In addition to YACC’s Recover Study, here are some opportunities to use your voice and your experience to help understand, shape, and improve the future of young adult cancer!
Are you conducting a study relevant to young adults dealing with cancer? Please email an image, blurb, relevant links, and registration deadline date to [email protected] before April 30 to be included in the May roundup!
BC Cancer Foundation
Seeking lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and other non-heterosexual adolescents and young adults with cancer experience in BC who would like to describe their unique perspectives on coming out to their cancer care team.
We’re seeking participants to share their experiences during a 60-90 minute interview. The interviews are part of a PhD research project and information gathered will be used to understand how cancer care professionals can better support their 2S/LGBTQ+ patients.
Email Whitney at [email protected] for more info or to sign up.
University of Calgary
Researchers at the University of Calgary are seeking participants for a study to understand young people’s (aged 18 to 29) relationship with their parents and siblings in the face of blood cancer.
Participants will be asked to participate in an hour-long interview with the researcher virtually via Zoom or at a mutually agreed upon location and time. You will be given the opportunity to recruit your parent(s) and/or sibling(s) to the study. Interviews can occur with or without parent and siblings.
If you are someone who with experience of blood cancer (e.g., leukemia or lymphoma) as an emerging adult (aged 18 to 29) and would like to participate in this study, please email Sandip Dhaliwal (RN, Doctoral Student) at [email protected].
University of Calgary
EXCEL is currently recruiting individuals living with and beyond cancer for a free evidence-based exercise program with spring 2024 classes starting April 9 – June 27, both online and in person.
EXCEL is a Canada-wide research study that offers FREE, 12-week exercise classes. Classes are twice a week for one hour, online through a secure video-conferencing platform, and where possible, in-person. An IN-PERSON class can run in any location pending enough interest.
EXCEL is for anyone with cancer without access to an exercise program. Participants can be
pre-treatment, on treatment, or post-treatment. Instructors are specifically trained to work with individuals with cancer.
To register, please contact [email protected] or click here for more information.
London Health Sciences Centre
Have you been diagnosed or treated for gynecologic cancer? Researchers at London Health Sciences Centre are looking for volunteers to participate in a research survey about gynecologic cancer and medical cannabis.
If you would like to participate, please click here.
Deadline: April 23, 2024
Memorial University
The study findings will help understand the characteristics, changes, issues or opportunities in social as well as workplace interactions and conditions of people diagnosed with cancer.
Email [email protected] to learn more!
Université de Montréal
We are conducting a study to better understand the perspective of young adults affected by blood cancers on what they wanted or needed to learn to be able to cope with consequences of cancer and be more active and confident in their ability to manage their health after active treatment.
We are currently recruiting young adults (ages 18-29), who have received a diagnosis of lymphoma, leukemia or other blood cancers, and who are no longer receiving active treatment for at least a year.
Eligible participants will be invited to a 60-minute interview which can be done in-person or via Zoom.
For any questions or to express your interest, contact Benedicta Hartono at [email protected].
Newfoundland & Labrador Health Services
Researchers at Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services are studying the implementation of
a web-based application for people with breast, colorectal, lymphoma or head & neck cancer.
REACH is an online tool for cancer rehabilitation, designed by clinicians, researchers, and
patients that will screen for cancer-related symptoms and link people to rehabilitation resources to help manage side effects from treatment.
Once registered to use REACH there is an option to also enroll in the research project associated with this App. The REACH Study will look at de-identified data to study how to improve REACH and
invite participants to participate in a survey and/or focus group about their experiences using
REACH. Participation in the study arm is voluntary and does not impact usage of REACH.
To register, or to find out more information, visit reach.uhn.ca or email the REACH team at [email protected]
Check out this video for more information about REACH.
Western University
Researchers at Western University are conducting a study called “Exploring How Gender-Based Violence Determines Breast Cancer Treatment Trajectories and Health Outcomes for Canadian Women: The START Study.” The study aims to investigate how Canadian women’s relationship and childhood experiences are related to their breast cancer outcomes.
Click here to learn more and sign up.
