A Golden Day
O
n October 15, 2014, The Princess
Margaret Cancer Foundation
marked the halfway point in its
five-year
BILLION DOLLAR CHALLENGE
by
celebrating ‘A Golden Day’. Funds raised
are helping to revolutionize cancer care
by supporting the creation of a new gold
standard in cancer care: Personalized
Cancer Medicine.
The celebration featured six gold bars which
represented donations totalling $3.28 million
received from nine of Canada’s leading gold
mining companies—Agnico Eagle Mines
Ltd., Barrick Gold Corporation, Goldcorp
Inc., IAMGOLD, Kinross Gold Corporation,
New Gold Inc., Primero Mining Corp., Silver
Wheaton Corp. and Yamana Gold Inc.
“I’ve benefited personally from the
extraordinary work being done by
The Princess Margaret,” said Ian Telfer,
Chairman of Goldcorp Inc., and a patient
at The Princess Margaret. “The Canadian
gold mining industry is proud to support a
world leader in cancer research and care.”
Above
UHN President & CEO Dr. Peter Pisters
(second from L) joins Paul Alofs with
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Below
L to R: Tony S. Giardini, Kinross Gold Corporation;
Haytham Hodaly, Silver Wheaton Corp.;
Geoffrey P. Gold, Kinross Gold Corporation;
Sean Boyd, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.; Chuck Jeannes,
Goldcorp Inc.; Ian Telfer, Goldcorp Inc.; Peter Marrone,
Yamana Gold Inc.; Kelvin Dushnisky, Barrick Gold
Corporation; Randall Oliphant, New Gold Inc.;
David Harquail; Steve Letwin, IAMGOLD;
Wade Nesmith, Primero Mining Corp.;
Graham Farquharson