Be a Voice for Change to help make cancer care better

A card with the words “get better” on the cover is sitting on a glass table next to a vase of daffodils. Behind it is a yellow backdrop, and next to it is a microphone. Titles appear saying:  

“A get-well card shows someone you care, but what if you want to improve their care? Get better cards from” the Canadian Cancer Society logo appears. 

Words on screen:  

A get-well card shows someone you care. 

But what if you want to improve their care? 

Get better cards 

From  

(CCS Logo) 

A young male adult steps up to the microphone holding a card that says, “get better.” He reads from the card.  

VO: Anyone who’s needed the healthcare system during the past couple years has been affected by the Covid backlog. Sometimes it means longer lines, sometimes it means delays in surgery. 

A female adult with her daughter, is in front of the microphone, reading from a card.  

VO: Because of Covid, I had surgeries shifted twice, four to five months at a time. 

A senior female reads from a card that says, “get better”,  

VO: There are so many things you have to pay for you don't even think about. It all adds up.  

An adult male reads from a card in front of the microphone.  

VO: (in French) My doctor had me do a free at-home test for colon cancer. Turns out I had stage 2 cancer. 

A female adult reads from a card that says, “get better.”  

VO: When my mother was admitted to hospice during Covid, she was alone almost the entire time. I realized she let go in the end because there was no one there. 

A female adult with her husband, is in front of the microphone, reading from a card that says, “get better.” 

VO: After my stem cell transplant, some of my injections to boost my immune system were really expensive. 

A female adult in front of the microphone reads from a card that says, “get better.” 

VO: After my double mastectomy, I needed prosthetics. I could get coverage for half a breast. 

A young female adult reads from a card that says, “get better.” 

VO: I had to push to be a caregiver for my mum. I felt lost and hopeless and it was really hard to know what to do. We need to get better at helping caregivers. 

A young male adult looks at the camera.   

A young female adult looks up.  

VO: We need to get better at end-of-life care. 

A senior female adult looks at the camera.   

VO: We need to get better at reducing the cost of cancer care. 

A male adult looks up.  

VO: (in French) We need to get better at cancer screening. 

A female adult looks up.  

VO: We need to get better at preventing delays to healthcare.  

A series of portraits of adults looking at camera and holding their cards that say, “get better.” 

VO: If we raise our voices together, we can help cancer care get better 

A microphone with a yellow backdrop appears with the titles “Help cancer care get better. Be a Voice for Change.” 

The Canadian Cancer Society logo appears with the URL cancer.ca/voicesforchange 

Words on screen: 

Help cancer care get better. 

Be a Voice for Change.  

(CCS logo) 

Cancer.ca/voicesforchange