CONTENTS CONTENTS FROM OUR LEADERSHIP..........................4 OUR MISSION STATEMENT DISTRIBUTION OF OUR GRANTS...............6 REACH OF OUR PROGRAMS......................8 The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) IMPACT OF OUR NATIONAL REACH.........10 is the only national charitable foundation that raises SCOPE OF OUR EVENTS.........................12 awareness to generate funds for research into all PARTNERS & SPONSORS.......................14 aspects of HIV infection and AIDS. GENEROSITY OF OUR DONORS..............18 AUDITOR’S REPORT...............................20 FROM OUR LEADERSHIP Some CANFAR records were broken during 2014 – 15, and I am so grateful to the many, many people across Canada who made this possible. Our flagship Toronto gala Bloor Street Entertains – co-chaired by Scotiabank’s Brian and Megan Porter – realised its best year in 18 with revenue just shy of $1 million. We also broke a record by reaching more than 2.5 million Canadian high school students through Over the past year, CANFAR has experienced a renewed sense of a call to our youth awareness program, Kisses 4 CANFAR. We engaged in more research action - young people are taking up this cause, and I am delighted. As a partnerships than ever before – from the St. Paul’s Hospital/CANFAR Chair in concerned parent, the need for us to focus our efforts on ridding the planet HIV/AIDS Research in Vancouver, to co-funding Montreal-based cure research of HIV and AIDS is more compelling than ever; so is the need to reach young with the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), and HIV prevention Canadians with our message. Over the past year, our high school awareness research with CIHR’s Institute for Gender and Health. We were pleased to program, Kisses 4 CANFAR, reached more than 2.5 million young Canadians Christopher continue our partnerships with the Canadian HIV Treatment Network by funding in every province and territory in the land. Our Campus Clubs are on more Bunting a Post-Doctoral Fellowship, and with the Canadian Association for HIV Research campuses than ever before and CANFAR’s Young Professional Council is CANFAR by contributing to education and training programs. My sincere thanks to our becoming an important forum for 20-somethings men and women. President & CEO supporters, volunteers and staff for all that you do! Andrew Pringle We followed four young men on their journey across Canada raising awareness While this has been one of our biggest years, you will notice that the size of this CANFAR Chair and funds for CANFAR, truly a remarkable journey for them and CANFAR! report has shrunk. CANFAR leadership is mindful of the cost and implications of My sincere thanks to all of you who have supported CANFAR’s work this year, large printed documents. While we provide a truncated print version of our annual helping our effort to leave an AIDS-free world for young Canadians. report, we hope you will visit our website at www.CANFAR.com where you will find a more fulsome version of this report. Online, we are able to fully celebrate and share our gratitude with all our donors, sponsors and supporters who have made this year a resounding success. BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COUNCIL Chair Andrew Pringle Jeffrey Kroeker Co-Chair Richard Ellis Teresa Marques Deputy Chair Salah Bachir Duane Ledgister Co-Chair Hon. Kellie Leitch, PC, O.Ont., MP Ted Nation Vice Chair & Secretary Patricia Olasker Stephen Lewis, CC Elissa Beckett Janice O’Born CANFAR STAFF* Vice Chair & Treasurer Patti MacNicol Tristan Michela David Bensadoun Hon. David Peterson, PC, O.Ont. Casey Antolak Tony Pedari Michael H. Burns Alison Dalglish-Pottow CHRISTOPHER BUNTING STEPHANIE RULLO Charles Armstrong Greg Power Mr. Shaun Francis Svend Robinson CANFAR President & CEO Manager of Communications & Marketing Gordon Capern John Prato Yves Fortier, PC, CC, OQ, QC Gareth Seltzer CAMERON DUNKIN EMMA GROIA Jeronimo De Miguel Stanley E. Read, MD, PhD, FRCPC Norbert Gilmore Mr. Schuyler M. Sigel, QC Manager of Research & Administration Development Officer William Flanagan Sean B. Rourke, PhD, FCAHS Paul V. Godfrey CM, O.Ont. Paul Smetanin Andrew Grimes David Stovel Hon. Bill Graham, PC, CM, QC James K. Stewart DEBBIE OSSKE CJ REYES Manager of Events & Stewardship Development Officer Robert Hoppenheim Leeanne Weld Kostopoulos Carol Hill Mark Tewksbury Christopher Kelly Hon. Henry Jackman OC, O.Ont., CD David Vallee ANDREA ZEELIE-VARGA *CANFAR staff for 2014/15 budget year Manager of National Programs 4 5 PARTNERSHIPS Dr. Bohdan Nosyk DISTRIBUTION OF OUR GRANTS St. Paul’s Hospital CANFAR Chair in HIV/AIDS Research • Vancouver, British Columbia $80K • In partnership with St. Paul’s Hospital, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Simon Fraser University SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE BASIC SCIENCE Dr. Eric Cohen Dr. Hugo Soudeyns The Canadian HIV Cure Enterprise The Canadian HIV Cure Enterprise Stanley E. Read, MD, PhD, FRCPC Dr. Michel Tremblay $80K • Montréal, Québec • Montréal, Québec Chair Does infection of resting memory CD4+ T cells with • In partnership with Canadian Institutes of Health Research, ICAM-1-bearing HIV-1 modulates virus