Across Generations: BC Generations Project Newsletter, Winter 2025/26

Across Generations: BC Generations Project Newsletter, Winter 2025/26 Can neighbourhoods support healthier diets? A new study is collecting data from 100,000 Canadians to provide important insights about how neighbourhood environments may help or hinder health, such as eating well and staying active. Led by Dr. Rachel Murphy at the University of British Columbia, the HEALthy ... Read more

Across Generations: BC Generations Project Newsletter, Winter 2024/25 Brain health study takes a closer look at our participants In September 2024, the BC Generations Project began inviting a subset of its participants to join the Brain Resilience Study at Simon Fraser University. Led by researchers Dr. Brianne Kent and Dr. Randy McIntosh from SFU’s Institute ... Read more

Beyond borders: BC-led research boosted by Alberta data Population-based studies rely on the power of numbers. By maximizing participants within a study, researchers can conduct large-scale data analyses to yield insights and findings not possible using smaller study populations.

Changing metabolite levels may point to the earliest signs of cancer. A subset of the BC Generations Project’s 30,000 participants is being asked to provide another set of blood samples for a study examining how changes in blood chemistry may be important early indicators of cancer.

COVID-19 antibody study yields early results. Participants of the BC Generations Project are among 20,000 people nationwide who have each provided a few drops of blood to help researchers determine how many Canadians have developed antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus.

Our latest newsletter includes how project participants contribute to COVID-19 research efforts, and a research trainee studies how built environment influences breast cancer risk.

Our latest newsletter celebrates our 10th anniversary! Plus, read about a recent study showing that metabolites in the blood may reflect healthy behaviours – and help predict cancer risk.

Our newsletter for Spring 2018 is now out! Learn about the BC Generations Project’s newest questionnaire to collect participants’ occupational history.

We're Checking Back In - As part of its plan to track the health outcomes of nearly 30,000 British Columbians over several decades, the BC Generations Project launched a new Follow-Up Health & Lifestyle Questionnaire last fall.

Last June, the BC Generations Project launched a new online questionnaire relating to residential history. To date more than 10,000 participants have taken the time to provide this valuable information.