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We keep fighting addiction at the worst possible moment health systems organize care around crises, yet recovery is decided by everyday life, and that’s exactly where we fail to invest

Jonathan first met the #health system on the floor of an #ER. He’d drunk himself into a crisis, and the team did what they’re trained to do: stabilize, monitor, discharge. He got a lecture, a referral. He was given an #AA meeting list.

Then he got on with the long business of suffering
#addiction

Extrait traduit: « Qui voudrait vivre ainsi ? (...) Nous apprenons à vénérer cette perfection éphémère, tout le reste étant considéré comme ayant moins de valeur, moins d'utilité et moins d'importance. »
Merci Harvey Max Chochinov.
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"Emphasizing personality over the patient is the central principle of optimal-care."

Author: Harvey Max Chochinov, Professor of Psychiatry at @umanitoba.bsky.social and Senior Scientist at @cancercaremb.bsky.social

Publisher: @academic.oup.com Oxford University Press

Revisiting the Patient Dignity Question: Paying Attention to Personhood | Journal of Palliative Medicine The Patient Dignity Question (PDQ)—What do I need to know about you as a person to give you the best care possible—was designed as a simple and practical way to elicit personhood in the clinical setti...

‪@j-palliativemed.bsky.social‬ article by Harvey Chochinov: Revisiting the Patient Dignity Question: Paying Attention to Personhood
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Canada is facing a teen vaping crisis The federal government must finalize Canada’s long delayed vape flavour restrictions – a ready-made solution that has sat on the shelf...

"Five years of federal government delay is five years too many. In that time, an entire cohort of youth has been drawn in by flavoured vaping products," says @heartandstroke.bsky.social

#cdnpoli #teenvaping #vaping #smoking #addiction #health #childrenshealth

“Up until that moment I always thought of good end of life care as what we do with patients or what we do with families. Here the data was saying what’s going on in the mind of the provider, the way that the provider is experiencing that individual, has this profound influence on sense of dignity”

Don't spoil the ending: New book stresses dignity for patients, friends and family members facing death The voice over the telephone is warm and engaging, and uncannily similar to the voice in In Search of Dignity: A Lifetime of Reflections.

Great review of the new book on #palliativecare and #patientcentredcare from Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov -- across the Post Media chain:

From Singapore to Canada: a blueprint for primary care transformation Primary care transformation Canada requires more than just doctors. Singapore's model of team-based care and accountability offers a proven path forward.

From Singapore to Canada: a blueprint for primary care transformation
kevinmd.com/2026/02/from... by Dr. Ivy Oandasan #cdnpoli #primarycare

Trump ended his SOU with several clear statements about expanding American territory ('no frontier too vast for us to conquer','no horizon too distant for us to claim') but I have yet to hear a single commentator address this.

It lands differently when you are listening in Canada, Greenland, Cuba

...A framework that guides provincial decision-making while respecting their jurisdiction. One that links defined services to population health outcomes – the ultimate measure of whether primary care is working.

The policy window is open," says Dr. Ivy Oandasan:

Access to what? Health Minister expanded who can provide primary care – now we must define what services Canadians are entitled to receive

"Imagine a national consensus process that brings together provinces, medical associations, health professional organizations, regulators, accreditors and patient advocates to validate a “basket” of essential primary care services."

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#cdnpoli #medicare #primarycare

Advocates, including Heart & Stroke, are calling on the government to follow through. Progress is underway, but gaps remain.

"In September, Prime Minister Carney announced that he would finalize pharmacare bilateral agreements “as quickly and as equitably as possible,” calling the deals “clear commitments” that will be kept.

Pharmacare is health care – and Canadians can’t wait any longer Ottawa must advance a national plan to strengthen health and economic stability. Right now, access depends on where you live...

This seems like an easy win for the federal government WITHOUT requiring any more funding than what has already been set aside.

Read Doug Roth, CEO @heartandstroke.bsky.social:

#cdnpoli #pharmacare #medicare #pharma #Atlantic #Newfoundland #Labrador #NewBrunswick #NovaScotia

Opinion: We need better welding education in schools Canada needs more skilled trades but lack of tools and money mean most schools give students a poor introduction to modern welding. Read on.

Here's a group we don't often hear from — but we should listen. They address why we need to improve #trades training and facilities at #highschools, and why it's not just governments — but #industry — that has a role to play.

Read our client oped from Susan Crowley, ED at CWB Foundation

#welding

There is no good excuse for a federal government hold up on this, including through the Trudeau years and now the Carney years.

Let's value youth health with action

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In #Ottawa in April #autism #asd

Just how much funding should hospitals receive to provide robust patient care? It's a good question. We can look to Australia for one possible answer:

It’s time Canada had independent agency – like Australia – to set targets for hospital funding It’s time Canada had an independent agency – like Australia – that sets targets for fair and equitable hospital funding

"Hospitals are bleeding red ink across Canada. Yet long waits for surgery and overcrowding in emergency departments don’t raise much of an eyebrow.

Are taxpayers getting good value for their spending on hospitals?" asks Dr. Jason Sutherland.

#cdnpoli #healthcare #medicare #hospitals #ER #Australia

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-Schools as system-builders: Supporting autistic learners beyond the now

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Please join us for the 12th Canadian Autism Leadership Summit

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At the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa,
April 14-16, 2026

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Wealth inequality in Canada is on the rise This week world leaders – including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney – descend on Davos, Switzerland for the annual World Economic Forum.

Read Laura Ravon, Executive Director of @oxfamcanada.bsky.social and Emma Davis, Board Member, @patrioticmillionaires.org #Canada:

"What can we do about growing income disparity?
A lot actually.

First, we need a wealth tax."

#billionaires #cdnpoli #wealthtax #inequality #income

National youth vaping rates surged after e-cigarettes were legalized and regulated in 2018 and remain among the highest in the world, with more than one in four Grade 12 students and more than one in five Grade 11 students vaping regularly."

"The federal government must finalize Canada’s long-delayed vape flavour restrictions—a ready-made solution that has sat on the shelf for nearly five years—before more young people become addicted to nicotine...