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. Once our content runs in the mainstream press, we publish them on our website, EvidenceNetwork.ca, with a Creative Commons license for easy reprinting and sharing.
So what’s been most popular?
Below find the Top 40 original articles on health policy on our site from 2011-2015 in English and French. Bonne lecture !
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Pourquoi les personnes âgées sont importantes et comment elles contribuent à nos vies quotidiennes
by Verena Menec
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Why seniors matter — and how they contribute to our everyday lives
by Verena Menec
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Backgrounder: Obesity trends in Canada
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Certainty of punishment is best crime deterrent
by Rick Linden
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Why did Manitoba students perform so poorly on the latest national school report?
by Marni Brownell and Nathan Nickel -
Beware drug store dispensing fees
by Noralou Roos
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Download our free eBook! Canadian Health Policy in the News: Why Evidence Matters
by Noralou Roos, Sharon Manson Singer, Kathleen O’Grady, Shannon Turczak, and Camilla Tapp
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It’s time to include dental health in the healthcare system
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How the federal government plans to end homelessness
by Vicky Stergiopoulos and Sam Tsemberis -
Download our free eBook! Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy
by Noralou Roos, Kathleen O’Grady, Shannon Turczak, Camilla Tapp and Lindsay Jolivet
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Canada Health Transfer changes: The devil is in the details
by Livio Di Matteo
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Why Canada should care about the Shouldice Hospital deal
by Irfan Dhalla
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Why Canada shouldn’t compete with the U.S. for the worst performing health system in the developed world
by Colleen Flood
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Why we never seem to have enough hospital beds in Canada
by Jason Sutherland and Trafford Crump -
Five things every Canadian should know about obesity
by Carolyn Shimmin
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Le temps est-il venu d’autoriser le suicide assisté?
by Harvey Max Chochinov and Balfour M. Mount -
Backgrounder: The price of prescription drugs in Canada
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Backgrounder: Canada’s prescription opioid crisis
by Ann Silversides
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The real costs of long-term care for Canada
by Michel Grignon and Nicole F. Bernier
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We can sustain our health care system — here’s how
by Neena Chappell and Marcus Hollander
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Backgrounder: Canada’s aging population and the need for changes in health care delivery
by Ann Silversides
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How Canada fails people with mental illnesses
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Download our new free eBook! Navigating the Evidence: Communicating Canadian Health Policy in the Media
by Noralou Roos, Kathleen O’Grady, Shannon Turczak, Camilla Tapp and Lindsay Jolivet
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La malbouffe ne fait pas qu’arrondir vos hanches, elle les gruge
by Cy Frank and Ron Zernicke -
Playing violin for your health
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Pension plans: Why all the fuss?
by Robert Brown
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Backgrounder: Mental illness and addictions in Canada
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How Canada artificially inflates the cost of prescription drugs to the tune of $2-billion
by Marc-André Gagnon
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How to save $690 and prevent unnecessary worry
by Alan Cassels
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What I learned as a medical student working with low-income families in Toronto
by Lita Cameron and Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones
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Backgrounder: The Dutch health care system
by Lee Tunstall
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Why we all discriminate — even our doctors
by Stephen Hwang
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Who’s afraid of universal pharmacare?
by Marc-André Gagnon
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Comparing U.S., Canadian health care systems
by Trudy Lieberman
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Time for Canada to improve our health care performance
by Colleen Flood
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Why Canadian hospitals outperform U.S. hospitals
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Five things most people get wrong about Canada’s healthcare system
by Kathleen O’Grady and Noralou Roos
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Why other provinces may follow Ontario’s lead in reducing physician fees
by Mark Stabile
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Sure fire tricks to get the most out of your vitamin supplements
by Mike Allan and James McCormack
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Prescription drug addiction is a major public health crisis
by Irfan Dhalla and David Juurlink
Nanci Armstrong is the Research Support at EvidenceNetwork.ca. Kathleen O’Grady is the Managing Editor at EvidenceNetwork.ca and a Research Associate at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University.
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