www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Changes in the US are trying to silence science, the British Journal of Psychiatry is pushing back.

OHRC endorses statement on race-based health data, finds it aligns with Human Rights Code - Law360 Canada The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has announced that it is endorsing the Wellesley Institute’s Consensus Statement on Race-Based Data for Health, which calls on all levels of the health-care ...

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The west’s shameful silence on Gaza The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu

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This is an editorial from a financial newspaper which is rarely overtly political.

Conservative Candidates Aren’t Talking to the Press. That’s a Problem. | The Local Across ridings, and across media outlets, local candidates from one party are refusing to speak with the media.

thelocal.to/conservative.... An interesting political trend…what does it mean for democracy

Young, Broke, and Unwoke | The Local Less than a decade after Justin Trudeau rode a wave of youthful enthusiasm to power, the Conservatives are winning the youth vote. Inside King Street parties and campus mixers with a new generation of...

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Tufts student detained for op-ed denied bail… I should not be surprised by the scale of the hypocrisy, but if I become immune to the blatant disregard for the law and for free speech then I will become part of the problem. I looks like ICE are officially the thought police.

Countries reach historic WHO pandemic agreement - AFP News

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained

What’s the true cost of Donald Trump? All the crises around the world that we’ve no time to fix. This article is worth a read and then a reflection about whether the journalist should be saying more about the global health crisis that is upon us. Or have we become immune to that suffering?

Canada drops to 18th in 2025 World Happiness Report rank, among the 'largest losers' | CBC News Canada has slipped to 18th place in the global World Happiness Report, down three spots from last year and placing it among the "largest losers" in happiness in the last two decades, according to the ...

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This new affordable project for homeless women will change lives, advocates say | CBC News St. Felix Centre is set to open a 31-unit apartment this spring. The building will help support women and children who are homeless.

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In Canada, your life expectancy and risk of disease depends on your race. This must change. Better collection, use and governance of race-based data in health will make a difference. Read the new national consensus statement. www.wellesleyinstitute.com/consensus-st...

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

Keir Starmer abolishes health service’s executive body NHS England Prime minister brings health service back under ‘democratic control’ of ministers

We need less politics in health and decisions to be evidence based and long term. Like the legal system benefits from its independence so does health. There are real problems with it being under direct political rule www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

MP calls for inquiry into labelling of black pupils as ‘educationally subnormal’ Kim Johnson tells parliament lessons must be learnt from poor treatment of children at institutions in 1960s and 70s

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Can’t help but share…Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice - The Guardian

Yes, I know that. The problem is that the headline and tweet are not focussed on the more important underlying issue which has policy solutions.

We are clearly doing something wrong in the way we are running some high income countries. Mental health crisis ‘means youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’

I find these types of headlines confusing. Was the confirmed measles case linked to an international flight or linked to lack of vaccination? And is the current worry about a case of measles brought in on an international flight or our susceptibility because of low vaccination rates?

At least 25 UK ‘spy cops’ had sex with deceived members of public

So… if a person is lying about who they are and then there is a sexual relationship - can there really have been true consent? Is there an argument that these UK undercover cops raped women?

A sign is seen outside a clinic with the South Plains Public Health District Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Brownfield, Texas.

Ontario measles cases nearly double count marking largest increase in almost 30 years www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/ontario/onta... @cdnpress.bsky.social

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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money,...

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The UK’s Labour government is going to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP and cut aid spending from 0.5% to 0.3%. Shameful.

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Just ate at the restaurant of the first Black woman Michelin starred chef. African fusion cuisine expertly done, worth a visit if you are in London.

Why the COVID Deniers Won Lessons from the pandemic and its aftermath

This is worth reading - good in parts, surprisingly uninformed in orhers and with next to no real global considerations - but a retrospective that helps reflection …https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/03/covid-deniers-anti-vax-public-health-politics-polarization/681435/

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City of Toronto Budget 2025: Our recommendations Residents across the City of Toronto experience significant disparities in housing, income and mental health and well-being. These inequities create and exacerbate health inequities across population ...

The City of Toronto budget makes important decisions on housing, transit, poverty and mental well-being. The 2025 budget must focus on these issues.

Torontonians who are suffering today cannot wait until next year. Read our recommendations. www.wellesleyinstitute.com/publications...

Healthy food is a necessity. In recognizing that governments have to role to play in making essentials like nutritious food affordable, this proposal is a good start.