More than Numbers: When a Community Researcher Meets an Involuntary Ballerina
Within the confines of data and research, there exists a space for human connection, for stories that can be quantified and those that can't be but are equally vital to ...
Ontario Health Teams: Innovation or History Repeating Itself?
Ontario Health Teams are the latest in a cycle of regional healthcare reforms. Are we learning from past mistakes or just repeating them? Let's explore the need for better documentation ...
“Focus Lock” on the Ice: A Healthcare Leader’s Secret to Wellness
I never imagined that a recreational hockey league would become central to my health and wellness or contribute significantly to my professional success.
A Call for Bigger Thinking and Meaningful Improvements in Health and Well-Being: Time to Move on From Small-Scale Changes
This excerpt on a Call for Reforms in Healthcare is from the upcoming Healthcare Policy Volume 19 Number 3 Editorial to be published April 30, 2024.
Walk the Talk: Empowering Patients and Community Members in Healthcare Delivery Research
The collective effort to transform the patient’s role from being research subjects to becoming partners and co-leaders of research is a noble pursuit. As we navigate this transition, the infrastructure ...
Access to Family Physicians in Canada: It’s Only an Issue When it Happens in the South
According to the report (OurCare) 6.5 million Canadians don’t have access to primary care, yet each province reports a significantly greater number as compared to the current availability in the ...
From Conversation to Action: Collaboratively Addressing Anti-Black Racism
In recent years, there have been significant conversations around anti-Black racism (ABR). For many the step from conversation to action can be a barrier. The Mississauga and West ...
The Learning Health System Is for Everyone and It Is the Way Forward
The problems facing our healthcare system are deep and pervasive, necessitating rapid, deliberate change. We do not have the luxury of time – we need to learn as we go, ...
K(NO)w More: As a Middle-Aged, White Professional Woman, I Refuse to Use the Excuse “I Didn’t Know” About Indian Residential Schools Anymore.
Indigenous people didn’t just start telling their stories in 2008 when the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was initially assembled as part of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. They have ...
The “Uberfication” of Emergency Medicine in Canada: Innovations to Improve Emergency Department Wait Times
The Canadian healthcare system is at its breaking point. Aging and rapidly growing populations coupled with a healthcare human resource crisis have outstripped our systems’ resources leading to historic wait ...
