Press releases

• Minister Sam Hamad announces $2.8 million for cancer research

  

  The Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade and Minister Responsible for the Capitale-Nationale Region, Mr. Sam Hamad, has announced a $2.8 million investment in the Cancer Research Society (CRS), including $1.4 million from Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation (MDEIE), for a project by researchers Jack Siemiatycki of Université de Montréal and Michael Pollak of McGill University to study links between the environment and cancer.

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• Let’s celebrate the International Volunteer Day on December 5th 2011

  

  The Cancer Research Society would like to thank all of the volunteers who have graciously offered their time, energy and talents to benefit the cause.

   

   

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• Breast cancer: $8.1 M invested in Quebec research

  

  Thanks to numerous fundraising activities and the many partnerships formed in the last three years, the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation is able to announce that it will grant $8.1 million to several Quebec-based research teams. Foundation spokesperson Mitsou Gélinas, President of the Cancer Research Society, Dr. Mario Chevrette, and Quebec’s minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Yves Bolduc, attended the announcement of the record investment.

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• The Cancer Research Society and the PROCURE Tour du Courage are joining forces to fight prostate cancer

  

  Laurent Proulx, businessman, prostate cancer survivor, Ironman and founder of the PROCURE Tour du Courage, revealed yesterday morning, during the launch of the third edition of this three-stage cycling competition, that an amount of $120,000 would be jointly invested by the Cancer Research Society and by the Tour du Courage PROCURE in prostate cancer research.

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• 10 million dollars for cancer research in Canada: The Cancer Research Society announces its 2011 grants at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal

  

  The Cancer Research Society recently announced its 2011 grants during an event held at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal. Three researchers from the Institut – Drs. Jacques Archambault, Javier M. Di Noia and Tarik Möröy – received grants totalling $360,000.

   

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• A record year for the 18th Annual Cancer Research Society Golf Classic!

  

  The Cancer Research Society held its 18th Annual Golf Classic Thursday, August 25, at the Elm Ridge Golf Club, on Ile Bizard. Thanks to the participation of the golfers and the generosity of the sponsors and partners, the tournament raised a record amount of $164,000. This amount will be entirely dedicated to funding cancer research.

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• The Cancer Research Society reveals the destinations for its 2012 Challenge!

  

  On June 14, the Cancer Research Society (CRS) and its spokesperson, Stéphane Rousseau, announced the 2012 destinations for the CRS Challenge. Given the success of the Challenge's 2011 edition with its 50 plus participants, the Cancer Research Society is aiming even higher and further for 2012, so that a yet greater audience of sports and adventure enthusiasts can take on an adventure of their choice as part of the upcoming Challenge!

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• 12th Annual Rob Lutterman Ski for a Cure: $600,000 invested in pancreatic cancer research

  

  The 12^th Annual Rob Lutterman Ski for a Cure! day was held on March 19^th at Mount Sutton. The event, which was a big success, raised more than $46,000 for the Cancer Research Society (CRS).

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• World Cancer Day : the Cancer Research Society is proud to celebrate its 65 years in support of cancer

  

  CRS Board of Directors President Mario Chevrette, PhD, wishes to thank the organization's partners, donors and volunteers: "Without the ongoing support of the thousands of Canadians who stand by our side in our daily fight against cancer, the CRS would not have developed into the organization that it is today...

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• Highly positive report on cancer survival rates bodes well for ongoing research

  On September 15, Statistics Canada unveiled comparative data on cancer survival rates for persons diagnosed between 1992 and 1994 and those diagnosed between 2004 and 2006. The good news? Study results indicate that cancer survival rates have continued to rise in Canada.

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