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December 17, 2010
Season’s Greetings from the Partnership
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Many thanks to our partners and friends for their work this past year to improve cancer control in Canada. We wish you all the best this holiday season, and a healthy and happy 2011.
Jessica Hill, CEO
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The Partnership's Winter 2010/11 newsletter released
The Winter 2010/11 newsletter is now available and provides updates on projects and events from across the cancer community. This edition of the newsletter features:
--The 2010 System Performance Report
--The Truth of It online video series
--The National Staging Initiative
The newsletter can be downloaded here. Please contact us if you, or your organization, would like printed copies of the newsletter.
Measuring progress to help drive improvements
in cancer control
2010 System Performance Report released
Optimizing the cancer control system for Canadians is at the heart of the Partnership’s work. But unless it is clear how well the cancer control system is performing, it is difficult for cancer agencies and other health partners to know where to focus their improvement efforts. In response to this challenge, the Partnership developed the System Performance Initiative, a pan-Canadian approach to reporting on performance across the cancer control continuum.
The System Performance Initiative is a collaboration among the Partnership and the provincial cancer agencies. The initiative collects data from a number of sources, including Statistics Canada, provincial cancer partners and provincial registries that are presented in the 2010 System Performance Report. The report examines the performance of Canada’s national cancer control system and identifies areas where cancer agencies and other partners can focus quality improvement efforts. Results are shared with provincial cancer agencies and health ministries as the Report is developed,and their feedback shapes the final report presentation.
For more on the System Performance Report, click here.
Introducing the First Nations, Inuit and Métis section
on Cancer View Canada
A new online resource for people working in cancer control
A new resource for health care providers who work with First Nations, Inuit or Métis populations is now available on Cancer View Canada. The recently launched resource provides information on a number of cancer control topics including prevention, testing, treatment, and living with cancer.
The Partnership is working to expand content for this new section and organizations are encouraged to submit suggestions for materials to include. Please click here to visit the site and learn more.
Reminder for Advisory Group applications
Advisory Group Renewal 2011/12
The Partnership's Advisory Groups are a collaborative network of volunteer experts established to advise the Partnership in each of its priority areas. Advisory groups draw on the knowledge of cancer control experts from across Canada's health care system.
The goal of the annual renewal process is to achieve an accountable, transparent, equitable and continuous process for participation of individual experts and organizational representatives on Advisory Groups. Currently, the Partnership’s Screening Advisory Group is looking for an individual expert member who can provide the perspective of organized cancer screening programs to join their Advisory Group for 2011/2012. The Partnership is also calling for organizational representatives that are recruited from our partner organizations such as the Canadian Cancer Society, the Canadian Cancer Action Network and the Public Health Agency of Canada. Candidates are selected based on geography, expertise, patient participation, community/populations and appropriate partnerships.
The application process began on November 30, 2010 and applications are due Monday, January 17, 2011. New members will be fully engaged by April 1, 2011.
For more on the Advisory Group application process, click here.
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Information services
on Cancer View Canada
Info Link provides information on awards, announcements, and coming events in cancer control. It is available on Cancer View Canada, the Partnership’s portal connecting Canadians to online services, information, and resources for cancer control.
Check out the current edition of
Info Link
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