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When we aim to kill as pesticides currently do, harm is done to all who live on this planet. Imagine the future if regulators ...
If we want to build a more equitable and responsive health-care system, one that doesn’t leave millions behind, we must start ...
In a country as wealthy as Canada, youth should not have to fight to survive. They deserve the chance to thrive and secure a ...
Canadians deserve access to supports intended to relieve suffering, that may ease or address the person’s desire to die.
Deeply ingrained gender biases within surgery are discouraging women from entering the field, according to findings in a new McGill University study.
Equity seems to have become a contentious word. We’ve all heard the anti-DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) sentiment from the United States and, while such antipathy played much less of a role in ...
The Canada Health Act has become the electrified third rail in Canadian politics – untouchable legislation that is failing us. This antiquated piece of legislation is not only out of step with modern ...
Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.
While "compassionate care" seems like the easiest answer, the policy is problematic.
In Walkerton, Ont., a new family medicine practice accepting patients drew a line of hundreds of people, some waiting in the cold as early as 2 a.m. One person described securing a family doctor as ...
Non-profit virtual care has the most potential to not only improve health outcomes but promote health system sustainability.
As B.C.'s provincial election looms near, Premier David Eby floats plans to expand involuntary care. Experts weigh in on the announcement.