The purpose of WMF Canada is to operate as a sort of “Canadian chapter” of the IWMF. If you are a Canadian and have WM, or are a caregiver, friend, or relative of a WMer, or are an interested member of the Canadian medical community, we would welcome you as a member of WMF Canada. Members of WMF Canada automatically become members as well of the IWMF. WMF Canada was incorporated under Canadian legislation in early 2002. It qualifies for tax-exempt status as a registered charity (designated as a Charitable Organization) under the Income Tax Act and obtained its registration effective Dec 27, 2002. It can issue tax receipts for voluntary contributions that will be deductible for income tax purposes by Canadian taxpayers. It will in turn support WM research, just as the IWMF does.

Its address is:

Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation of Canada,
260 Dalewood Dr.,
Oakville, ON L6J 4P3

This WMF Canada website is not intended to duplicate the excellent resources at the IWMF website.
Therefore:

• we don’t run talklists (you should use the IWMF ones) — although later on we might initiate a special purpose talklist that is limited to discussions about Canadian resources and the Canadian health care system as they relate to WM.
• we don’t present information about WM, its treatment options, etc. (you should use the IWMF website resources)
• our main purpose is to provide some information about the WMF Canada organization and about Canadian members (and, in due course, perhaps other Canadian issues with respect to WM)

As a starting position, back in the summer of 2003 all then current Canadian members of the IWMF were deemed to be automatically members of the WMF Canada. Thereafter, Canadian members annually take out or renew memberships in WMF Canada and all WMF Canada members are automatically members of the IWMF as well (and entitled to the newsletter Torch and the various talklists). Each fall a membership letter is mailed out inviting members to renew their memberships and fill out a voluntary contribution form (see below) and return it to WMF Canada at the above Oakville address.

For further details of WMF Canada’s fiscal procedures and its board and officers, see the WMF Canada Corporate Page.