Cancer Funding Programs
Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative – Community Capacity-Building Component (CBCI - CCB) Funding Program
Current funding opportunities: Closed
For information on funded projects:
- List of funded projects for the CBCI-CCB 2004-2008
- List of funded projects for the CBCI-CCB 2008-2010
- List of funded projects for the CBCI-CCB 2010-2012
About the Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative (CBCI)
The CBCI is a program that supports national standards for breast cancer prevention, early detection and screening, and research and community initiatives to share best practices in breast cancer and women's health and to make education resources available to communities.
The CBCI has worked since 1993 to reduce the incidence of breast cancer, its mortality rate, and to improve the lives of women who have the disease. The CBCI was renewed in 1998 and, in 2004, moved from Health Canada to the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control in the Public Health Agency of Canada.
The CBCI has a Community Capacity-Building (CCB) funding program to help community groups participate in breast cancer support and enhance their ability to provide information and support to people affected by breast cancer. Through knowledge development and sharing, intersectoral collaboration, and stakeholder involvement, the Community Capacity-Building funding program aims to create the conditions that increase action on breast cancer and women's health.
The Community Capacity-Building funding program originated from the information exchange pilots that operated between 1993 and 1998 in all five regions of the country (Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies and Northwest Territories, and BC/Yukon). These pilots facilitated the collection and dissemination of breast cancer information and helped women with breast cancer make informed decisions. Between 2004 and 2008, funding focused on strengthening networks in all provinces and territories across the country. The 2008 – 2010 and 2010 – 2012 funding continues to focus on these networks to serve as a resource to the community of Canadians affected by breast cancer. The funding also focuses on topics of particular significance such as supporting breast and women's health and underserved communities, such as rural and remote areas.
Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative (CBCI) – Funded Projects for 2004 – 2008
- Alliance des communautés culturelles pour légalité des femmes dans la santé et les services sociaux : Global Health of Women from Ethnocultural Communities : Training, Information and Navigation
- Alliance des communautés culturelles pour légalité des femmes dans la santé et les services sociaux : Global Health of Women from Ethnocultural Communities
- Alliance for Breast Cancer Information and Support, BC & Yukon: Development and Implementation of a Comprehensive Five Year Strategic Plan for Breast Cancer in BC and the Yukon
- Breast Cancer Action Nova Scotia: Breast Cancer Network Nova Scotia: Collaboration to Increase Capacity in the Nova Scotia Breast Cancer Community
- Canadian Breast Cancer Network: National Networking Project 2004-2008
- Canadian Cancer Society, PEI Division: PEI Breast Cancer Information Partnership
- CancerCare Manitoba - Breast Cancer Centre of Hope, Care of the Manitoba Breast and Women's Cancer Network: Next Steps: Cancer Education Throughout The Cancer Journey
- CancerCare Manitoba - Manitoba Breast Screening Program: Multicultural Outreach - Cancer Education and Screening Project
- Canadian Cancer Society – Saskatchewan Division (on behalf of the Saskatchewan Breast Cancer Network): Connecting the Breast Cancer Community: A Thinking, Learning and Caring Collaboration
- New Brunswick Breast Cancer Information Partnership Inc: Building on our Strengths
- Newfoundland and Labrador Lupin Partnership: Community Capacity Building Revitalization Project for Newfoundland and Labrador
- NWT Breast Health/Breast Cancer Action Group Breast Cancer in the Northwest Territories 2004-2008: A Foundation for the Future
- Odette Cancer Centre (Formerly Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre): Enhancing Access to Psychological Care, Information and Support for Cancer Patients and Family Members
- Ontario Breast Cancer Information Exchange Partnership: Breast Cancer Information and Support - Preferences to Guide Service Development
- Qulliit: Nunavut Status of Women Council: Community Awareness and Prevention: Mobilizing Nunavut Communities Around Breast Health, Support, and Cancer Education
- Qulliit: Nunavut Status of Women Council: Cancer in Nunavut: Community Outreach: A Community-Based Support System
- Qulliit: Nunavut Status of Women Council: Cancer in Nunavut: Strengthening a Community-Based Support Network
Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative (CBCI) - Funded Projects for 2008 - 2010
- Alliance des communautés culturelles pour l'égalité dans la santé et services sociaux (ACCÉSSS) : Working to Control Cancer: A Global Health Approach for Women (raising awareness in ethnocultural communities, training of healthcare workers and volunteers)
- Alliance for Breast Cancer Information and Support, BC and Yukon: "After 10 Years - A New Direction: Sharing Best Practices and Inclusion of Women's Reproductive Cancers"
- Breast Cancer Action Nova Scotia: Adolescent Breast Health Initiative for Nova Scotia
- Breast Screening Program for Newfoundland and Labrador: Peer Navigation for Women's Cancers in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Canadian Breast Cancer Network: Breast and Women's Cancer: Increasing Capacity through Sharing Knowledge, Skills and Best Practices
- Canadian Cancer Society - Saskatchewan Division (on behalf of the Saskatchewan Breast Cancer Network): A Thinking, Learning and Caring Collaboration: Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
- New Brunswick Breast Cancer Information Partnership, Inc.: An integration Model of Women's Cancers into the NBBCIP Inc. Within a Bilingual Framework
- NWT Breast Health/ Breast Cancer Action Group: Increasing Understanding of Breast Health, Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Early Detection, in Northwest Territories Aboriginal Communities
- Ontario Breast Cancer Exchange Partnership: Peer Navigation Program for Chinese-Speaking Breast Cancer Patients
Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative (CBCI) - Funded Projects for 2010 - 2012
- BC Cancer Foundation c/o BC/Yukon Women's Cancer Information and Support Alliance (WCISA): Moving Forward: New Beginnings with Information and Support in Breast and Gynaecologic Cancers
- Breast Cancer Action Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Adolescent Breast Health Resource and Partnership Building
- Canadian Breast Cancer Network (CBCN): National Networking Project 2010-2012
- Canadian Cancer Society - PEI Division: Setting the Stage for the Future: Understanding the Information and Support Needs of Women with Cancer in PEI
- New Brunswick Breast Cancer Information Partnership, Inc.: Integration of Breast and Women's Cancers: Implementing a Bilingual Model Across New Brunswick Communities
- NWT Breast Health/Breast Cancer Action Group: Psycho-social Support for NWT Breast Cancer Patients
- Ontario Breast Cancer Exchange Partnership: Psychological Distress Screening in the Community for Breast Cancer Survivors
- Pulaarvik Friendship Centre: Cancer in Nunavut: Strengthening a Community-Based Support Network
