Backing Canada's brightest science

Behind every advancement in cancer research are people who believe a future without cancer is possible. 

A clinical trial that gives new hope. A prevention discovery that lowers cancer risk. A test that makes treatment more precise. Support that helps a cancer survivor’s body and mind feel stronger. These are the breakthroughs your generosity helps set in motion. 

At the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), we’re proud to back Canada’s brightest science – bold, collaborative and focused on what matters most to people affected by cancer. With donor and partner support, we fund promising ideas from cancer prevention and early detection to treatment, recovery, survivorship and end-of-life care. 

Last year, thanks to your generosity, we invested $48.32 million in world-leading research and innovation, making over 130 clinical trials and 340 research projects possible. In this report, you’ll read about the impact of that investment. You’ll learn about how CCS-funded researchers are preventing ovarian cancer, improving treatment for brain cancer, personalizing care for people with metastatic disease and more. 

This progress doesn’t happen in isolation. It takes skilled researchers, clinicians, partners, people with lived and living experience and communities working together. It takes ongoing funding that gives research teams the people, tools and time to ask bigger questions and pursue answers that can change lives forever. 

For everyone who has faced cancer, cared for someone with cancer or feared what a diagnosis could mean, this work is about more than discovery. It’s about hope. It’s a path toward earlier answers, better options, fewer side effects and more time with the people we love. 

Thank you for helping CCS back the science and the people shaping a better future for everyone. Together, we are increasing cancer survival, stopping cancer before it starts and improving the lives of people affected by cancer.

Sincerely,