Earlier intervention could help Canadians with autism avoid crises
By Yona Lunsky University of Toronto and Jonathan Weiss York University The long wait times…
Food is medicine where malnutrition and frailty are concerned
By Heather Keller University of Waterloo and Leah Gramlich University of Alberta “You are what…
Housing First can curb the high cost of homelessness
For most of his life, Murray Barr was an ordinary American. Everything changed abruptly when…
We must rethink our approach to battling opioid abuse
By Gabriela Novotna and Tom McIntosh University of Regina Thirteen Canadians a day were hospitalized…
Putting patients first can save Canada’s health system
Ontario is getting older. The number of seniors has been steadily increasing and, over the…
NAFTA renegotiations threaten Canada’s steps toward pharmacare
By Ruth Lopert George Washington University and Steve Morgan University of British Columbia A “modernized NAFTA”…
Canada must invest in better emergency care for children
When a child is sick or injured, our health system usually delivers excellent care. Yet…
Health system’s tragic neglect of seniors’ oral health
Some years ago, a retired university professor visited my dentistry practice. He was fit and…
Assisted dying and the dark corners of history
History has a role in the national conversation about medically-assisted death, despite protests to the…
Making sense of health funding dollars and cents
The last few years have seen dramatic changes to the Canada Health Transfer (CHT), which…