CanAge is well-known in Canada for drawing attention to gaps, barriers, and inequities that occur within the Canadian healthcare system on a national and provincial/territorial basis. We are undertaking a series of research projects that are truly IDEAL for students to understand the inner workings of how good policy recommendations can have real impacts on people's lives.

In this project, CanAge is undertaking a cross-country review of cancer care. Care options look very different in each jurisdiction, and more variations exist with the types of cancer that are most prevalent.

These research projects are ideally taken on by a team of 3-6 students and the duration can be adjusted from 4 weeks to 16 weeks, based on course needs. In some cases, these projects can expand over two semesters IF that makes sense for the course. Please get in touch if you need something specific, or have a look at some of our other research project options.

• Students will be provided with clear parameters on how to conduct their research, and how to provide the sourced data back to the project - data gathering methods are 100% remote and more often require online research (85%) with some rare data gathering by phone or email (15%)
• Students will participate in quality assessments of the data collection process to ensure accuracy
• Students may be asked to provide detailed written findings of their research
• Students will have a hand in the architecture of a report that will be used to encourage policymakers to make informed decisions on improvements in cancer care.

A sample of the reports that we've generated through this type of research can be seen here:

https://www.canage.ca/advocacy/vaccine-report-2022/

These projects are open to students anywhere. We will provide the relevant data sources to use in Canada to complete the project.

• A briefing document along with a facilitated overview of the important themes and needs for the project
• Any key messages, target audiences and available creative assets to help them understand the brand
• A single point of contact (POC) assigned to your course and students, with a team of experts available for questions
• Access to Slack, Google Workspace, and some other project management tools. We welcome the students so they can feel as though they are part of the team, or at arm's length - whatever is best.
• *For those running courses outside of Canada*, we'll provide guidance and direction for the students to better understand the Canadian business (and geographical) landscape, along with openly available sources of data that could be useful in making their assessments.
• Recognition of the school's involvement and the students' work in a media release (if permitted) and attribution of the students' contributions via LinkedIn or references as required.