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 E-Bulletin December 2009

Season's Greetings

Season's Greetings Many thanks to all our partners and friends for your dedication and support in the past year.

In this festive season we join you in wishing for peace and health for all in 2010, and a safe and happy New Year!

Jessica Hill, CEO

The Partnership's winter 2009 newsletter

The Winter 2009 newsletter is now available and provides updates on projects and events in the cancer community, including:

Survivorship initiative aims to improve the cancer journey
The Partnership at the third International Cancer Control Congress (ICCC)
Cancer control course gets high marks from participants
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Call for applications for members
Action Group renewal

Cancer control knowledge and expertise are widely dispersed throughout Canada's health-care system. To draw on this information and make it readily accessible to all stakeholders, the Partnership developed collaborative networks of experts, called Action Groups.

As the Partnership moves forward, many Action Groups, now called Advisory Groups, are extending their reach and calling upon individual experts—including patients, survivors and their family members—to join their work in an advisory capacity.
Read more...


Inspiring innovation in service delivery: New symposium dates confirmed
Registration deadline approaching

Inspiring Innovation in Service Delivery: Optimizing the Cancer Workforce, takes place in Montreal on January 25-26.

Finite resources are a reality in every aspect of cancer control—from prevention to palliation. With the goal of helping to meet this overriding challenge to the delivery of optimal patient care, the Partnership's Health Human Resources Action Group is hosting a symposium to explore innovative methods of service delivery.
Read more...


Practice guideline development workshop
Call for participants

Practice guideline developers (research coordinators, project managers, disease team members) involved in guideline development related to cancer control are invited to apply to attend a workshop in Victoria, B.C., from March 1-3, 2010. This is a Guidelines Action Group Capacity Enhancement Program initiative. Read more...


Info Link
Information service now available on Cancer View Canada


Info Link has a new home on Cancer View Canada, the Partnership's portal that connects Canadians to online services, information and resources for cancer control.

Info Link provides information on awards, announcements and coming events in cancer control. Check out the current edition of Info Link.

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Production of this publication has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada, through the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. The views expressed herein represent the views of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.