Our Focus

So many good causes need support. However, our experience has shown us that the best way we can improve the health and quality of life for Canadians is to focus on the areas we know best. In doing so, we increase the probability of creating meaningful change – important improvements that help transform lives.

For this reason, we focus our efforts in three main categories: (1) educational, research and health promotion initiatives in health-care fields in which we have specific expertise, (2) our local communities, and (3) charities supported by our employees. Click here to see examples of our community involvement.

Our focus on healthcare includes:

• Cancer with emphasis on prostate, breast, colorectal and lung cancer
• Gastrointestinal health
• Heart health with emphasis on preventing high blood pressure and heart disease
• Mental health, primarily schizophrenia
• Migraine and other painful disorders of the central nervous system
• Respiratory health, specifically on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

While AstraZeneca has developed exciting new medicines in these areas, we want to do more. We want to help inform and educate, promote good health, prevent disease and enable research and discoveries. We want to help you make a difference.

If you or your organization has ideas for innovative programs or awareness and education efforts in our core focus areas, we want to hear about them.

Click here to learn how to apply.

If you are a charitable organization located in one of AstraZeneca’s local communities (i.e., Mississauga, Ontario or St. Laurent, Quebec), please click here. If you would like to learn more about how we support our employees’ community involvement, please review Our Employees in the Community page.

AstraZeneca Canada is an Imagine Caring Company