Inequity

Immunity passports highlight inequities among races, classes

Immunity passports cannot serve as equalizers in a world deeply stratified by race, ethnicity and socio-economic status.

We Can’t Go Back

COVID-19 highlights the plight of the homeless

The myriad distinctive effects of COVID-19 on women

We can’t police our way through this pandemic: compliance, sanctions and contagion.

From the archives, but could not be more relevant for today.

Yes, this is the right time to “call out” elected officials and demand progressive policy

COVID-19 reaffirms that abortion is an essential service

Post-COVID-19, we must fight to keep healthcare for all

Disconnected: Ontario prisoners lack basic phone access

Our hospitals and prisons are failing because we’re using them to house people instead of to help them

Why HIV testing needs informed consent

Ontario’s poverty reduction strategy is built on the idea that people deserve to be poor

If medical schools are 50-50, why are valedictorians so often men?

Do patients with mental illness receive sub-standard care in hospital?

How do patients attain equal status if they’re seen as ‘non-expert’?

If men don’t mentor women in medicine, where does that leave us?

Freezing to death on the sidewalk in Toronto

Why is there a gender wage gap in Canadian medicine?

In Canada, there is very limited published data comparing earnings by gender, and many people question how a wage gap is possible in a system where the primary payment model is fee-for-service.

Summer Replay – Bugs & Drugs: Antibiotics in Aspiration Pneumonia, Choosing Wisely in Cellulitis Evaluation, and Demystifying the Editorial Process

It’s a mistake to cancel basic income—programs like it helped me become a doctor