Advancing equity in cancer screening: ICES evidence drives earlier detection for Ontario communities

ICES speaks to Dr. Susan Bronskill and the Alzheimer Society of Ontario’s Christina Stergio-Dayment to discuss how partnerships, data analytics, and community-based data are improving support for people living with dementia and their care partners while informing the future of dementia care across Ontario and Canada.

Every time someone in Ontario makes use of the health system, new data is added to the overall picture of that system. Since 1992, much of this data has been entrusted to ICES. We use data to help the government evaluate and plan for the health system through analytics.

We also use your data for research purposes. We ensure that your data is protected at every point of its lifecycle through strong privacy and security safeguards.

ICES is a leading independent health data analytics institute committed to advancing high‑quality, impactful research and analysis that improves health care for Ontarians. We recognize that responsible research assessment is essential to supporting this mission. The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is a global initiative dedicated to improving the ways research and researchers are evaluated — its principles are available on the DORA website. ICES endorses DORA’s efforts to emphasize the value, influence, and societal impact of our diverse research and analytic outputs. As part of this work, we are integrating DORA principles into our evolving research assessment practices and supporting initiatives such as enhanced guidance for research reporting and knowledge mobilization that promotes responsible evaluation across our scientific community.