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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.

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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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