Canada - Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.ca/
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The Canadian Cancer Society is a national community-based organization of volunteers whose mission is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer.
Even though the Canadian Cancer Society was officially formed in 1938, the seeds for the Society were planted back in 1929 when the Saskatchewan Medical Association formed the country's first cancer committee.This committee was responding to growing concern by doctors that people were not aware of the signs of cancer. By the time people consulted a doctor, their cancer was advanced and their chances for survival were decreased. Cancer committees in other Provincial Medical Associations followed, and in 1931 the Canadian Medical Association's National Study Committee on Cancer was formed.In 1935, the Governor General of Canada invited Canadians to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the coronation of George V by donating to the King George V Silver Jubilee Cancer Fund. In 1947, the National Cancer Institute of Canada (now the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute) was formed through an agreement between the Canadian Cancer Society and the Federal Department of Health and Welfare. Since then, the two organizations have worked towards a common goal while, at the same time, retaining their own identities and purposes.