Description
Recorded December 5, 2025
Presented by the CAPO Advocacy Committee
This session explored the real-life impact of cancer-related costs through personal stories, national data, and frontline insights. We examined the growing economic burden of cancer in Canada and the advocacy efforts underway to address it.
What to expect:
• Key findings from the CCS’s 2024 Economic Impact Report
• A lived experience story from advocate Tracy Slaney
• Insights from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada’s Travel to Treatment Project
• Clinical perspectives from Vancouver General Hospital’s Bone Marrow Transplant SW
• A closing call to action for collective advocacy