
This initiative is proudly funded by Movember (January 2025 – January 2028) through a Health Equity grant awarded to Drs. Gabriela Ilie and Rob Rutledge and delivered in partnership with the Prostate Cancer – Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP™) at Dalhousie University.
Through this initiative, the PC-PEP team is working to strengthen support networks within the Black, GBTQ+, Rural, and Indigenous communities. Our goal is to empower their members facing a prostate cancer diagnosis and to ensure that all men have access to support, information, and community, no matter where they live or who they are.
To date, more than 600 people have enrolled in the PC-PEP Pan-Canadian Phase 4 Implementation trial from across Canada and internationally. Building on this momentum, we are committed to making PC-PEP even more inclusive and accessible. In particular, we are seeking to engage gay, Black, Indigenous, and rural men, so we can better understand and support their unique needs and communities.
Get Involved
- Learn about our work in each community:
👉 Black Communities | GBTQ+ Communities | Rural Communities | Indigenous Communities | Younger Men Communities - Share our outreach materials to help us reach men who can benefit.
- Join PC-PEP at pcpep.org.
- Together, we are creating Communities of Empowerment so that all men facing prostate cancer feel empowered, supported, and heard.


To learn more about how Movember is helping equity gaps in Prostate cancer click here.