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Mark Carney walking past a line of soldiers, including Canadian Rangers wearing their bright red hooded sweaters.

Northern infrastructure needs northern talent

A dozen or so women are lined up outside.

U.S. expansion of the global gag rule is a leadership test for Canada

A nurse sits on the edge of a bed talking to a patient. Half eaten food sits on the table nearby.

Break down licensing barriers holding back Canada’s health workforce

Four Canadian passports

Birthright citizenship and the politics of “birth tourism”

The street is unpaved and lined with low-rise brick buildings, a church and lots of electrical poles and overhead wires.

Building a health workforce that reflects the people it serves

: Des figurines miniatures debout sur des piles de pièces de différentes hauteurs. Un concept illustrant les inégalités économiques.

Federalism: obstacle or engine of redistribution?

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

Seniors need trauma-informed services in long-term care homes

Canada must act to prevent growth of drug-resistant infections

A Black physician at a desk in front of a laptop demonstrates how to apply pressure to the base of his palm in a session with a white woman receiving via the computer.

Remote rehabilitation can offer health-care relief, but there are still problems

Un homme aux cheveux grisonnants reçoit des soins d'une professionnelle des soins dentaires portant des gants et un masque orange et une blouse bleu foncé.

Good dental care starts before the freezing and fillings

Data sharing should not be an afterthought in digital health innovation

Funding for abstinence-based programing won’t combat drug toxicity

A woman sits on a sofa and leaning forward, hands clasped, speaking with a person sitting opposite her with a clipboard and pen in hand.

The urgent need for mental health-care supports

People, some sitting, some standing, sport light-blue masks during a stop at a station.

COVID-19 responses were always going to be inequitable

La main ridée d'une femme âgée saisit la poignée d'un déambulateur alors qu'elle est assise sur un balcon au soleil.

Who is actually eligible for medical assistance in dying in Quebec?

Canada needs to implement pandemic preparedness in dealing with TB

Honour Tommy Douglas and stand up for public denticare

People need public delivery not just more spending for dental care

The hands of a pharmacist taking a medicine box and capsule pack from the shelves of a pharmacy.

How pharmacist prescribing can alleviate health-care system pressures

Young white woman holds a round, white pill to her mouth, with a glass of water in her other hand.

Put abortion pills into people’s hands

Apologies and promises are not enough to end TB in the North

We’re too attached to our health-care system to properly fix it

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