Evidence Network

Four ways to take your idea for Canadian healthcare innovation beyond the pilot phase

By Clare Liddy and Erin Keely Comments Off on Four ways to take your idea for Canadian healthcare innovation beyond the pilot phase , , , , , , , ,

A version of this commentary appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, the Vancouver Province and the Hill Times It all started when the two of us sat down over a cup of coffee. As a family physician and endocrinologist, we stand on opposite sides of a large chasm called patient wait times, and we both started […]

Regulating food marketing to kids

By Yoni Freedhoff Comments Off on Regulating food marketing to kids , , , , , , , ,

There’s no denying that the food environment influences the diets of Canadian families, and that food industry marketing is part of that environment. Canadian children are now developing chronic diseases that were almost exclusively seen in adults when I went to medical school a few decades back. There has been a big shift in our […]