2026 Yukon Wildland Firefighter Cancer Screening Pilot

Supported by Yukon First Nations Wildfire

Seeking Funding for a Yukon 2026
Wildland Firefighter Cancer Screening Pilot

Provides early cancer screening to those at highest occupational risk

Generates real-world data, experience to guide future programs

Start integration process with health services

Aligns with the goals of Bill C-224, and the National Framework on Firefighter Cancer Prevention


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The Pilot

We believe the evidence is already sufficient to justify action. We should not wait for more studies before giving firefighters access to early cancer screening.

Nick Mauro, CEO Yukon First Nations Wildfire

We are proposing a 2026 pilot cancer-screening program for 20 Yukon wildland firefighters, with strong participation from First Nations communities.

The pilot is a meaningful development. It reflects that those most directly affected — the wildland firefighters and the First Nations organizations responsible for deploying them.

The pilot is designed to generate immediately usable screening and exposure data, establish baseline health metrics for longitudinal tracking, and create a tested model that can integrate with emerging provincial, territorial, and federal programs as the National Framework under Bill C-224 comes online.

The timing is also important. January is now Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month under Bill C-224, with the intent of moving awareness into action through better data, prevention, and access to screening. This Yukon pilot aligns squarely with that intent by delivering real screening and real exposure data for a group — wildland firefighters — that currently has neither.