 2, 2013 - Local Hero Dr. Rajiv K Singal, MD, FRCSC (Toronto East General Hospital) will be honoured on April 3rd at the annual Wake Up Call Breakfast, hosted by Prostate Cancer Canada. Dr. Singal is being recognized for his extraordinary contribution to the fight against prostate cancer.

Unique Prostate Cancer Partnership Develops Programs for Survivors | 3/20/2013

TORONTO, March 20, 2013- Fresh from the inaugural working meeting of ASAP (A Survivorship Action Partnership), a Movember-funded program, the network participants are inspired and ready to develop programs that will support prostate cancer survivors. The group, the first of its kind on the Canadian cancer landscape, consists of health care representatives who interact regularly with prostate cancer survivors and their friends, families and caregivers.

Displaying results 1-5 (of 59)

|< < 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 > >|

Twitter feed temporarily unavailable.
Follow Us On Twitter

Prostate Cancer Canada
2 Lombard Street, 3rd Floor, Toronto
Ontario M5C 1M1, Canada
info@prostatecancer.ca

Telephone: 416-441-2131
Toll-free: 1-888-255-0333
Fax: 416-441-2325

Please note we cannot provide medical advice or endorse specific services, products, treatments or medical centres.