A Historic Milestone: Manitoba Proclaims May as the First Provincial Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month

May is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and this year marks a significant achievement as the Province of Manitoba joins the cause by proclaiming May 2023 as the first-ever Provincial Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Save Your Skin Foundation and Ocumel Canada are at the forefront of this initiative, leading local, national, and international campaigns to raise awareness about the importance of prevention and early detection of skin cancers.

Discover a comprehensive list of initiatives for Melanoma Skin Cancer Month and Ocular Melanoma awareness HERE.

For the fourth consecutive year, Save Your Skin Foundation’s proclamation initiative has invited Canadian municipalities to take a firm stance against skin cancer and educate their communities about sun safety through mayoral proclamations. As of May 25, 2023, an impressive 43 municipalities have committed to declaring May 2023 as ‘Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month.’ Check the list HERE to see if your city is among them.

The Honourable Audrey Gordon, on May 25th, 2023, officially proclaimed the month of May 2023 as Melanoma and Skin Awareness Month in Manitoba. This remarkable step underscores the government’s recognition of the importance of efforts aimed at reducing the incidence of skin cancer.

"THE SAVE YOUR SKIN FOUNDATION'S TIRELESS WORK AND INITIATIVES IN RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT NON-MELANOMA SKIN CANCERS, MELANOMA, AND OCULAR MELANOMA THROUGH NATIONWIDE EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS ARE TRULY COMMENDABLE. OUR GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF SKIN CANCER. I EXTEND MY BEST WISHES TO SAVE YOUR SKIN FOUNDATION FOR THE SUCCESS OF THEIR PLANNED EVENTS DURING MELANOMA AND SKIN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH."

Hon. Audrey Gordon

We are immensely grateful to the Honourable Audrey Gordon for her support and belief in the importance of sun safety.

Additionally, members of our SYSF team have had the privilege of presenting to the Mayors and Councils of several municipalities nationwide, sharing their personal experiences as patients and spreading the crucial message of sun safety and early detection of skin cancer.