Finding reliable information about cancer online can be overwhelming.
StopSCAM (Stop the Spread of Cancer Misinformation) is a research platform dedicated to learning how people find information about cancer and how false information spreads online. Our goal is to support public health efforts to fight cancer misinformation to make online spaces safer for Canadians to find reliable cancer information.
About us
Learn about our team, research partners, and the Indigeneity, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion panel.
Misinformation
Find out more about cancer misinformation: what it is, who is spreading it, and why it matters.
Explore our research
Browse our research publications and resources on identifying cancer misinformation online.
Latest news
Team member Marco Zenone appeared on CBC’s Radio Active to talk about how cancer patients can be targeted with ads for alternative cancer clinics.
Our team acknowledges that we are based on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People. We also recognize that our team members live and work on many Indigenous lands, including the traditional territories of the Treaty 7 Nations, the Treaty 6 Nations and the Métis Nation of Alberta, the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, and the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation. We are committed to learning from the Indigenous communities whose lands we occupy and incorporating Indigenous perspectives in all of our work.