Guest Blog

Nearly three years ago, Betty and Frank McKenney, at ages 89 and 90 respectively, attended a family reunion in Thunder Bay. Unfortunately, this one did not go so well. Betty slipped and fell while going […]

Deborah Gordon-El-Bihbety President and CEO Research Canada   It’s finally official—Canada is going back to the polls, just under two years after the last federal election that resulted in a Liberal minority government. And once […]

Submitted by the Institute for Advancements in Mental Health (IAM) and OCAD U CO “In this time of profound and ongoing uncertainty, our objective has been to better understand the shifting mental health system in […]

Submitted by March of Dimes Canada June is Stroke Awareness Month in Canada! March of Dimes Canada is pleased to announce the launch of our enhanced After Stroke program. We are proud that we have […]

Submitted by BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, affiliated with Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) The Government of Canada, through the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force and the task force’s Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group, is supporting a new, nationwide study […]

A two-way texting platform is helping a team at BC Children’s Hospital build deeper relationships with patients through weekly texts. Early evidence and ongoing research is revealing how small texts can have big impacts for […]

A health services expert led an examination of a year-long study with Syrian refugees and discovered that rates of depression actually rose over the year. This brought to light perceived sinking social support and control, […]

Fundamental science provided the building blocks for the scientific community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and was the foundation for the rapid development of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines to combat the virus. Fundamental science can […]

A new discussion paper for eCampusOntario by The Michener Institute of Education at UHN’s School of Applied Health Sciences argues for the importance of quality control when granting micro-credentials and recommends a framework for the […]

Sociologist Pat Armstrong, an expert on the Canadian healthcare system, has co-authored a ground-breaking report that gives government stakeholders a literal how-to plan on improving long-term residential care. It provides a path forward at a […]