One of the largest comprehensive cancer centres in North America is coming to life in Calgary this very second. Concrete walls rising to the big prairie sky will shelter 1.3 million square feet of world-leading cancer care, research and education.
The Alberta Cancer Foundation, the University of Calgary, and Alberta Health Services are partnering together with one mission — to raise $250 million in support of improved cancer research, treatment and care at the new Calgary Cancer Centre when it opens its doors in 2023.
We’re asking all Albertans to join us in this once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform cancer care and treatment.
We acknowledge that the new Calgary Cancer Centre is on the traditional meeting place and home of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Piikani, Kainai and Siksika Nations and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which also includes the Tsuut’ina and Stoney Nakoda First Nations. Southern Alberta is the home of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.

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Big dreams need support. We’re raising $250 million to accelerate research innovations and provide world-leading cancer care and treatment. Thanks to the Calgary Cancer Centre, and your support, cancer stops here.
News and Events

How Lorne Miller owns cancer – Father’s Day Highlight
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How Sher Harkins Owns Cancer
For years, Sher Harkins had a little voice in the back…

How Chris Kucharski owns cancer
A campaign of this magnitude doesn’t happen without the…

Why Canada Life supports the OWN.CANCER Campaign
In support of the Calgary Cancer Centre, Canada Life has…

How Sarah Geddes owns cancer
Sarah Geddes from Calgary is a wife and mother of two. She…

How Ashley Yoisten owns cancer
In January 2020, Ashley Yoisten, a young mother…

Supporting young women with breast cancer – Dr. May Lynn Quann, MD.
A breast cancer diagnosis is scary for anyone. But for women…

Data is power – Dr. Winson Cheung, MD, researcher and oncologist, believes that big data can be used to gather health information more efficiently
Vast amounts of health information are collected across Alberta.…

Taking control of blood cancer
Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that often evades…

Cancer, aging and DNA
The cells in our bodies rely on the stability of our DNA…

Developing vaccines against childhood cancers – Dr. Aru Narendran
Vaccines have effectively treated and even eradicated, some…

More than a job
Cory Knutson is a project manager with PCL Construction,…

Barbara Munroe – Campaign Cabinet Members
A campaign of this magnitude doesn’t happen without the…

Winning the battle of the brain
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A simple blood test could improve lung cancer care and cut costs
It may be possible to bypass expensive, invasive tissue biopsies…

How Jim Button Owns Cancer
“A father of two, husband of one, brother of…

Teaching Compassionate Care
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University of Calgary student and cancer researcher shares what the new Calgary Cancer Centre will mean to researchers like her
Parisa Ghahremanifard, a Master of Science student at the…

Mavis Clark – Campaign Cabinet Members
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Dr. Amanda Khan aims to make a significant impact in cancer patient care at the Calgary Cancer Centre
Dr. Amanda Khan, a second-year radiation oncology…


Bachelor of Health Sciences student at the Cumming School of Medicine turns cancer diagnosis into opportunity to help advance research
When Milan Heck first noticed a lump on her hip, she and…

Using research to identify what really matters to cancer patients – Dr. Nancy Nixon
When we think of cancer research, we often think…

Calgary’s Clinical Research Contributions
Dr. Jose Monzon explains how clinical trial research that begins…

Giving Through Generations
As children growing up in the mid-1940s, Phil and…

Dr. Fiona Schulte is dedicated to helping young patients carry the weight of cancer
Madison Tutt was going into grade 10 when she got the news:…

Dr. Darren Brenner and Dr. Winson Cheung are studying big data to improve care for cancer patients across Alberta
Dr. Darren Brenner has done the math. He knows the chances…

Jim Fiorentini’s Story
Jim Fiorentini shares his story of undergoing immunotherapy…

Dr. Joe Dort
Dr. Joe Dort knows head and neck cancer inside and out. A University…

Don and Sherry Wood’s Story
In early 2017, Sherry Wood wasn’t feeling well. Her general…

Press from Launch Day
UCalgary, Alberta Cancer Foundation and Alberta Health Services…

Donor Heather Culbert’s Drive to Thrive
Heather Culbert and her husband, Michael, are long-time donors…

Arrow Big Smoke — Indigenous Cancer Patient Navigation
Arrow Big Smoke, a proud member of the Piikani Nation, supports…

OWN.CANCER campaign aims to change Canadians’ cancer stories — for the better
Chancellor Yedlin tells her mother's story, just one example…

Dr. Huiming Yang – Medical Director, Screening and the Provincial Medical Officer of Health, Healthy Living at Alberta Health Services.
Alberta has all the right ingredients to be leaders in prevention…

The Gold Standard In Care: Calgary Cancer Centre
Opening in 2023, the Calgary Cancer Centre will be a hub for…

Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia – Improving care for young cancer patients
Battling cancer – and winning – is just the beginning for…


Partnering to ‘OWN.CANCER’
UCalgary, Alberta Cancer Foundation and Alberta Health Services…


Charlotte’s Story
Partnering with patients to design the Calgary Cancer Centre.
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