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Highlights

‘A Golden Day’
On October 15, 2014, The Princess
Margaret Cancer Foundation celebrat-
ed the halfway point in its five-year Bil-
lion Dollar Challenge. The Challenge
is a partnership between the Founda-
tion and researchers at The Princess
Margaret. At the halfway point, the
partnership has raised $576 million to
revolutionize cancer care by creating
a new gold standard: Personalized
Cancer Medicine. ibelieveit.ca/

Joe’s Team achieves major
milestone

This year, the Joe Finley Centre for

Head and Neck Cancer Research was Dr. Peter Pisters, President and CEO of University Health Network, and Paul Alofs,
created at The Princess Margaret. Joe’s President and CEO of The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, with two Mounties at

Team triathlon/duathlon has become the celebration of the halfway point in the Foundation’s Billion Dollar Challenge. Six

one of Canada’s most successful gold bars were on display representing a $3.2 million donation from the gold mining

grassroots fundraising initiatives. industry. (Photo: TPMHF)

Thanks to Joe’s devoted wife, Cara,

and their children and close friends, the event continues following his death in 2010, and has raised over $10 million.

joesteam.ca/

Taking our passion to conquer cancer to the fairways
The inaugural Golf to Conquer Cancer presented by Harry Rosen was held in June 2014, and raised more than
$800,000 — making it the largest single-day golf fundraiser for cancer research in Canada. The event was held at
the exclusive Coppinwood Golf Club in Uxbridge, Ontario.

than $9,000. “#NoHairSelfie gave my Margaret Cancer Centre, and helped to draw great audiences for
friends, family and colleagues the a #NoHairSelfie Buzz-Off & After both these events.
opportunity to show their solidarity Shave Party was held later in the
for those of us still on our treatment day at the Steam Whistle Brewery. Link to full story: click here.
journey or in remission,” she says. Lead fundraisers, Gary Slaight,
broadcaster and philanthropist, and
On World Cancer Day, a news Harley Mintz, co-Chair of Deloitte,
conference was held at Princess

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