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by Adrienne Lam

Sharing the waterfront with e-scooters and e-bikes

If we listen to the people who use the roads, including walkers, bicyclists as well as riders of e-bikes and e-scooters, we can design roads so that getting around feels safer and more pleasant.

Opinion
by Janice E. Parente

Is industry shaping Canada’s research ethics ecosystem?

Canada’s research governance framework must be strong enough to ensure that research ethics oversight remains independent – and that protecting research participants is its first obligation.

Opinion
by Kathryn Andrusky

MAID debate must address access, not just eligibility

Much of the current discussion around Alberta’s proposed changes to MAiD has focused on eligibility. Less attention has been paid to a more immediate question: how patients actually access care in practice.

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by Élise Boulanger Neb Kovacina Marwa Ilali

When digital tools reshape primary care: What happens to the 4Cs?

The question is not whether digital systems can do more. It’s whether we are designing and governing them to protect the core functions of primary care – or allowing them to add load in ways that quietly undermine care.

Opinion
by Joe Vipond Dick Zoutman Stephane Bilodeau

HCWs have died and been disabled. Laws should have prevented this

We must learn the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent thousands from acquiring a preventable workplace-acquired illness.

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by Élise Boulanger Neb Kovacina Marwa Ilali

When technology becomes the work: Why primary care must confront the digital burden it created

Primary care in Canada is in the middle of a digital paradox. Electronic health records and digital tools were introduced to make our work easier, safer and more coordinated.

Opinion
by Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck Diane Francoeur

A federal bill aimed at protecting women could actually cause harm

"We call on Members of Parliament not to pass Bill S-228 in its current form and focus instead on improving policies and funding that could enhance enforcement of existing laws that prohibit coerced sterilizations."

Opinion
by Helen Chedza Chilisa Sunday Irowa Ogbeide Samuel Osama Ogbeide

The missing middle: A pragmatic, zero-infrastructure solution for Alberta’s ED crisis

We must construct mobile urgent-care trailers in our hospital parking lots to bypass the institutional bottlenecks of emergency departments to finally provide Albertans with the timely care they deserve.

Opinion
by Suman Virdee

To improve primary care, ‘think globally, act locally’

Primary care is the foundation not only for individual but also for collective health, and we must mobilize more family physicians to improve it.

Opinion
by Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi

Adherence starts with understanding: Why health literacy is a system responsibility

On World Adherence Day, the message should be simple but transformative: before we ask patients to follow treatment, we must ensure they truly understand it.

Opinion
by Marie Claire Bourque

Are we the problem?

"Systems would visibly fail. And perhaps – like the family that finally sets the boundary – they would be forced to build what they’ve never needed to, because we were always there."

Opinion
by Margot Burnell

Co-payments ‘a step backward’ for refugees and the health-care system

It’s imperative we protect access to health care for refugees and asylum claimants. There is no compromise when it comes to equitable health care.

Opinion
by Sarah Hobbs

Encouraging signs but retention and recruitment essential for Ontario to achieve primary care goals

The Primary Care Act and the vision that positions primary care as the foundation of Ontario’s health system is the bold thinking our system has needed for many years. But now is the time to act on retention.

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