I love this op-ed from Jane Philpott Toronto Star

It doesn't just set the vision for #primarycare for all but discusses tangible next steps a provincial or territorial gov't could take to make it a reality

thestar.com/opinion/contri…

Appreciated this nuanced explainer article about what my kid actually means when I get these “mom” texts

Think this one’s means “I am hungry.”

mcsweeneys.net/articles/decip…

Three years ago Thomas Astell-Burt + Xiaoqi Feng reached out to BC Parks Foundation's #PaRx about an international research collaboration on nature prescribing.
Today we got to co-design in real life University of Sydney.
Loving this full-circle 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 moment for nature and health.
#healthybynature

Ignore the #GutHype !

Are Direct-to-Consumer Microbiome Tests Clinically Useful? [Spoiler: NOPE] medscape.com/viewarticle/ar… medscape.com/viewarticle/ar…

'....much work needs to be done before reliable applications based on that research are available.'

'Doctors should be advising

“When the world’s biggest exporter of oil and gas, and one of the biggest architects of the plastic expansion, says that it will ignore plastic production at the expense of the health, rights and lives of its own people, the world listens.” theguardian.com/environment/20…

We need to move forward with thoughtful collection of race-based data to understand inequities and close gaps in care and health outcomes

theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… ft. Andrew Pinto & Dr. Aisha Lofters UofT Family Medicine Unity Health Toronto

Here are some resources to support action 1/3

propublica.org/article/cigna-… ProPublica has done it again. These terrifying glimpses inside health insurance corporations are so important. People need to understand what we're up against. These corporations don't care about you. Cigna Healthcare

I couldn’t agree more with this thread.

Dr. Sarah Newbery 💙💛 is a gem — kind, generous, thoughtful, visionary, strong, and a fierce and tireless advocate for a better world.

Sarah, congrats and 🙏🏽 for everything you do

Sigh. Imagine the degree to which we could have kickstarted a Canadian clean energy revolution with CAD $34 billion.

Remember, pepper spray is oil based. If you get sprayed DO NOT rub your eyes. Immediately blink as much as you can to wash out some of the oil with your own tears. Then, wash your eyes with baby shampoo or dilute dishwashing soap and rinse copiously. Water alone won't do much.

Very excited for the release of this paper, mapping the emergence of a moral panic around safer supply prescribing. Led by Liam Michaud 🇵🇸, our team uses established criteria for moral panics to explore recent rhetoric around safer supply, diversion and youth drug use 🧵

Today, BC gov announced they're making public drug use illegal. Public use has not increased because of decrim. People use outside for lack of alternatives. We've been calling for more OPSs, treatment & housing for 25 yrs. If we'd been listened to, there'd be no issue today.

It’s important to remember that although we remember the Kent state massacre as horrific and unconscionable, the majority of Americans supported it at the time

“Criticism isn't harassment”

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Hey Mayor Ken Sim
As a doctor, I suggest you need to write a prescription for improved pedestrian & cyclist safety:
1) protected infrastructure for 🚲🚶🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️’s
2) real deterents, Eg red light cameras &stiff fines
3) get rid of the monster trucks from the city streets.
HUB Cycling

FAILURE 5: 11th and Clark is deadly by design. The median and the sign here encourage cyclists to cross, but absolutely nothing is done to protect them, or to alert drivers to look out for this. This is outright negligence. Let Engineering Manager [email protected] know.

FAILURE 4: No proper crash investigations. Yes, the police will investigate, but they look for things that individuals did wrong (was the driver intoxicated? Speeding?) This is important to know, but we never investigate the infrastructure or design that led to a death.

This issue is in the hands of the Federal govt. Let Minister of Transport Pablo Rodriguez know that enough is enough. It's time to take action. Cars this size have no place on our roads without a commercial license. These aren't toys, they're killers.

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

FAILURE 3: Vehicle size and design. The person who killed this cyclist was driving a Dodge Ram pickup, possibly (but not definitively) the one in this photo. We know, as a fact, that these larger cars are more deadly. When will policy makers act ?