Creating more room for care — including mental-health support — at BC Cancer
Article was originally published in Douglas Magazine in December 2023. Joanne Falvai and her husband Mark ordered in a family-favourite, Thai food, one night …
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Supporting the Next Generation of Researchers
Thanks to the State of California’s modest tuition fees in the late ’60s and early ’70s, Andrew Beckerman was able to graduate debt free …
BC Cancer Foundation Launches Historic $15 Million Fundraising Campaign for BC Cancer – Victoria
The historic campaign includes $11.3 million to fully fund the purchase and renovation of a 12,000 square foot building, establishing the BC Cancer …
No Place like Home
Kim and Brenda Pirie decided long ago that they wouldn’t put off seeing the world until retirement. They travelled extensively before Brenda’s breast cancer diagnosis, …
Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation at the Deeley Research Centre
Dr. Brad Nelson at work inside the Deeley Research Centre’s Conconi Family Immunotherapy Lab. BC Cancer – Victoria’s Deeley …
From Last Hope to New Life
Noel Schacter visits the Deeley Research Centre’s Conconi Family Immunotherapy Lab’s “clean room” where CAR T-cells are manufactured. Noel Schacter …
Beyond Barriers: Community and Compassion
That we’re stronger, together, is something Joanne Falvai knows firsthand. Prior to her own experience with cancer in late 2020, Joanne often made the trip …
The Snowball Effect
At 99 years old, Elizabeth Laugharne knows what it means to see small contributions become something big. She has spent over 25 years contributing …
Grocers Going Beyond Raises Over $105,000 for the BC Cancer Foundation
VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. – The BC Cancer Foundation and local grocers across Vancouver Island have announced over $105,000 was raised through the Grocers Going …
World Cancer Day – Promoting Culturally Safe Cancer Care for Indigenous People
This year, World Cancer Day is raising awareness about the barriers that exist for people around the world in accessing cancer care through …