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Faces of Lung Cancer Report
Reflection of COVID-19. The annual report is now available!
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On January 14th, 2023, Lung Cancer Canada was invited to the UBS Arena as part of the New York Islanders Legends Night for Mike Bossy. As part of our invitation, our president Dr. Stephanie Snow was asked to participate in a 2 minute interview to share LCC's mission and our relationship with the Bossy family.
Thank you to the New York Islander's for hosting us, and the Bossy family for your support and dedication to honouring Mike.
La famille Bossy et Cancer pulmonaire Canada ont le grand plaisir d'annoncer le lancement du Fonds commémoratif Mike Bossy. D'une importance extrême, cette initiative a pour ambition d'accroître le soutien, la sensibilisation et la pédagogie en français au dépistage du cancer du poumon au Québec.
A new fund established to honour former NHLer Mike Bossy will help improve support and awareness for lung cancer in Quebec. This extremely important initiative will be launched alongside The Bossy Family and Lung Cancer Canada with the purpose of increasing French-language support, awareness, and education of lung cancer screening in the province of Quebec.
Tuesday January 10th, 1:00-2:00 pm EST via Zoom
Lung Cancer Awareness Month may be over, but Lung Cancer Canada is always here! Missed an event? View them here!
Aujourd’hui marque le lancement de la première édition des bourses Lung Ambition, un nouveau programme canadien de bourses de recherche sur le cancer du poumon conçu pour aider à améliorer la vie des personnes atteintes d’un cancer du poumon. Initiative conjointe de Cancer pulmonaire Canada, de la Lung Ambition Alliance et d’AstraZeneca Canada, le programme octroiera annuellement 100 000 $ CA en bourses et est ouvert à tous les cliniciens et chercheurs canadiens dans l’ensemble du spectre multidisciplinaire du domaine du cancer du poumon. Il s’agit du plus important programme de bourses de recherche du genre au cours des 20 années d’histoire de Cancer pulmonaire Canada.
Les candidatures pour les bourses Lung Ambition seront acceptées du 6 décembre 2022 au 28 février 2023. Cliquez ici pour lire le communiqué de presse complet.
Today marks the launch of the first annual Lung Ambition Awards, a new Canadian-based lung cancer research awards program designed to help improve the lives of people living with lung cancer. A joint initiative between Lung Cancer Canada, The Lung Ambition Alliance and AstraZeneca Canada, the awards program will have annual grant funding of $100,000 CAD and is open to all Canadian clinicians and researchers from across the multi-disciplinary spectrum of those working in the lung cancer space. It is the largest research awards program of its kind in Lung Cancer Canada’s 20-year history.
Applications are now OPEN and will continue to be accepted until February 28, 2023.
Click here to read the full Press Release
Dr. Snow and Tim Monds sits down with Global News Morning to discuss new treatment developments in lung cancer, screening program progress in Canada, and Give a Breath 5K. Watch the full interview here.
In a new article published in The Globe and Mail, President Dr. Stephanie Snow discusses just how impactful lung cancer is across Canada, and how the pandemic has impacted patients' timely acces to care and treatments.