Spotlight

May 06, 2026

Reproductive Pathways Across the Lifespan and Their Mental Health Impacts

Reproductive health experiences may heighten the risk of new-onset mental illness or exacerbate existing mental illnesses during and after pregnancy. Coordinated, system-level mental health support integrated into fertility, obstetric and primary care is essential. Read this ICES Report in Healthcare Quarterly.

Events

Thursday, May 21, 2026  - Toronto, ON Longwoods Breakfast Series

How to Fight for What You Need: Advocating for Care in Canada’s Health Care System

Michael Decter, Former Ontario Deputy Minister of Health, Mike McCarthy, Canadian Patient Advocate, Healthcare Consultant, and Expert in Navigating Complex Health Systems and Moderator: Shelley Ambrose, Publisher, Journalist, Producer, and Executive

Articles

News

May 07, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Colorectal cancer screening age lowered in Ontario. Experts say it could help address ‘growing number’ of cases in young people

2026-05-07 from ctvnews.ca Doctors and cancer survivors are applauding a move by Ontario to lower the age for colorectal cancer screening as the disease continues showing up in younger patients. &ld [...]

May 07, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Saskatoon infectious disease lab searches for hantavirus treatment

2026-05-07 from globalnews.ca New research from a Saskatoon-based infectious disease lab is examining the difference in the immune response between humans and rodents to identify a treatment for hant [...]

May 06, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Heart failure rising among younger Canadians, data shows. This cardiologist explains why

2026-05-06 from ctvnews.ca At 23, Jenny Milne was told her gall bladder stopped working, which after months of tests and investigation, turned out to be heart failure. The doctors couldn’t fig [...]

Editor's Picks

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Integration of health and social care is increasingly central to improving outcomes, experience and sustainability; however, integrated care is not a single construct. This article presents a novel framework to categorize and conceptualize different approaches to integrated care, illustrating variations in attributes, context, complexity and impact. Drawing on international literature, three approaches to integration – condition-based, multi-condition and population-based – are exami [...]