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Michael Wolfson

Michael Wolfson is an expert adviser with EvidenceNetwork.ca and holds a Canada Research Chair in population health modelling/populomics at the University of Ottawa. He is a former assistant chief statistician at Statistics Canada, and has a PhD in economics from Cambridge.

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
Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | February 14, 2024
Canadian Armed Forces members help with meals and provide care to residents at the Grace Dart Extended Care Centre in Montreal, as part of Operation Laser on May 8, 2020. DND photograph by Cpl. Genevieve Beaulieu

How to achieve accountability in long-term care

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | February 14, 2024
  • 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

How to achieve accountability in long-term care

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | February 14, 2024
  • 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
Canadian Armed Forces members help with meals and provide care to residents at the Grace Dart Extended Care Centre in Montreal, as part of Operation Laser on May 8, 2020. DND photograph by Cpl. Genevieve Beaulieu

How much money does Canada’s health system really need?

  • Before more is spent on health care, Canadians need to insist on evidence that they are getting better value for the existing expenditures, and
Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | March 16, 2023
Canada's federal Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured Jan. 20, 2023, at a press conference on the Hill. Internationally, Canada spends more per capita on health care than many other OECD countries, but performs poorly, writes Michael Wolfson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How much money does Canada’s health system really need?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | March 16, 2023
  • Before more is spent on health care, Canadians need to insist on evidence that they are getting better value for the existing expenditures, and

How much money does Canada’s health system really need?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | March 16, 2023
  • Before more is spent on health care, Canadians need to insist on evidence that they are getting better value for the existing expenditures, and
Canada's federal Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured Jan. 20, 2023, at a press conference on the Hill. Internationally, Canada spends more per capita on health care than many other OECD countries, but performs poorly, writes Michael Wolfson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada needs a national database to track COVID-19 vaccination in real time

  • With Canada in the midst of rolling out the vaccines, the importance of effectively monitoring the immunization campaign is coming to the fore. The
Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | January 4, 2021
Federal health minister Patty Hajdu, pictured at a pandemic briefing. To ensure effective implementation of this monitoring solution, strong fiscal sanctions should be included if provinces do not co-operate, writes Michael Wolfson of the University of Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada needs a national database to track COVID-19 vaccination in real time

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | January 4, 2021
  • With Canada in the midst of rolling out the vaccines, the importance of effectively monitoring the immunization campaign is coming to the fore. The

Canada needs a national database to track COVID-19 vaccination in real time

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | January 4, 2021
  • With Canada in the midst of rolling out the vaccines, the importance of effectively monitoring the immunization campaign is coming to the fore. The
Federal health minister Patty Hajdu, pictured at a pandemic briefing. To ensure effective implementation of this monitoring solution, strong fiscal sanctions should be included if provinces do not co-operate, writes Michael Wolfson of the University of Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fiscal federalism: driving in the dark without lights or a map

  • OTTAWA—Yet again, the federal government looks like it is about to transfer tens of billions of dollars to the provinces with essentially no strings
Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | August 17, 2020
Once we have standardized individual-level data on COVID cases, including factors like age, sex, neighbourhood, other diseases, the individual’s household composition, race, hospitalization rates, disease severity, and deaths, as the U.K. has been able to do for 17 million of its residents in near real time, then Canada will be able to support far more sophisticated analysis and projections to deal with the current top pandemic issues—not least, whether to open bars or schools, writes Michael Wolfson. Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Fiscal federalism: driving in the dark without lights or a map

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | August 17, 2020
  • OTTAWA—Yet again, the federal government looks like it is about to transfer tens of billions of dollars to the provinces with essentially no strings

Fiscal federalism: driving in the dark without lights or a map

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | August 17, 2020
  • OTTAWA—Yet again, the federal government looks like it is about to transfer tens of billions of dollars to the provinces with essentially no strings
Once we have standardized individual-level data on COVID cases, including factors like age, sex, neighbourhood, other diseases, the individual’s household composition, race, hospitalization rates, disease severity, and deaths, as the U.K. has been able to do for 17 million of its residents in near real time, then Canada will be able to support far more sophisticated analysis and projections to deal with the current top pandemic issues—not least, whether to open bars or schools, writes Michael Wolfson. Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Why has Canada’s data collection during the pandemic been so bad?

  • Canadians are finally beginning to see projections of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and needs for intensive-care units from various provinces and the federal government. We
Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | April 27, 2020
To be effective, an extraordinary and co-ordinated national effort is required, with much more extensive testing and real-time standardized reporting of results, from local, to provincial, to federal agencies. These data on the tests will be much more powerful for managing the pandemic if they also include pre-existing diseases and risk factors such as smoking, writes Michael Wolfson. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Why has Canada’s data collection during the pandemic been so bad?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | April 27, 2020
  • Canadians are finally beginning to see projections of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and needs for intensive-care units from various provinces and the federal government. We

Why has Canada’s data collection during the pandemic been so bad?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | April 27, 2020
  • Canadians are finally beginning to see projections of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and needs for intensive-care units from various provinces and the federal government. We
To be effective, an extraordinary and co-ordinated national effort is required, with much more extensive testing and real-time standardized reporting of results, from local, to provincial, to federal agencies. These data on the tests will be much more powerful for managing the pandemic if they also include pre-existing diseases and risk factors such as smoking, writes Michael Wolfson. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

We need a new kind of weather forecast

  • The tornadoes that recently hit the Ottawa area cannot be blamed specifically on global climate change. But they are consistent with the long-predicted pattern
Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | November 12, 2018
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured. Michael Wolfson says Environment and Climate Change Canada should produce an interesting and engaging flow of statistical indicators—weather facts and images—that highlight climate changes that affect us, not just whether it will be warm and sunny tomorrow. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

We need a new kind of weather forecast

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | November 12, 2018
  • The tornadoes that recently hit the Ottawa area cannot be blamed specifically on global climate change. But they are consistent with the long-predicted pattern

We need a new kind of weather forecast

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | November 12, 2018
  • The tornadoes that recently hit the Ottawa area cannot be blamed specifically on global climate change. But they are consistent with the long-predicted pattern
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured. Michael Wolfson says Environment and Climate Change Canada should produce an interesting and engaging flow of statistical indicators—weather facts and images—that highlight climate changes that affect us, not just whether it will be warm and sunny tomorrow. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Does Canada need to worry about the same festering malaise that has disrupted the United States?

  • For many Canadians, the outcome of the United States election has been a shock. Trump’s campaign, as inarticulate and venal as it was, tapped
Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | December 5, 2016
Donald Trump’s campaign, as inarticulate and venal as it was, tapped into important and deeply rooted realities, realities that may contain lessons for Canada too, writes Michael Wolfson. Screen capture courtesy of CNN

Does Canada need to worry about the same festering malaise that has disrupted the United States?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | December 5, 2016
  • For many Canadians, the outcome of the United States election has been a shock. Trump’s campaign, as inarticulate and venal as it was, tapped

Does Canada need to worry about the same festering malaise that has disrupted the United States?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL WOLFSON | December 5, 2016
  • For many Canadians, the outcome of the United States election has been a shock. Trump’s campaign, as inarticulate and venal as it was, tapped
Donald Trump’s campaign, as inarticulate and venal as it was, tapped into important and deeply rooted realities, realities that may contain lessons for Canada too, writes Michael Wolfson. Screen capture courtesy of CNN
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