Health

All Categories
An illustration with faces of people connected by a web of dotted lines. Everyone is wearing a mask.

The next leap forward: Clean air for Canadians

The technician is a woman who is directing a long, tapered tube into a small clear vial. She’s in a white protective covering with lilac-coloured rubber gloves.

Why Canada needs a “deep prevention” approach to pandemic preparedness

Illustration of a man receiving chemotherapy. He is standing next to a bag of liquid hanging from a metal hook on a pole.

Want to know where we are with cancer care? Don’t ask Ontario.

The ornate stone buildings have tall green-hued copper roofs.

The chronic failure to pass social legislation

How to create a health-care superpower

Illustration of a tree with leaves shaped like hearts. On the branches, they are red. Some of them turn into birds flying away. The fallen leaves are dark or light grey.

The mirage of “death as a benefit”

An older white woman is sitting up in a bed with white sheets. She is holding hands with aa younger woman who is in a chair next to the bed.

Better MAiD oversight is needed to protect patients

A stack of books with a stethoscope on top.

Scapegoating international medical students won’t solve Ontario’s health-care crisis

Illustration d’une femme poussant une femme âgée en fauteuil roulant dans une chambre.

Improving palliative care requires better data

Le patient est allongé sur un lit à roulettes et est vêtu d’un vêtement vert menthe. Une couverture en plastique bleu clair est éparpillée sur la couverture blanche qui recouvre la personne. L’homme qui pousse le lit est recouvert du même vêtement en plastique bleu et porte un masque blanc.

Social programs should unite, not divide, Canadians

Illustration of a young woman holding her temples with her eyes closed. She is sitting up in bed. A tangle of scribble lines floats above her head.

Chronically ill and disabled Canadians need a say in health-care reforms

Canada does not know how many seniors live in poverty

A coherent global health strategy would help Canada lead in the world

A coherent global health strategy would help Canada lead in the world

A crowd of people fill the street carrying a wide black banner with big red letters that say “Y’a des limites.” “There are limits.” The workers are all dressed in black shirts and many are waving small blue and white flags with the initials of their union, the FIQ.

Canadian health care needs a dose of retention and a shot of tech innovation

Two laptops and other electronics are set up in a room adjacent to the operating room. A wide window pane separates the two spaces. At the laptops sits a man in blue scrubs, his hand on one of the laptops. On the other side of the glass, two male doctors talk as they look at an oversized monitor on the wall that shows graphs and charts. Next to the doctors is a patient on a gurney.

Ottawa needs to take a more co-operative approach to health care

Making the Canada Disability Benefit work

Trudeau enters a room in a daycare, with Furey behind him, passing through the doorway. The walls are bright orange and covered with stickers depicting pastel-coloured balloons and ice-cream cones with the dates of birthdays of the children written on the scoops of ice cream. Letters on the wall spell out “birthdays are sweet.” Other papers taped to the wall show the alphabet and numbers. Low shelves hold markers, crayons and other drawing supplies. The two men are smiling, and both wear dark pants, a white shirt and red ties.

Let’s make a deal: The Trudeau government’s social policy leadership

Four women talk in a nurses’ station, where four computers are set up, and paper notices are taped to the walls and windows, which are covered with blinds on the other side of the glass. The women are all masked. One looks at a computer; another has her hand on the first woman’s shoulder.

Panacea or peril? Assessing private clinics in Canadian health care

Trois affiches sont visibles sur un poteau qui s’élève en bordure d’une route pavée. Celle du haut invite à circuler à basse vitesse en raison de la présence possible d’enfants, celle du milieu signale que les lieux sont une propriété privée de la nation Squamish et la dernière, plus grande, recommande aux gens de s’isoler chez eux ou, à défaut, de maintenir une distanciation sociale. Un filet de basket-ball est visible derrière les panneaux et l’on aperçoit un village en arrière-plan.

First Nations, federalism and lessons from the fight against COVID-19

Une douzaine de femmes et d'hommes se tiennent en une longue rangée devant un mur tapissé des drapeaux de chaque province. Ils sont habillés en costume, les mains jointes devant eux. Plusieurs projecteurs éclairent certaines parties de la rangée mieux que d'autres.

Who the public trusted during the pandemic

Dozens of the tiny one-dose jars are stuffed into two glass jars. 

Before the next health crisis, we need to grow trust and fight misinformation

In a small room with blue walls, two simple hospital beds, two small windows, and a white sheet tacked to the wall, a woman lies with her eyes closes, head turned sideways, on a bed with a black mattress, her new baby resting on her tummy. She looks exhausted. A patterned cloth with browns, whites and black covers her midriff, with the baby on top of it. Her knees are up and her legs are bare. The midwife, a man, wears white rubber gloves as leans over to clean the baby.

Canada must prioritize midwifery as part of its development assistance

A young girl sits as she gets a needle in her arm from a woman with rubber gloves. The girl is looking away from the needle and is focusing on one of her five classmates gathered around her. They are all wearing forest-green tunics over white short-sleeved shirts, and most of them are smiling. Another adult has a hand on the girl’s shoulder.

Canada’s positions on the international pandemic treaty are concerning

Health care crisis: the fault of (federal) funding or (provincial) management?

Load More
Policy Options
The public forum for the public good
1470 Peel St. #200 Montréal, Québec Canada H3A 1T1
(514) 985-2461
irpp@irpp.org
Canadian Online Publishing
2023 Gold Best Continuing Coverage of a Story
2019 Silver Best Column Best Podcast
Digital Publishing Awards
2018 Silver Best Column
2017 Gold Best Column
Published By
Institute for Research
on Public Policy
This site is registered on wpml.org as a development site. Switch to a production site key to remove this banner.