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Marking the tipping point
For a film about a land grab of continental proportions committed over a century ago, Trick or Treaty? is an upbeat joyous celebration of the survival of…
The Monitor – Winter 2024
We’re starting the New Year in an upstream frame of mind, bringing you the brightest thinking from a June 2023 Parkland Institute conference, An Economy…
A Not-So-Crazy Conspiracy Theory
If this crisis doesn’t discredit capitalism, what will? There’s this cartoon about two cows. The first cow has just figured out, to her horror and…
Three key health policy movements are aligning
Get Well Canada, well-being budgeting, and health-in-all-policies are converging to address the most critical factors shaping health are the economic, social and environmental conditions in which we live.
Social and medical spending: Flip sides of the same coin
Research finds the ratio between health and social spending is key to understanding health outcomes.
Addressing the fundamental causes of population health inequality
Health inequality is a persistent problem—and it’s directly tied to other forms of inequality.
Canada needs to move from individual choice approach to whole-of-society approach
Half of our health and well-being is based on social determinants of health
Healthy public policy requires working within and beyond the health care system
Population health metrics are about more than just health care—they’re about the society we live in.
Hennessy’s Index: GDP vs. Well-being
More and more Canadians support governments prioritizing social metrics rather than just economic ones
The social solution to Canada’s health care problem
The medical care system clearly needs government support to get it back to health
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