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 ...
Generative AI Cheat Bot
Almost daily, we learn about the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) in research and healthcare
Boomers’ Readiness for Aging
In four years, the oldest of the baby boomers’ generation will turn 80. By 2040, Ontario’s population over that age will nearly double. For many, the impact of these numbers ...
Honouring Staff and Improving Care: VHA’s Client Choice Awards
It started as a way to model spectacular care – the kind of care that we want every client to receive. It quickly became a pivotal tool in addressing the ...
The Harris Legacy in Healthcare
There have been three successful sets of healthcare reforms in Ontario since the creation of Medicare in the author's opinion.
The Mess of the System: Firsthand
Experiencing the health system firsthand has left me at a loss. There are/were many well-intentioned professionals doing the best they could within a system that prevented true full person/family care. ...
Talking For Change Brings Prevention Focus to Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse
As the first and only government-funded program of its kind in Canada, Talking for Change provides treatment and anonymous support to anyone worried about their sexual interest in children, their ...
The Time for Small Care Homes Is Now
For decades, older Canadians have been telling us that they want to age in place in their own homes and communities, and now nearly 100% want to avoid institutional-style nursing ...
The Illicit and Toxic Drug Crisis in Canada: An Epidemic among Young Men at Home
More than 800 lives in British Columbia (BC) were lost to unregulated toxic drugs in the first four months of 2023. The latest report by the BC Coroner’s Service shows ...
