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Is there a doctor in the House (of Commons)?

All contributions by Farah Qaiser

Farah Qaiser is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Toronto and previously worked as the Director of Research and Policy at Evidence for Democracy, a national non-partisan non-profit.

Kevin’s story: My journey with my brother, dementia and Down Syndrome

All contributions by Colleen Kelly

Colleen Kelly, MSW, is the former Discipline Chief of Social Work, Therapist, Family Addiction Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

Why the debate over physician involvement in pre-hospital care in B.C. needs a reset

All contributions by Aidan Gunter

Aidan Gunter is a frontline Advanced Care Paramedic and Paramedic Educator in Chilliwack, B.C. 

Sick notes are slowly being banned but much more is needed to reduce administrative burden

These parliamentary studies are low-profile but have implications for access to medicines

All contributions by Srinivas Murthy

Srinivas Murthy is clinical associate professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

‘Dangerous outcomes’: The limitations of BMI as a diagnostic tool

All contributions by Anu Radha Verma

Anu Radha Verma has a background in chronic disease research, health promotion and health equity. She is a freelance journalist, and a part of the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact.

Manitoba slashes private nursing agencies: The path forward or a policy stumble?

From harm reduction to harm production: A frontline physician on the closure of safe consumption sites

All contributions by Chetan Mehta

Dr. Chetan Mehta is a family and addictions medicine physician at Anishnawbe Health Toronto. 

Going beyond 'allied:’ The critical role of physiotherapists in Ontario’s primary care system

All contributions by Sarah Hutchison

Sarah Hutchison, MHSc., LL.M, ICD.D, is Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Physiotherapy Association.

Don’t give up on your health. Give up on the old playbook

All contributions by Sanjeev Sockalingam

Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam is the Scientific Director of Obesity Canada

The euphemism economy: How Ontario health care learned to stop worrying and love the hallway

All contributions by Robert W. Marotta

Dr. Robert W. Marotta is a diagnostic radiologist (MD, FRCPC) with 32 years of experience in Ontario’s health-care system. He has served as Chief of Radiology at a Greater Toronto Area hospital and managing partner of private imaging clinics, where he gained first-hand experience with health-care economics, operational management and the financial realities of both public and private delivery models.