About 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.
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, Canary Foundation is committed to assisting the next generation of cancer fighters on the frontlines of early detection research. 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. Victoria is home to BC’s only cancer research centre integrated in a patient clinic. This unique environment encourages a ‘culture of discovery’.
Deeley Research Centre
Donations to the BC Cancer Foundation Vancouver Island help find the way to harness the body's immune system to better prevent, treat and cure cancer.Without the integral support of donations to BC Cancer Foundation, the BC Cancer Agency’s Deeley Research Centre in Victoria would not be here. It is the ongoing support of the community through donations to BC Cancer Foundation that enables cancer research to happen on Vancouver Island.
Cancer research on Vancouver Island means new jobs for researchers, new money in the local economy and new sources of information on advancements in cancer cures. Donations to BC Cancer Foundation mean that BC Cancer Agency can hire top cancer researchers and pursue innovative ideas and research projects, to the benefit of patients. These donations enable research projects to be started, supported and are then often able to leverage national and international grants.
About Genologics Life Sciences Software
Our Vision: We catalyze life sciences research with a collaborative data management software platform, advancing early detection, prevention, and treatment of disease.
GenoLogics is a leader in lab and data management software solutions for genomics, proteomics and life sciences research. Customers include pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations, and prominent academic institutions involved in genomics, proteomics, systems biology, translational medicine and discovery research.
Located in Victoria, BC, GenoLogics was founded in 2002 and has quickly become a leader in the life sciences LIMS market.
About Vancouver Island Technology Park
The Vancouver Island Technology Park (VITP), an initiative of the University of Victoria was established to provide a facility to accelerate technology transfer from research laboratories to the marketplace. VITP is located in the growing high-tech sector of Victoria, British Columbia, and is easily accessible from Vancouver, Seattle and Portland.
A LEED Gold facility (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), VITP is a high-tech focal point creating synergy through: University of Victoria’s IDC – a tech-transfer office; VIATeC – supporting high-tech business development; and a Business Centre allowing the high-tech community to meet and network together. VITP’s park-like setting and fitness studio enhance the creative and productive work environment.
About VIATeC
VIATeC's Mandate: VIATeC is designed to facilitate the development of Vancouver Island as a global centre of excellence for advanced technology.
VIATeC, which commenced operation in 1990, is a not-for-profit, industry-driven venture, which actively promotes and enhances the development of the advanced-technology industry on Vancouver Island.
VIATeC is intended to be the first place that people contact for information or assistance related to advanced technology on the Island. VIATeC's membership which currently stands at just under 500 annually elects VIATeC's Board of Directors, which in turn provides guidance to the Chief Executive Officer.
