Description
The MitoCanada Foundation.
- The MitoCanada Foundation is Canada’s only not-for-profit organization focused on mitochondrial disease. Since its founding in 2010, MitoCanada has dedicated over $1 million to fund the work of leading Canadian scientists and to support national awareness and support programs.
- The MitoCanada Foundation is committed to ensuring that those who live with mitochondrial disease are able to enjoy the best possible quality of life until there is a cure.
- TeamMito is MitoCanada’s grassroots awareness and fundraising program that turns people’s sports passions into special events and athletic feats to bring attention to mitochondrial disorders. https://www.facebook.com/TeamMitoCanada/
Abbreviation: mitoCanada
Reference: https://www.facebook.com/TeamMitoCanada/
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MitoGlobal Organizations
Objectives
- Advance Research
- INVEST in teams at leading mitochondrial research centres across Canada, offering scientists support for basic, translational and clinical research.
- PROMOTE innovative research with high potential to advance knowledge of mitochondrial disease.
- PREPARE leaders in mitochondrial disease research and clinical practice through our scholarship program.
- Empower Community
- ENGAGE people in raising awareness and involving their communities in the cause.
- IDENTIFY critical issues facing the MitoCanadian community and convene experts to create solutions.
- SUPPORT our advocates working at provincial and federal levels to influence public policy.
- Increase Knowledge
- SEEK AND SHARE answers to questions about mitochondrial disease based on the latest research.
- DEVELOP print, video, educational materials and programs based on expressed community needs.
- PROVIDE a Canadian source for information and resources about mitochondrial disease.
Contact details
Chairman
- David Mosher
- Chair, MitoCanada Foundation Board of Directors
Founder
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- MitoCanada Foundation Founder
- TeamMito Ambassador and winner of the North American Wings for Life World Run in Niagara Falls 2015
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Executive Director
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- National Executive Director of the MitoCanada Foundation
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Business address
- MitoCanada Foundation
- 300-3310 South Service Road
- Burlington, ON
- Canada L7N 3M6
- E-mail: info@mitocanada.org
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