The federal government’s long-awaited Interpretation Letter of the Canada Health Act (CHA), released earlier this month, missed a significant opportunity to modernize medicare. Passed in 1984, the CHA ...

For the Iranian diaspora, this is not a debate about policy reform; it's about survival. We need our governments and ...

If clinicians cannot demonstrate who is most likely to benefit from pediatric gender-based care, governments may do it for ...

An emerging model is quietly turning Canadian patient medical records, and patients themselves, into lucrative commercial assets – often without patients’ explicit knowledge or consent. The practice, ...

Nurses reporting workplace violence say they face long waits, complex rules and rigid treatment pathways from WorkSafeBC.

Canadians know the flu is here. And we know that getting a seasonal flu vaccination is one of the best ways to protect ...

The bodies responsible for the ethical review of research operate with no national standards, no oversight and no ...

Virtual simulation platforms often fail to meaningfully reflect patient diversity, which may be shaped by underlying biases ...

"I felt not like a physician but more like an interpreter – not of language, but of the space between two worlds." ...

Every December, Healthy Debate asks people across the health-care system what they wish for in the coming year. It’s a small ritual, but an important one. Wishes are a way of naming what we value – ...

Don your scarves and pull your toques on tight. But is that winter frost or the bitter chill of progressive health policies put on ice? It’s been quite a year for Canadian health policy. Several ...