National Bank donates $50,000 to Oncology Research – The title of the feed item<\/p>\n
Montr\u00e9al,\u00a016\u00a0April\u00a02012\u00a0–<\/p>\n
National Bank is pleased to donate $50,000 to the\u00a0Chaire de recherche en oncologie ORL Dr Azar \/ Ang\u00e9lil<\/em>, a concrete gesture being made as part of Cancer Awareness Month that will help fund research into ENT cancers. National Bank\u2019s donation will also be used to develop the ENT Oncology Department at the CHUM\u2019s H\u00f4pital Notre-Dame, considered to be the top centre in its field in Quebec.<\/p>\n The mission of the\u00a0Chaire de recherche en oncologie ORL Dr Azar \/ Ang\u00e9lil<\/em>\u00a0is to promote research into ENT cancers in order to significantly improve treatment of these cancers, as well as survival rates.<\/p>\n National Bank\u2019s contribution is in keeping with its commitment to support health research and disease prevention initiatives. \u201cResearch is essential to developing intervention techniques and improving treatment methods,\u201d emphasized Diane Giard, Executive Vice-President \u2013 Marketing at National Bank. \u201cWe are proud to support the CHUM\u2019s ENT oncology team in its mission, thereby contributing to improving the quality of healthcare services in\u00a0Quebec.\u201d<\/p>\n Every year, through its donations and sponsorships program and the initiatives of its employees, National Bank supports hundreds of organizations across\u00a0Canada. It focuses primarily on four main areas of activity\u2014health, education, arts and culture, and community outreach\u2014with the goal of generating positive benefits for communities.<\/p>\n To find out more about National Bank\u2019s involvement in the community, visit the Bank\u2019s social commitment portal at\u00a0www.commitment.nationalbank.ca<\/a>,\u00a0or consult its Social Responsibility Report atwww.nbc.ca\/socialresponsibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n About National Bank of Canada<\/strong> Information<\/strong>\u00a0(The telephone number provided below is for the exclusive use of journalists and other media representatives.):<\/em><\/p>\n Joan Beauchamp http:\/\/thebankerwhosavedhissoul.com\/national-bank-donates-50000-to-oncology-research\/ – The link to the feed item <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" National Bank donates $50,000 to Oncology Research – The title of the feed item Montr\u00e9al,\u00a016\u00a0April\u00a02012\u00a0– National Bank is pleased to donate $50,000 to the\u00a0Chaire de recherche en oncologie ORL Dr Azar \/ Ang\u00e9lil, a concrete gesture being made as part of Cancer Awareness Month that will help fund research into…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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