The Tomorrow Project: a study to find out about the causes of cancer and other long-term health conditions

Aug 10, 2011 by BlogAdmin

The Communications Advisor, Courtney Allen, for The Tomorrow Project has been in touch with one of our members at the Healthy Okotoks Coalition about this project.

The Tomorrow Project is a large, long-term study that seeks to understand what causes diseases such as cancer, heart disease and other long-term health conditions.

The project launched as a local study in Alberta in 2000, recruiting 30,000 Albertans using random digit dialing.

However in 2008, the Tomorrow Project in Alberta joined British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada to form The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project, a national study that has expanded its protocols to include the collection of more information necessary to better understand the causes of cancer and other diseases.

This national initiative aims to track the health of 300,000 people over the next 20-30 years and is largely sponsored by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.

Will you lend a hand?

Just two hours of your time will help researchers discover more about causes cancer and how to prevent it.

The request for council is to act as ambassadors for this project and help spread the awareness and/or become participants yourself if you fit the criteria as listed on the web page above.

The Tomorrow Project has several mini mobile study centres planned for areas in our region:

Calgary Zone Mobile Locations:

• Aug 8-11               Strathmore
• Aug 15-18            Okotoks
• Aug 22-25            Cochrane
• Aug 29- Sep 1      Airdrie
• Sep 6-8                 Black Diamond
• Sep 13-15             Crossfield
• Sep 19-22             Bragg Creek