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The Remaining Light Screening Kit
Download 3.89 MB This screening kit provides background information and a facilitator’s discussion guide for The Remaining Light, a documentary film about how we care…
What Happens When the Bed Bugs Do Bite?
The Social Impacts of a Bed Bug Infestation on Winnipeg’s Inner-City Residents Download 1.11 MB31 pages Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are making an international comeback,…
Fast Facts: Sustainable health care begins with the social determinants of health
It’s time to get it right On May 13, 2011 the Conference Board of Canada announced the formation of the Canadian Alliance for Sustainable Health…
Fast Facts: The Winnipeg Street Health Report
In March 2010 the Winnipeg Street Health Report research team came together to set in motion a plan to study the health status, housing and…
An Apple a Day
We need real health care, not an illness-treatment system A few years ago, one of the Wizard of Oz comic strips showed a doctor standing…
Fast Facts: Bill C-393
Life-saving bill killed in the senate On March 25th when the Conservative government fell on a non-confidence motion, a number of bills died on the…
Fast Facts: Remember the Canary!
Stop the public health epidemic in our workplaces Ever look at work going on around you? The computer set-ups? The tools and equipment? How much…
Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
The Future of Dental Care in Canada Download 3.22 MB 44 pages The renegotiations of the federal-provincial-territorial health accord are on the horizon, and everyone is looking for a way…
The CETA and Health Care Reservations
A briefing note for the Canadian Health Coalition Download 123.85 KB 2 pages There is a clear incompatibility between Canadian health care policies and the…
A Bitter Pill
Safety of drugs is threatened by looser approval process Suppose you wanted to gut Canada’s drug safety law and regulations. Obviously, such an unpopular initiative…
Jumping Off the Wireless Bandwagon
Canadians perilously overexposed to electromagnetic radiation After three days of hearings on the health impacts of Wi-Fi and wireless technologies, Canada’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on…
Harmonization of drug standards may put private profit before public health
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—As Health Canada begins its final consultations on proposals to “modernize” standards on prescription drugs, a study released…
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