About the Canary Foundation

Vision: A world of simple blood tests which identify and isolate cancer at its earliest most curable stage.

Mission: Catalyze the work of early detection and intervention (EDI).

Strategy: Bridge the gap between research and industry by demonstrating an effective ovarian cancer diagnostic test.

The Canary Foundation is setting out to move the needle on one of the most important battles facing humanity - the fight against cancer.

Founded in 2004 by high technology executive Don Listwin, and supported by scientists, doctors and philanthropists, the Canary Foundation is committed to assisting the next generation of cancer fighters on the frontlines of early detection research. The Canary Foundation is collaborating with some of the leading cancer research centers in the world, including the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) in Seattle; Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, California; and The University of California San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center. Canary Foundation is the result of Don Listwin's personal mission to find a way to detect cancer sooner. To date, the foundation has donated over $16 million to researchers.

Named after the "early detection" role canaries once played in alerting coal miners to hazardous fumes, Canary Foundation is the only North American non-profit exclusively devoted to the early detection of cancer. Don Listwin is a networking veteran with more than 25 years of high-level and high-profile industry experience, including senior roles at Cisco Systems and Openwave Systems. A US-based Canadian, Listwin sits on the board of Victoria-based GenoLogics Life Sciences Software, a company that develops software solutions to help researchers manage, integrate, and analyze enormous volumes of data advancing life sciences research and discovery.

About BC Cancer Foundation

BC Cancer Foundation
The BC Cancer Foundation is an independent charitable organization that raises and stewards funds to support breakthrough research and care at the BC Cancer Agency. The BC Cancer Foundation raises money only in B.C. and only for the BC Cancer Agency. Our sole mandate is to raise funds that directly support cancer research and enhancements to care at the BC Cancer Agency. There is no regular government funding for cancer research, so donations to BC Cancer Foundation are vital to ensure cancer research in BC happens.

BC Cancer Agency
The BC Cancer Agency is the organization that treats patients in BC, in addition to conducting research, providing prevention and early detection, screening programs, education and end of life care.