Timothy Caulfield

Contributor

Timothy Caulfield is a professor at the University of Alberta and author of  The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters (Penguin Random House Canada, 2025).

28 Contributions
by Timothy Caulfield

Vaccine safety, politics and the nocebo effect

The nocebo effect has an important role to play in vaccine uptake and safety. We must vigorously counter the misinformation and political spin that helps to fuel the accelerating vaccine concern vortex.
by Timothy Caulfield

Hey Canada, let’s stop the homeopathy lie

As Alberta ponders whether or not to bring alternative medicine into the provincial health-care system, Timothy Caulfield has a few words to share on homeopathy.
by Timothy Caulfield

Politics and vaccine misinformation: A horrifyingly bad mix

Antivaccine rhetoric and beliefs reside most often on the political right. It is essential we confront this reality and devise evidence-informed strategies to counter this trend constructively.

by Timothy Caulfield

Is bothsidesism killing us? (And why scientific consensus matters)

Our information ecosystem has become a massive false-balance machine. We need a more accurate representation of science and to correct misrepresentations wherever they emerge.
by Timothy Caulfield

Misinformation: Yep, still a problem

We are seeing a strange revisionist spin on the issue of misinformation. But misinformation has done and is continuing to do serious harm. It is killing us.
by Timothy Caulfield

An open letter to Alternative Medicine

Please, Alternative Medicine, stop using untrue assertions to justify your existence. You can’t fix the problems of the conventional system with unproven therapies and misinformation.
by Timothy Caulfield

We can’t fight pandemic with bad science
by Timothy Caulfield Blake Murdoch Michael Rudnicki

Medical colleges: Tell your members to stop providing unproven stem cell therapies
by Vanessa Milne Timothy Caulfield Joshua Tepper

Seven ways to talk to anti-vaxxers (that might actually change their minds)
by Karen Palmer Sachin Pendharkar Timothy Caulfield

Does eating more probiotic bacteria really make us healthier?
by Timothy Caulfield

Stem cell miracles don’t live up to the hype
by Vanessa Milne Timothy Caulfield Jill Konkin

IgG tests promise to reveal food sensitivities. But are they science or science-ish?
by Karen Palmer Timothy Caulfield Maureen Taylor

Is Canadian research falling prey to predatory journals?
by Timothy Caulfield

Hey Canada, let’s stop the homeopathy lie
by Vanessa Milne Jeremy Petch Timothy Caulfield

Is organic food healthier?
by Emily Stachera Jeremy Petch Timothy Caulfield

Obesity is killing us. So why can’t we do anything about it?
by Vanessa Milne Mike Tierney Timothy Caulfield

‘An imperfect tool’: The controversy over whether BMI is the best measure of obesity
by Wendy Glauser Timothy Caulfield

Is wisdom teeth removal really warranted?
by Wendy Glauser Timothy Caulfield Debra Bournes

Confused about the mixed messages on GMO foods? Here’s what the evidence says
by Wendy Glauser Sachin Pendharkar Timothy Caulfield

Should Canadian communities continue to fluoridate water?

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