The Canadian Cancer Society has recently started a new initiative in an attempt to help with the unique challenges that people in our part of the world face when it comes to cancer diagnosis and treatment.
A fundraising event was held at Flint House on November 9th to spotlight the Northern Ontario Campaign. Owners Duane and Grace Cridland continue to be instrumental in spearheading this cause.
Andrea Seale, who is CEO Of The Canadian Cancer Society spoke via video.
Hear a brief clip…
Dr. Alla Reznik, a physicist with Lakehead University and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute, who specializes in radiation medical imaging, spoke about the funding she has received from The Canadian Cancer Society that is helping with the ongoing development of a new diagnostic imaging device that she has been a big part of creating. This is a special camera that targets individual organs with improved sensitivity, resolution, and flexibility that enables precision imaging.
Hear Dr. Reznik talking about how this new technology will help with the detection of breast cancer…
Amy Dejardins from The Canadian Cancer Society also spoke about what cancer patients face while living within our region…
As the event went on some unbelievably generous local residents and business owners opened up their wallets and their hearts to give incredibly large sums of money towards this cause.
Hear emcee John Homer discuss the event and these donations in full…
Duane Cridland says it best…
If you’d like to learn more about the Canadian Cancer Society Northern Ontario Campaign and how you can help click here