pathogenesis? International AIDS Society $80K • Québec City, Québec • Funded by donors like you! Dr. Trevor Hart Advancing Research to improve Boys and Men’s Health Mark Wainberg, PhD, OC, OQ, FRSC Dr. Lena Serghides $100K • Toronto, Ontario • In partnership with Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Co-Chair Impact of in utero exposure to HIV anti-retrovirals on Institute of Gender & Health fetal development and neurocognitive performance $80K • Toronto, Ontario • Funded in honour of Brian and Megan Porter Post-Doctoral Fellowship In vitro characterization of bifunctional entry inhibitors MEMBERS AT LARGE Dr. Chen Liang • Vancouver, British Columbia $50K • In partnership with Canadian HIV Trials Network Investigating the Anti-HIV-1 activity of • Joint funding initiatives by CANFAR & CIHR Alan Cochrane, PhD $80K interferon-induced MxB protein Evan Collins, MD, FRCPC • Toronto, Ontario • Funded by Manulife Financial Hélène Côté, PhD Norbert Gilmore, MD, PhD Dr. Sadhna Joshi CLINICAL RESEARCH Eudice Goldberg, MD, FRCPC In vitro characterization of bifunctional entry inhibitors Michael Grant, PhD $25K • Toronto, Ontario Dr. Kellie Murphy • Funded by Manulife Financial The ProSPAR Study: Progesterone supplementation for HIV positive Trevor Hart, PhD, C.Psyc $80K pregnant women on antiretrovirals Michael Hawkes, Phd, MD • Toronto, Ontario • Funded by RBC Foundation Chen Liang, PhD Mona Loutfy, MD, FRCPC, MPH Dr. Marie-Josée Brouilette Paul Sandstorm, PhD PSYCHO-SOCIAL RESEARCH A pilot study of goal management training to remediate cognitive Cecile Tremblay, MD, FRCPC impairment in older people living with HIV Dr. David Brennan $25K • Montréal, Québec Sharon Walmsley, MSC, FRCPC, MD Young Men who have sex with men’s risk, • Funded by Cycle 4 CANFAR $80K network and care engagement • Toronto, Ontario Dr. Stanley Read • Funded by CANFAR Legacy Group Understanding issues and defining research priorities related to infant feeding in HIV $25K • Toronto, Ontario • Funded by Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life 6 *Numbers have been rounded for consistency 7 REACH OF OUR PROGRAMS LEGACY GROUP CAMPUS CLUBS 340 MEMBERS HOSTED campus clubs TORONTO EVENTSIN &OTTAWA $136,000 RAISED 15 ACROSS CANADA 5 for prevention research dedicated to REACHING THOUSANDS OF 2EVENTS 3EVENTS POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS GAY MEN Toronto,ON Ottawa,ON “At CANFAR Dalhousie our goal is to educate the student population about the risk and prevention of HIV and AIDS. We strive to spread awareness and raise funds for the work that CANFAR is doing. We like to do this through both fun and informative events, providing convenient and enjoyable opportunities for Dalhousie students to learn more about the cause, get involved, and ultimately support the work that CANFAR is doing toward ending HIV and AIDS.” -Molly Mackenzie, President YOUNG PROFESSIONAL COUNCIL A passionate group of KISSES 4 CANFAR 20 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS 2.5M STUDENTS working to raise funds in support of ACROSS CANADA 1000+ HIV AND AIDS RESEARCH CANADIANS JEFFREY KROEKER ENGAGED IN THE YPC Chair #SMOOCH “I am proud that our volunteer team brought in a record level of donations through our Paint the 4,800 47,000 Town Red event to help fund a cure for HIV, a disease that still affects over 33 million people glob- SCHOOLS SELFIE ally. CANFAR needs young leaders and volunteers to stay engaged and get involved in our mission ACROSS CANADA CONDOMS to fund a cure to #EndAIDS. Research is the only way to find a cure, thus we need to fund it - so distributed to CAMPAIGN CANADIAN let’s make it happen. Get involved now.” YOUTH 8 9 IMPACT OF OUR John Arnalukjuak High School School in Arviat, Nunavut ordered NATIONAL REACH Kisses 4 CANFAR materials Clinical Trials Clinical trials in partnership with Canadian HIV Trials Network Legacy Group Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver Montréal Cure Research CANFAR provides funding to CANCURE and EPIC4 - two research projects currently part of a global initiative to find a cure Dr. Bohdan Nosyk The St. Paul’s Hospital CANFAR Research Chair in HIV and AIDS research continues to examine CYCLE 4 CANFAR the impact of community based 4 university students rode their bikes from programs to combat HIV and Can YOU Do Lunch? VANCOUVER, BC to SYDNEY, NS AIDS rates in priority populations. Bloor Street Entertains Hosted in Toronto and Ottawa 64 DAYS 6,600KM $45,000 RAISED Toronto hosts Canada’s largest fundraiser for Canadian HIV and AIDS research Acadia University New Campus Club formed WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ON THE MAP? This snapshot represents some of the great initiatives happening across Canada in support of CANFAR. If you would like your activity in support of CANFAR featured in an upcoming newsletter or annual report, please tell us about it by emailing [email protected]. 10 11 SCOPE OF OUR EVENTS AIDSBEAT BLOOR STREET ENTERTAINS CAN YOU DO LUNCH? PRIDE TORONTO More than 700 guests partied in style as the Liberty The Bloor-Yorkville community lit up on the night of Hosted in Ottawa and Toronto, more than 475 people CANFAR celebrated Toronto’s LGBT community by Grand was transformed into Studio54.