Cancer Funding Programs
Healthy Living and Chronic Disease (HLCD) – Cancer Community-Based Funding Program
For information on funded projects:
- List of funded projects for the HLCD 2008-2012
About the HLCD
The Government of Canada recognizes that cancer is a major health issue for Canadians. Every year, thousands of Canadians are diagnosed with or die from cancer. It affects not only those living with the disease, but also their families, friends and the organizations and communities that support them.
This Cancer Community-Based Funding Program is part of the larger Integrated Strategy on Healthy Living and Chronic Disease, a $300 million investment that was launched in 2005 to provide federal leadership across a range of public health actions. These actions promote the health of Canadians and reduce the impact of chronic diseases in Canada through innovative and integrated approaches to combat major preventable chronic diseases. The Strategy is balanced by complementary disease-specific investments for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.
The Cancer Community-Based Funding Program funds innovative projects in the areas of: education and awareness for those at high risk of developing cancer; increasing the awareness and practice of cancer prevention; and enhancing the skill sets of health practitioners and community health workers to work in the areas of cancer prevention and cancer patient and survivor support.
Healthy Living and Chronic Diseases (HLCD) - Funded projects for 2008 – 2012
Projects for Cancer Prevention, Information and Support
- BC Cancer Agency: Delivering Cancer Survivorship Care to Rural and Remote Communities in Northern British Columbia
- Canadian Cancer Society, PEI Division: Cancer Screening Awareness in PEI
- Cancer Prevention Network Erie St. Clair: Your Health Matters. Understand Your Cancer Risk.
- South Riverdale Community Health Centre: Pan-Canadian Best and Promising Practices to Engage Seldom- or Never-Screened Women in Cancer Screening:
- Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health: "Migizi Giizis" The Eagles are Returning: In Search of Good Medicine/A Peer Education Project
- Willow Breast Cancer Support Canada: Breast and Below the Belt: Hereditary Women's Cancer Support Canada
- Yukon Government Health and Social Services: Increasing Education and Awareness of HPV in the Yukon
Children's Cancer Projects
- British Columbia Children's Hospital, Division of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation: Educational and Vocational Support for Survivors of Childhood Cancer
- Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Canada: Online Development of the C17 Network
- Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Canada: CANteach: A Childhood Cancer Education Program for Teachers
- Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Support Programs Inc.: National Coalition of Childhood Cancer's Agencies
- McMaster University: Health Related Quality of Life in Survivors of Neuroblastoma who have Undergone Megatherapy and Autologus Hematopoietic Reconstitution: A National Perspective
Seniors' Cancer Projects
- Active Living Coalition for Older Adults (ALCOA): WELL-FIT: A Holistic Model of Active Living for Older Adults Living with Cancer and Their Partners in Care
- British Columbia Psychogeriatric Association (BCPGA): Exploring the Impact of Cancer on Mental Health: Seniors' Experiences and Perspectives
- Centre de recherche et d'expertise en gérontologie sociale (CREGES) : Suffering among Senior Women Living with Cancer
- Lakehead University c/o Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health: Improving the End-of-Life Care for Aboriginal Elders with Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
International and Pan-Canadian Projects
- Campaign to Control Cancer (C2CC): Global Leadership Forum for Cancer Control
- Canadian Partnership Against Cancer: Coalitions Linking Action and Science for Prevention (CLASP) Focused on Northern and Aboriginal Populations
- International Cancer Control Congress Association
- Pan American Health Organization: Preventing Cervical Cancer in Latin America
