ICR Useful links
The following links are intended as a comprehensive guide to information on cancer research funding, related charitable/support organizations, and other resources on the Web. If you know of a relevant website that you think should be included, please contact us. Please note that we verify all suggested links before they are added and reserve the right to decline them if we feel they are inappropriate.
- Governmental Funding Agencies
- Non-Governmental Funding Organizations
- Provincial Cancer Agencies/Boards
- Ministries of Health
- Other Governmental Organizations
- Site cancers
- Institutes/Cancer Centres/Research Organizations
- Charitable/Voluntary Organizations
- Advocacy/Survivor/Support Organizations
- Canadian Universities
- Professional Associations and Societies
- International Links
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Annual fund-raising events
- Free access e-journals
Governmental funding agencies
National
- Canada Research Chairs (CRC)
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Provincial
- Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
- Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
- Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)
Non-governmental funding organizations
- Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance (CBCRA)
- Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)
- Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute
- Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Initiative (CPCRI)
- Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (CTCRI)
- Cancer Research Society (CRS)
- Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon
- Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSF)
- The Terry Fox Foundation
Provincial cancer agencies/boards
- Alberta Cancer Board - Alberta Health Services
- British Columbia Cancer Agency
- Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies (CAPCA)
- Cancer Care Manitoba
- Cancer Care Nova Scotia
- Cancer Care Ontario
- New Brunswick - Regional Health Authority
- Newfoundland Cancer Treatment & Research Foundation
- Saskatchewan Cancer Agency
- Toronto - Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre
Ministries of Health
- Health Canada
- Health Canada Office of the Information Highway (E-Health)
- Health Canada Tobacco Control Programme
- Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec
- Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Canadian Coalition on Cancer Surveillance
- Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Cancer Bureau
- Province of Alberta - Alberta Health and Wellness
- Province of British Columbia - BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport - Seniors
- Province of Manitoba - Manitoba Department of Health
- Province of New Brunswick - Department of Health and Wellness
- Province of Newfoundland - Department of Health & Community Services
- Province of Ontario - Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care
- Province of Québec - Direction de santé publique de l'agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal
- Province of Québec - Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux
- Province of Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan Health
Other governmental organizations
- Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance
- Canadian Institute for Health Information
- National Research Council of Canada
Site cancers
Below is a list of some of the most common types of cancer with links to related web sites. For a more comprehensive list, you can visit the following web sites:
Breast
- Breast Cancer Action Nova Scotia
- Breast Cancer Action Saskatchewan
- Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
- Canadian Breast Cancer Network
- Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance
- Cure Foundation
- First Nations Breast Cancer Society
- CIBC Run For The Cure
Colorectal cancer
Mesothelioma
Ovarian
Prostate
- Canadian Prostate Cancer Network
- Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Initiative
- Pro-CURE Alliance
- Prostate Cancer Canada
Thyroid
Canadian Thyroid Cancer Support Group (Thryvors) Inc.
Tobacco control
- Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative
- Health Canada Tobacco Control Programme
- Individualized smoking risk information (NCI Web Tool)
Institutes/Cancer centres/Research organizations
- Clinical Research Institute of Montreal - Centre for Bioethics
- Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
- Dalhousie University School of Nursing
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
- Jewish General Hospital
- Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Centre (McGill University)
- McGill University Health Centre Research Institute
- McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences
- Memorial University Faculty of Medicine
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies
- NCIC Clinical Trials Group
- Ontario Cancer Institute
- Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI)
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Women's College Hospital
- The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre
- The Propel Centre for Population Health Impact
- University of Calgary
- Université de Montréal
- University of New Brunswick
- University of Ottawa Institute of Palliative Care (Bruyère Continuing Care)
- University of Prince Edward Island
- Wilfred Laurier University
Charitable/Voluntary organizations
- Alliance for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases
- Canadian Public Health Association
- Cancer Research Society
- Candlelighter's Canada (Childhood Cancer Foundation)
- CIBC Run For The Cure
- Fondation québécoise du cancer (French only)
- Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada
- Kidney Cancer Canada
- Leukemia Research Foundation
- Ovarian Cancer Canada
- Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario
- The Terry Fox Foundation
Advocacy/Survivor/Support organizations
- Association of Cancer Online Resources
- Breast Cancer Action Nova Scotia
- Breast Cancer Action Saskatchewan
- Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
- Canadian Breast Cancer Network
- Canadian Cancer Action Network (CCAN)
- Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)
- Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
- Canadian Prostate Cancer Network
- Canadian Thyroid Cancer Support Group (Thryvors) Inc.
- Cancer Advocacy Coalition of Canada
- Chemo Care: Information on Chemotherapy Drugs and Side Effects
- Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC)
- Fondation québécoise du cancer (French only)
- Global Lung Cancer Coalition
- Leukemia Research Foundation
- Neutropenia Support Association Inc.
- Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation
- Ovarian Cancer Canada
- The Campaign to Control Cancer
- The Canadian Women's Health Network
- Toronto Cancer Prevention Coalition
- Wellspring London and Region
- Wellwood Resource Centre
Canadian universities
Below is a list of Canadian Universities that have a delegate on campus representing the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
- Brock University
- Cape Breton University
- Carleton University
- Concordia University
- Dalhousie University
- Lakehead University
- Laurentian University
- Laval University
- McGill University
- McMaster University
- Memorial University
- Queen's University
- Ryerson University
- Saint Mary's University
- Simon Fraser University
- Thompson Rivers University
- Trent University
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
- University of Guelph
- University of Manitoba
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- University of Ottawa
- University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières
- University of Regina
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of Sherbrooke
- University of Toronto
- University of Victoria
- University of Waterloo
- University of Western Ontario
- University of Windsor
- York University
Professional associations and societies
- Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
- Association québécoise d'établissements de santé et de services sociaux (AQESSS)
- Association québécoise des infirmières en oncologie
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
- Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists
- Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists
- Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology
- Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
- Canadian Association of Pathologists
- Canadian Association of Pharmacy in Oncology
- Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology
- Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists
- Canadian Association of Radiologists
- Canadian Organization of Medical Physicits
- Canadian Society of Nuclear Medicine
- Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology
- College of Family Physicians of Canada
- Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada
- Dietitians of Canada
- North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
- Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
- Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
- The Canadian Nurses Association
International links
- American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
- American Cancer Society
- Cancer Research UK
- Cancer Society of New Zealand
- Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
- National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health in U.S.A. (NCI/NIH)
- National Cancer Research Institute
- New South Wales Cancer Council
- UICC - International Union Against Cancer
- UICC International Events and Conferences
- UICC Members
- UK Biobank
- Wellcome Trust UK
- World Health Organization
Pharmaceutical industry
The following pharmaceutical companies carry out cancer research activities:
- Abbott Canada
- Amgen Canada Inc.
- AstraZeneca
- Bayer Pharmaceuticals
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Group
- Eli Lilly Canada Inc.
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Roche Canada
- Leo Pharma Inc.
- Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
- Oncothyreon
- Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
- Purdue Pharma
- Sanofi Aventis Canada
- Schering Canada Inc.
- Servier Canada Inc.
- Shire Pharmaceuticals
Annual fund-raising events
The following are some of the major national fund-raising events for cancer research:
- Dive For A Cure
- Father's Day Run for Prostate Cancer Research
- National Denim Day (CURE Foundation)
- Relay For Life (Canadian Cancer Society)
- Ride For Dad (Prostate cancer research fundraiser)
- Ride To Survive
- CIBC Run For The Cure (Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation)
- Terry Fox Run
Free access e-journals
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