By Brian Postl and Pierre-Gerlier Forest business plans, economics, first nations, Manitoba, Treaty
The health of Canada’s indigenous people lags substantially behind other Canadians – and the tragic reality is well documented. Sadly, the data regarding poor health status for indigenous populations shows us this is true across all major illnesses and across all age groups.
By Matthew Herder Canada’s healthcare system, Canadian healthcare system, health risks, knowledge, publicly funded healthcare system, risks
Recently federal and provincial health ministers agreed to create a working group to explore how to improve Canadians’ access to pharmaceutical drugs. In the wake of this, there is new optimism that pharmacare, publicly funded and universally available to Canadians, might one day come to pass.
By Kathleen O'Grady Canada Health Act, federal taxes, income tax, medical costs, registered disability savings plan, taxes
As Canadians we like to take pride in our publicly funded healthcare system, but the truth is many of us — especially those with or caring for someone with disabilities or chronic conditions — pay out of pocket for a wide range of essential health services.
By Jino Distasio and Vicky Stergiopoulos Podcasts
Up to 15 percent of the homeless population in Canada is struggling with mental illness. Could giving them a permanent home be a way off the streets and into a healthier life? Dr. Jino Distasio, Director of the Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Winnipeg and Vicky Stergiopoulos, Psychiatrist-in-chief at St. Michael’s Hospital […]
By Harvey Chochinov advance directive, Canada, Canada Health Act, Canada’s healthcare system, dementia, End of life care, health, medically assisted suicide, palliative care, Right to die, supreme court decision
The moment we are born, our lives take flight; and the longer we are airborne, the greater the chance of encountering turbulence along the way. While every flight is destined to land, some landings are harder to contemplate than others.
By Laura Anderson and Danielle Martin basic income guarantee, Canada, graduation rates, poverty, poverty reduction, social assistance
The Basic Income Guarantee is having a moment.
Hot on the heels of Quebec’s plans to work towards a basic income guarantee and a Globe and Mail Editorial Board endorsement came an announcement last Thursday of a pilot as part of Ontario’s provincial budget.
By Laura Stymiest, Lita Cameron and Chris Harper health, health care, healthcare, overdiagnosis, overtreatment, Podcasts, screening tool, test, treatment
Medical students learn how to manage and treat disease. But once they start meeting patients in clinics and hospitals, they are also confronted with the fact that social factors have a huge impact on health and that their medical interventions might sometimes be limited. Two medical residents, Laura Stymiest and Lita Cameron, and medical student, […]
By James Wilson business plans, economics, first nations, Manitoba, Treaty
Moving Manitoba’s Indigenous peoples from the liability to asset column was a topic that consumed some of Manitoba’s most innovative First Nations and mainstream business minds during a two-day ‘design-thinking boot camp’ recently.
By Kathleen O'Grady and Eileen Boriskewich Canadian health care, Canadian researchers, covering health, evidence, evidence-based research, researchers
2015 saw us create a regular podcast series on health policy produced by our media intern and Radio Canada journalist, Melanie-Meloche Holubowski. It’s proven to be popular, along with our less frequently created video content.
By Nanci Armstrong and Kathleen O'Grady Canadian health care, Canadian researchers, covering health, evidence, evidence-based research, researchers
Since 2011, we’ve published well over 500 original op-eds, podcasts, videos and backgrounders on controversial and timely health policy issues in Canada and had them published widely in every major media outlet across the country.