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Governance structure
The Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network is led by an Executive Director and governed by a Network Council and a Steering Committee made up of individuals from partner institutions across Canada, including an observer from the Federal Government of Canada. This team is supported by staff from the Terry Fox Research Institute.
This organizational structure helps support the best and brightest researchers and clinicians from top cancer care and research centres, hospitals and universities across the country. Together, we are creating the Team Canada of Cancer Research.
MOHCCN Leadership Groups
Steering Committee
The roles of the Steering Committee are to:
a. Identify issues that require Network level policy development, in collaboration with TFRI Staff and Network Council.
b. Support the creation of pan-Canadian Working Groups (WGs) to prepare policies and processes for review.
c. Review the activities and processes involved in the development of the policies by WGs to ensure their readiness for endorsement by the Network Council. Any contentious issues raised during this review will be addressed by the WG or MOHCCN Staff prior to Council submission.
d. Monitor progress to deliver upon each Designated Centre’s goals, milestones and deliverables.
e. Provide guidance to management to solve problems, in particular scientific issues, and advice on the achievement of milestones and deliverables.
g. Promote Network-wide education and learning from scientific and clinical advances.
Network Council
The roles of the Network Council are:
a. Decision-making and oversight of Network strategic plans and activities, in collaboration with TFRI Staff.
b. Endorsement of Network guidelines and policies developed by the working groups and prior reviewed by the Steering Committee.
c. Review the adequacy of the systems and controls put in place by the management.
d. Financial oversight
e. Stakeholder accountability and communication
f. Risk management