Cancer will strike almost half of all Canadians in their lifetime
A challenge of this magnitude requires a national response, and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer is a unique model of collaboration that is working to make a meaningful difference in cancer outcomes across the country.
How to achieve accountability in long-term care
It is impossible for provincial/territorial residents to hold their governments accountable for their responsibilities in LTC if the data available are biased, and the most important kinds of data are completely absent.
It’s time health-care workers learned how to work in teams
We need to reorganize the work of health-care workers to better use their expertise, reduce duplication, and enhance the co-ordination of care experienced outside of hospitals.
Harness the current momentum to shift the health workforce from a position of crisis to one of strength
The government can reframe the issue by focusing on the demand side of work instead of on the domestic supply of labour.
Iiyika’kimaat in Indigenous health: a call for change and empowerment
A physician who witnesses the realities of an often-inadequate health system for Indigenous communities urges the federal government to implement Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action 18-24.
The federal government is failing Canadian health research
Canada risks losing out by inadequately investing in health researchers working to unlock new discoveries.
Why are the Liberals abandoning hungry children across Canada?
The feds have failed to create or allocate funding to a national school food program in recent budgets, despite the urgent and growing need across Canada.
Stop patching holes in our health-care system and rebuild the ship
We continue to work within and build upon a framework that does not serve Canadians, and the costs of this on both individual and societal levels are immense.
Stop treating patients like hockey trading cards: Health Coalition
Manulife’s about-face from its embarrassing corporate sweetheart deal with Loblaws’ Shoppers Drug Mart underscores why we need federal government action for pharmacare. Patients should never be treated as commodities by corporations and traded like hockey cards. This is why the Canadian Health Coalition wants the federal government to address the health-care crisis by reigning in […]
Canada is on track to cure Type 1 diabetes, and we can get there with the right support
Research innovation is becoming increasingly competitive in the post-pandemic world, and Canada is at risk of losing its foothold.
