Alberta's Tomorrow Project

Did you know the data you contribute to the HEAL study is already helping researchers ask bigger questions about health in Canada? 🤔💭

Last week, HEAL study project manager Alex Pepetone presented her proposed research at a cancer prevention research showcase at the University of British Columbia. Her work looks at food insecurity, or not having reliable access to food due to limited financial resources, whether it shapes the quality of what Canadians eat, and what that might mean for cancer risk.

Alex's work is exactly the kind of research the HEAL study was built to support. Every meal you log, every survey you complete, it all feeds into work like this.

Read Alex's story 👉 https://canpath.ca/2026/05/heal-study-helping-researchers-study-food-insecurity-and-diet/

Nutrition Month may have been in March, but nutrition is important all year round! To support novel research into how multiple aspects of diet impact health, ATP is proud to be participating in the HEAL (HEALthy Living and Supportive Environments) study. HEAL will be the largest collection of diet and activity data in Canada ever, and a valuable resource for researchers for decades to come. Thanks to our participants who have already taken part! If you haven't received an invitation yet - don't worry, it's on its way.

Learn more about the HEAL study here: http://www.myatp.ca/heal

This we look at how different sleep patterns can impact risk of cancer. Dr. Brenner and team looked at the effects of shift work and sleep duration on cancer incidence in ATP. Participants who did rotating and night shift work had higher risk of lung cancer, but not breast or colorectal cancer. And, the average amount of sleep was not associated with getting cancer.

Read more about their research here: https://buff.ly/sbDZcMb