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‘A lot of work to do, one conversation at a time’: New Year’s resolutions for 2026

For my New Year’s resolution, I am reminded that our only true guarantee is the present moment. Amid busy schedules and ...
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A 9-1-1 on health care in Ontario’s correctional facilities

Incarceration in Ontario’s correctional facilities is becoming more fatal. Deaths in custody have increased almost 50 per cent since 2020 despite a decreasing number of incarcerated people, according ...
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How financial abuse affects children

This interview is with a female who is a victim of financial abuse. Her name has been withheld to respect her safety and privacy. “My Dad has been mentally, emotionally, and financially abusive to my ...
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The controversy around estimating deaths from medical error

In May 2016, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published an article with the headline: Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the U.S. The article ...
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History matters – a century after insulin’s discovery, we’re going backwards

I have had Type 1 diabetes for 52 years and, like so many other Canadians with this condition, learned about the heroic scientists who discovered insulin from the very first day I was diagnosed. Over ...
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One Solution to the Long-Term Care Crisis: Nurse Practitioners

The pandemic has brutally exposed vulnerabilities in long-term care (LTC) homes, but one solution is hiding in plain sight – nurse practitioners, or NPs. The majority of residents of today’s LTC homes ...
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Team-based care key to alleviating primary-care crisis

There aren’t enough family doctors to go around. So, how can we ensure that everyone in Canada has access to high-quality primary care when there is a growing shortage of family doctors? Part of the ...
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Palliative care can’t wait: what I wish I’d known as my wife was dying

In the four years I accompanied my wife Suzanne as she endured the diagnoses and treatment for breast cancer, the most shocking moment came just five days before she died. Suzanne had collapsed at ...
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Canadian women are waiting longer than ever for gynecologic surgery: Patients and providers are calling for action.

At age 60, Kate Revington retired from her role as a university administrator so she and her partner could travel to visit their children overseas while still in good health. A year later, in 2019, ...
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The crisis of privatized care in Ontario

The long-term care (LTC) home crisis in Ontario is a case study in the perils of treating healthcare as a vehicle for profit. A recent report from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) on the risks ...
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‘It’s the structures that are sick – it’s not the kids’: Experts stress importance of clean air in schools

After a summer and fall choked with wildfire smoke, Canadians are now facing yet another spike in seasonal respiratory illnesses from COVID-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The ...