LONG TERM

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1. To develop ongoing opportunities for networking and collaborate on papers that speak about efforts by this network

2. To identify education, clinical and research leaders interested in promoting geriatric oncology across Canada

3. To develop mentoring strategies for clinicians, educators, and researchers interested in geriatric oncology

4. To foster collaboration on grants to develop shared projects to facilitate recruitment and develop expertise 

5. To organize CNAC by region (geographical, subspecialty) to facilitate networking at other meetings throughout the year. 

6. To leverage strengths from different sites through collaboration to lead to a greater goal-e.g., clinical expertise at one institution could help inform and review priorities and support research using help from research infrastructure at other sites.

7. To improve awareness about geriatric oncology through organizing workshops and sharing data to help develop collaborations and develop best clinical practice. To raise the profile of CNAC by ensuring its involvement in these presentations at conferences.

8. To promote advocacy – e.g. to get into major regional or national guideline committees (e.g. Canadian provincial cancer organizations, Canadian Cancer Research Alliance) to help as well as to connect with patient advocacy groups to reach out to patients themselves to advocate for geriatric oncology

9. To identify permanent administrative support for the network/website/emails

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