Physical Activity & Cancer (PAC) Lab
Making exercise part of standard care.
The PAC Lab is dedicated to studying physical activity and exercise in people living with or affected by a cancer diagnosis. Our work looks at how exercise can support people before treatment, during treatment, through recovery and into long term survivorship.
Exercise across the cancer continuum
The PAC Lab studies how exercise can help people prepare for treatment, cope with treatment, recover and live well afterward.
Our direction is simple.
The PAC Lab's research is built around a clear vision for cancer care and a practical mission for how exercise can be used within it.
OUR VISION
Make physical activity and exercise a part of cancer care.
Exercise should not sit outside the care pathway. The long term goal is for it to be considered alongside other forms of supportive cancer care.
OUR MISSION
Optimize the use of physical activity and exercise in cancer management and recovery.
PAC Lab studies help determine where exercise can have the greatest impact, how programs should be delivered, and how more people can access them.
What we study
PAC Lab research spans the entire cancer continuum, examining the role of exercise at multiple stages of the cancer journey while also investigating how evidence-based exercise programs can be effectively implemented, adopted, sustained, and scaled within real-world cancer care settings.
PREPARE FOR TREATMENT
Study how exercise and prehabilitation can help people prepare for surgery and other cancer treatments.
RECOVER FROM TREATMENT
Explore rehabilitation approaches that support physical function, wellbeing and recovery after treatment.
COPE WITH TREATMENT
Examine how physical activity may help people better cope with and respond to treatment and treatment related side effects.
LIVE WELL BEYOND CANCER
Study the role of physical activity in long term survivorship, including health, function and progression free survival.
FROM RESEARCH TO ROUTINE CARE
Evidence matters. So does access.
The PAC Lab does more than study whether exercise can help. Its research also considers how exercise programs can be implemented across clinical and community settings and maintained over time.
​Evidence based interventions
Programs are designed around research on exercise and cancer care.
Adoption across the cancer continuum
The lab studies how exercise can fit into different stages of care.
Community sustainability
Research also looks at how exercise support can continue beyond a single study.
WHO WE ARE
A team focused on improving the lives of people affected by cancer.
The PAC Lab brings together people with expertise in kinesiology, exercise science, oncology, behavioural medicine, implementation science and health research. The team develops and evaluates evidence based physical activity interventions with the goal of improving health outcomes for people living with or affected by cancer.
Exercise Science
Exercise Oncology
Oncology
Implementation Science
Behavioral Medicine
Community Partnerships
Clinical Research
Where would you like to go next?
Choose the path that best matches why you are visiting the PAC Lab.