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Social Determinants of Health
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Canada’s dual public health crisis
Giving advice that’s difficult or impossible to follow is where the inequitable response to COVID-19 has met the inequitable and inadequate responses to the overdose…
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Learning to raise and cook food from nana, not a book
Bress ‘n’ Nyam and the Black farmers who are returning to the countryside to steward the land.
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Awakening from our COVID-19 winter
Things have changed. We are awakening to a paradigm shift. This isn’t some dream; it’s happening.
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A quality of life strategy for Canada could be life changing
In short, the current decision-making framework creates winners and losers with respect to health and wellbeing of people and the planet. A Quality of Life…
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Does Canada’s federal budget address the social determinants of health?
COVID-19 caught us unprepared Does the federal budget deliver? Yes and no. No major changes to public health care spending
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Making it easier for Ontarians to drink more isn’t a good idea
As 7-Eleven applies to serve beer and wine in 61 stores across Ontario, spare a thought for alcohol policy experts. Around the world, scholars have…
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Roaring ’20s?
“Charleston dance contest”by Missouri Historical Society is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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The case for a publicly owned vaccine plan in Canada
The adoption of this laissez faire ideology by mainstream political parties was a major factor in enabling large companies to move production across the globe…
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3 steps to public health reform
Basic problems with the vaccine rollout hint at why: confusion over who can get vaccinated and when, as well as uncertainty of vaccine supply, are…
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Hindsight is 2020
It was a year like no other, 2020. And while we’re all glad to put this one behind us, many challenges remain. We asked some…
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A plan to rebuild local economies
Cities are taking control of their economies Legislation supporting employee ownership Community financing of employee ownership Political support for employee and community ownership is growing
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What does the federal throne speech mean for public health?
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