Qu’advient-il de nos fils et de nos filles handicapés lorsque nous mourrons?
Par Al Etmanski
Régler le cas du régime enregistré d’épargne-invalidité et corriger l’écart de pauvreté des Canadiens handicapés Le Régime enregistré d’épargne-invalidité (REEI) du Canada est le premier outil de lutte contre la pauvreté pour les personnes handicapées dans le monde. Cet exemple remarquable de coopération fédérale, provinciale et territoriale, créé en 2008, a permis d’améliorer la […]
By Shannon Sampert
For many of us, the events on Monday in Toronto introduced a new word into our vocabulary: “incel,” or involuntarily celibate. The 25-year-old Toronto area man accused of killing 10 people after a van plowed into a busy sidewalk apparently self-identified as an “incel.” In a Facebook post, Alek Minassian stated: “The Incel Rebellion has […]
By Elizabeth Sheehy and Isabel Grant
Bill C-75 reforms too little, too late to respond to domestic violence A woman is killed by her current or former partner every six days in Canada. Indigenous women are killed by their intimate partners at a rate eight times higher. In Peel (Toronto) alone, five women were killed in January 2018 — the […]
La mort et le tiraillement entre la science et le mystère
Par Al Etmanski
Une réflexion sur l’aide médicale à mourir pour les personnes vulnérables Une fixation obsessionnelle sur le « présent » empêche de comprendre les circonstances et de trouver des solutions. ~ Harold Innis Je me considère chanceux d’être né à une époque où la mort était encore un mystère, l’apanage des poètes et autres artistes, philosophes et maîtres […]
Ottawa peut jouer un rôle plus actif dans la réforme du système de santé
Par Pierre-Gerlier Forest et Danielle Martin
Si ce n’avait été du soutien et de la vigilance du gouvernement fédéral, l’assurance maladie telle que nous la connaissons n’existerait sans doute pas. Or le rôle d’Ottawa dans la politique de santé du Canada s’est plutôt limité dans les dernières années aux seuls paiements de transfert fédéraux aux provinces et aux territoires. Il y […]
By Wilton Littlechild
Indigenous peoples are “Inuwak,” Peoples of the Land. We have a spiritual relationship with our mother earth; our food is from the land and is intrinsically related to our cultural and spiritual way of life. Food not only nourishes us physically, it impacts our mental attitude and is an essential part of many of our […]
By Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
Why it’s critical we use gender transformative approaches for the health workforce in Canada Sometimes an issue can be so pervasive that it is rendered nearly invisible. Take for instance the gender of the health workforce. Women comprise 82 per cent of health workers in Canada, in contrast to 47 per cent in the total labour […]
By Clare Liddy and Erin Keely
What started as pilot project by two frustrated doctors is evolving into standard practice as more jurisdictions, including the Ontario government, get on board. Dr. Clare Liddy and Dr. Erin Keely share their story – and their lessons learned along the way. Dr. Clare Liddy is a Tier 2 Chair, Associate Professor and Clinical Investigator […]
By Wendy Levinson and Laurent Marcoux
As clinicians, we are bound by professionalism and our ethical responsibilities to do no harm and to do what we can to address the pain and suffering of our patients. When powerful pain relieving opioid medications were introduced a few decades ago, they seemed to be a way to do both. We now know that […]
By PG Forest and Danielle Martin
Canadian Medicare would not exist without the actions of the federal government. But in recent years, there has been an atrophy of the imagination about Ottawa’s role in health policy, as if federal transfer payments to the provinces and territories were the beginning and the end of everything. Last week, we submitted a report to […]