CAREX Canada

CAREX Canada builds on a model established by the Finnish Institute that was created for the European Union's "Europe Against Cancer" program. The European CAREX project developed estimates of the burden of occupational cancer in Europe.

To date, CAREX Canada has examined the Canadian context to iIdentify what carcinogens people are exposed to; locate where people are exposed; calculate how many people are exposed; and estimate how much of a carcinogen people are exposed to (where data exist to calculate levels).

Over the next fiveyears, CAREX Canada will undertake a knowledge mobilization program to make CAREX information available and accessible to Canada's cancer prevention and policy arena.