Atlantic PATH has the support of the following agencies and organizations in its efforts to understand chronic disease, including cancer\u00a0\u2013 and to reduce the burden that we all bear:<\/p>\n
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC), established by the federal government to accelerate action on cancer control across the country, provides funding for CanPath and its regional cohorts, including Atlantic PATH.<\/p>\n Canadian Cancer Society<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 The Canadian Cancer Society provides current information about many types of cancer, as well as about cancer-related services and programs in communities across Canada.<\/p>\n Nova Scotia Health Cancer Care Program<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Nova Scotia Health’s Cancer Care Program coordinates, evaluates, and strengthens cancer services in Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n Dalhousie University<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 One of Canada’s leading universities, Dalhousie is widely recognized for outstanding academic quality and teaching, and a broad range of educational and research opportunities. Atlantic PATH is directly affiliated with the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology<\/a> in the Faculty of Medicine.<\/a><\/p>\n New Brunswick Cancer Network<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The New Brunswick Cancer Network is a branch of the Department of Health and is responsible for ensuring a provincial, evidence-based, approach to the delivery of cancer programs and services for all elements of cancer care.\u00a0 These include prevention, screening, treatment, follow-up, palliative care, education and research.<\/p>\n Newfoundland and Labrador Cancer Care Foundation<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Newfoundland Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation meets the needs of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians in cancer prevention, treatment and support, and research.<\/p>\n Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 This provincial government department supports programs and services that protect and promote health, and treat illness for Nova Scotians’ and their families.<\/p>\n Nova Scotia Health<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Nova Scotia Health provides health services to Nova Scotians and some specialized services to Maritimers and Atlantic Canadians. They operate hospitals, health centres and community-based programs across the province.<\/p>\n The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (CanPath) aims to support leading edge Canadian and international research that investigates environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors related to the development and progression of cancer and chronic diseases.\u00a0More than 330,000 Canadians aged 30\u00a0to 74\u00a0have enrolled in CanPath since 2008. In addition to contributing information on their lifestyle and health, subsets of participants have contributed biological samples, comprised of more than 150,000 DNA-containing biosamples (including at least 135,000 venous blood samples), 101,000 urine samples, and 31,000 toenail samples (as of March 2015). CanPath brings together seven Canadian regional cohorts representing all ten provinces, including BC Generations Project, Alberta’s Tomorrow Project, Manitoba Tomorrow Project, Healthy Future Sask, Ontario Health Study, CARTaGENE (Quebec) and Atlantic PATH.<\/p>\n BC Generations Project <\/a><\/strong>–\u00a0The British Columbia Generations Project (BCGP) is British Columbia’s\u00a0 largest, prospective, population-based cohort, health research databank and biobank. It aims at better understanding the effects of environmental exposures, lifestyle, and genetics on chronic diseases such as cancer.<\/p>\n Alberta’s Tomorrow Project<\/a><\/strong> (ATP) <\/a>\u2013 Alberta’s Tomorrow Project (ATP) is a longitudinal study tracking the health of 55,000 adults aged 30-74 in this western Canadian province. ATP was launched in the year 2000 as a prospective cohort research platform to study the relationships between environmental, lifestyle, and genetic factors and the incidence of cancer and other chronic diseases.<\/p>\n Ontario Health Study <\/a><\/strong>–\u00a0The Ontario Health Study (OHS) is a prospective cohort study investigating environmental, lifestyle, clinical, and molecular and\/or genetic risk factors on cancer and other chronic diseases (diabetes, heart disease, asthma, Alzheimer’s), in Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n CARTaGENE<\/a><\/strong> –\u00a0CARTaGENE is a long-term cohort study for the investigation of modifiable environmental and lifestyle factors and the genomic determinants of chronic diseases in Quebec, Canada.<\/p>\n