November 13, 2019
The challenge of navigating our health and care systems
Canada has an aging population. When we talk about this, our discussions usually circle back to health, and in particular, to the question of how we’re going to care...
November 8, 2019
Will the new government do more to stop the opioid crisis?
Last month, the latest numbers on the overdose crisis in Canada confirmed that overdose fatalities are continuing unabated. Nearly 13,000 Canadians died between January 2016 and March 2019, and,...
October 25, 2019
Food protection agency’s approach to chronic wasting disease is immoral
When people are exposed to meat that could be contaminated with chronic wasting disease (CWD), there’s a risk for the development of human cases of CWD. This meat should...
October 16, 2019
What’s missing from the conversation about assisted death
(This article has been translated into French.) The Quebec Superior Court recently expanded access to medical assistance in dying (MAiD). If higher courts uphold the decision or if the federal government...
October 8, 2019
Age-tech will be huge for the silver economy
Imagine a future where seniors are not hospitalized for chronic issues but instead live in the comfort of their own digitally equipped smart home. A home directly connected to...
September 30, 2019
Le financement de la santé est absent du débat électoral
Pour le moment, l’enjeu des transferts fédéraux en matière de santé ne s’est pas imposé durant la campagne électorale, bien que la santé demeure une des principales priorités des...
September 20, 2019
A watershed month for medical assistance in dying
September 2019 has been an extraordinary month for medical assistance in dying (MAiD), with two major developments only seven days apart. As a result, more Canadians with grievous and...
September 16, 2019
Parliament should not wait to act on assisted dying ruling
The 2019 federal election just got more complicated, as the issue of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has been thrust back into the news and onto the desks of...
September 9, 2019
Precision medicine will lead to precision policy
(This article has been translated into French.) New evidence could help Canadian scientists and policy-makers transform how chronic diseases are treated. Last spring, Canadian researchers found unequivocal evidence that environmental...
August 13, 2019
Decades later, abortions in Canada are still hard to get
When several American states established some of the most restrictive abortion laws since Roe v. Wade this spring, waves of Canadian millennials took to the web. They not only...