Benefits of membership:
- Regularly convened meetings to share best practices with peer organizations and stay current on news and initiatives relevant to cancer research
- Participation in shaping the CCRC
- Collaborations and partnerships on aligned strategic priorities to address gaps and key issues
- Ongoing analyses of cancer research funding trends to inform organizational priorities and advocacy efforts, where appropriate
- Knowledge transfer and capacity building in cancer research and patient engagement
- Part of a collective voice that advances the important role of cancer research as a key enabler to the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control and promotes Canada’s Vision for Cancer Research—“Every person in Canada is part of a bold movement to push the frontiers of cancer research and translate all promising discoveries into maximum health and wellbeing.”
- Featured as a member organization on the CCRA website
Criteria for Membership
Members must:
- subscribe to CCRA’s mission and Canada’s Vision for Cancer Research
- participate in CCRA meetings
- directly fund cancer research and/or cancer control activities
- agree to share research funding information (where a funder) on an annual basis as part of the Canadian Cancer Research Survey and agree to the inclusion of this information in public reporting
- provide financial/in-kind support for the CCRC and/or the Patient Involvement in Cancer Research Program (PIP)
- contribute to frameworks, strategic projects, and other collaborative activities subject to availability of resources and consistent with their own missions and policies
- promote CCRA reports, programs, initiatives, and activities
Prospective members apply for membership and their applications are then vetted and approved by the CCRA Advisory Board.