Daily Media Digest January 14, 2019

Benefits Canada
“Hamilton Health Sciences was one of 26 Canadian organizations that participated in a two-year mental-health pilot project that wrapped up in 2018.”
TAGS: mental health, employers, occupational health, workplace

 

The London Free Press
““In a way, it’s part of the plan to fight poverty in London,” said Dr. Kenneth Wright, a dentist, adjunct professor at Western University’s Schulich School …”
TAGS: dental clinic, poverty, low income, access to health care

 

CBC.ca
“Montreal MP David Lametti is Canada’s new justice minister, taking over the role from Jody Wilson-Raybould, who has been moved to Veterans Affairs Canada. “
TAGS: political Ottawa, federal government, cabinet shuffle

 

CBC.ca
“… one in 10, let alone the one in two measured by ARI, are familiar with names like Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Jean-Yves Duclos or Jonathan Wilkinson.”
TAGS: political Ottawa, cabinet shuffle, federal election

 

The Globe and Mail
“Adrienne Tanner is a Vancouver journalist who writes about civic affairs. After a unanimous vote to approve a groundbreaking opioid-overdose …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, harm reduction, safe drug supply, Vancouver

 

CBC.ca
“Fighting the opioid crisis in Indigenous communities remains an uphill battle, says a senior health officer with the First Nations Health Authority.”
TAGS: opioid crisis, Indigenous, stigma

 

CTV News
“Nickerson says the union wants to sit down with the government, EHS, other health unions, and the Nova Scotia Health Authority to solve the problem …”
TAGS: paramedics, mental health, infrastructure

 

Toronto Star
“CALGARY—A new post-secondary program beginning this fall will introduce the only health diploma program in Alberta centred around healing …”
TAGS: Indigenous, health workers, education

 

CBC.ca
“”No single step could be more valuable for the health of Canadians of the future,” deputy minister of pensions and national health, L.B. Pett, said at the …”
TAGS: Canada Food Guide, nutrition, food insecurity

 

News@UofT
““It’s actually a pretty high percentage of addicts who start taking these opioids early on for surgical reasons,” says Shoichet, a University Professor in U …”
TAGS: biotechnology, opioid crisis, post-op care, painkillers

 

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
“The MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program is designed to grow research capacity in this area by helping clinically active BC health professionals to devote time and expertise to a research problem and bring new evidence and solutions into practice within the health system.”
TAGS: health research, Michael Smith Foundation