Spotlight

October 19, 2026

Healthcare Quarterly presents a paper on Integrated Care Across Canada by Joëlle Lamport Lewis and Megan Partridge

This paper reports on key lessons learned on the importance of shared governance, trust, continuous improvement and coordinated leadership. Evidence shows reduced duplication, improved policy consistency and enhanced system-level risk visibility. Read the full paper in Healthcare Quarterly.

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Tuesday, November 24, 2026  - Toronto, Ontario Leadership Discussion

Building Canada's Readiness for Innovative Therapies: Capacity, Infrastructure and Equitable Access

 

 

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News

Oct 26, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
A new cancer drug costs as much as a home down payment each month. Doctors say that's greed, not healthcare

2026-10-26 from cbc.ca James Howard thinks most people would say they're willing to pay any price to stay alive — until they're asked to put a dollar figure on it. "The question that nobo [...]

Oct 24, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Canada plunges into early flu season as vaccines begin to roll out

2026-10-24 from globalnews.ca Infectious disease experts say Canada’s flu season started about seven weeks earlier than usual this year, but with proper interventions, there is no need to sound [...]

Oct 24, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Scoping review maps landscape of Black health research in Canada

2026-10-24 from bioengineer.org A comprehensive scoping review published in BMC Public Health has mapped the landscape of research on the health of Black people in Canada, analyzing 522 peer-rev [...]

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Canada's healthcare system is approaching structural limits: nearly $400 billion in annual spending, while nearly one in five Canadians is without a regular healthcare provider, emergency departments overflow and health inequities persist that universal coverage alone cannot resolve. This paper argues that social prescribing, a structured referral system connecting people to community resources through trained link workers, offers not merely an additional program but a paradigm shift. By making [...]