The future of primary care in BC This webinar series explores a better direction for primary care in BC with not-for-profit team-based models where diverse teams of practitioners offer a broad range of health and social supports that...

Optimizing nursing roles in primary care systems webinar - part of BC Policy Solutions primary care webinar series: bcpolicy.ca/primary-care/

Thanks to Arnel Borras from St F X for this share: April 7, 2026 hosted by People's Health Movement-Canada and People's Health Movement-Europe: Saving Canadian Health Systems from Privatization: Global lessons for local action. To RSVP for actions across Turtle Island: sfu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Canada’s public health care is at a turning point.

Alberta opening the door to private, for-profit insurance risks importing a U.S. two-tier system. Rallies across the country are asking MPs one simple question: will you defend public health care or stay silent?

MARCH 16: Day of Action for Public Health Care Day of Action for Public Health Care happening on March 16, 2026

March 16 of action to protect publicly funded health care-organized by the Canadian Health Coalition with actions across Turtle Island: dayofaction.healthcoalition.ca

The Foreign Press Association of Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories is demanding that countries around the world step up and force Israel to let journalists into Gaza, urging supporters to sign a petition to let them in.

All welcome to join VCC BSN students & partners next Mon Feb 23 1230-3pmPST to explore ways to shift our health systems from expensive downstream acute care services towards upstream, team based, holistic health care that includes prevention and health promotion: ticketbud.com/events/ea0ec...

The future of primary care in BC This webinar series explores a better direction for primary care in BC with not-for-profit team-based models where diverse teams of practitioners offer a broad range of health and social supports that...

BC Policy Solutions Primary Care webinar series bcpolicy.ca/primary-care/

#solveforx #topoli | Manjula Selvarajah | 18 comments Why does housing matter for healthcare? Decades of research show a clear link between housing instability and poor health outcomes. Traditionally, healthcare systems have stopped at the hospital do...

Housing is Healthcare webinar February 26 conversation LIVE with Andrew Boozary MD, primary care physician and executive director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at UHN: www.linkedin.com/posts/manjul...

Big news from me:

I’m thrilled to be joining @policyalternatives.ca as a senior researcher and launching a health policy desk.

The focus will be national and provincial health policy and services analysis, including privatization, finance, wait times, and solutions.

Webinar regarding threats to Medicare tomorrow:

www.parklandinstitute.ca/launch_webin...

Deep respect for the work of Vancouver Community College (VCC)'s Indigenous services team organizing this Indigenous speaker: Lunch and unlearn series: libguides.vcc.ca/c.php?g=7476...

BC’s 2025 Living Wage Report puts real living wages at $21.55–$29.60/hr—well above minimum wage. CFE’s Lone Mothers Economic Inclusion Project offers 28 policy fixes, including raising minimum wage to a living wage. www.centreforequity.ca/justice_at_w...

@bcpolicy.bsky.social

Equality Breakfast 2026 - West Coast LEAF Our main fundraising event of the year, the Equality Breakfast brings together community members, friends, advocates, and activists with a shared passion for gender justice. Join us as we celebrate In...

To support the fundamental work of West Coast Leaf & their many initiatives inc the Family Well-being Coalition of BC-supporting children/youth/parents facing unfair barriers to meeting their needs in communities across BC, consider joining their Equality Breakfast: westcoastleaf.org/event/equali...

A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.

REDUCE MENTAL ILLNESS STIGMA BY… Advocating for universal mental healthcare Providing housing for all Providing full-time mental health professionals in schools Adding compassionate and lived experience workers in crisis care Promoting equity between mental and physical health Providing mental health education in schools Providing mental health resources to people throughout their lifespan Improving disability support, services, and accommodations Checking in on family and friends

#mentalhealthawareness #stigmafree #mentalhealtheducation #hope #ymhc

COVID-19 in Pregnancy Linked With Neurodevelopmental Disorders This Medical News article discusses new research indicating that children whose mothers had COVID-19 during pregnancy were more likely to be diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder by age 3 years...

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

A dark, grainy photo of a family wearing respirators indoors; large neon-yellow pull-quote overlays the scene. Text: “I haven’t been sick since 2018. No flu. No colds. No COVID. Six winters. Six holiday seasons.” Smaller body text below: “While respiratory viruses moved freely through public spaces, one family quietly opted out. Not by isolating, but by responding accordingly to how these viruses actually spread.” Footer: “The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world.”

Black textured background with a large illustration of a cup-shaped N95 respirator at the bottom right; bright yellow quote headline at top. Text: “There’s a significant difference between a mask and a respirator. A surgical mask is fabric. An N95 filters the air you breathe.” Body text: “Public messaging blurred this distinction for years. The result was confusion, frustration, and the false belief that ‘masks don’t work.’ Respirators were designed for airborne hazards long before COVID existed. This is basic occupational health, repurposed for everyday life.” Footer: “The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world.”

Close-up background of an N95 mask; bold neon-yellow pull-quote across the top. Text: “When I put on a mask, I’m not just protecting my family. I’m breaking transmission chains that could lead straight to someone whose body can’t survive another hit.” Body text: “For people living with Long COVID, there is no such thing as ‘just one more.’ Every infection carries a cost their bodies may not be able to pay. Masking in shared spaces is a refusal to accept preventable injury as the price of normal life. We already know how to reduce risk. The only question left is whether we’re willing to act like it.” Footer: “The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world.”

Six years without getting sick isn’t a miracle. It’s what happens when airborne problems are met with airborne solutions.

Respirators work quietly, consistently, and without spectacle. For the people wearing them, and for those who can’t afford another infection.

I would appreciate feedback on this list of values-principles for co-creating safe learning spaces with and for diverse nursing students in learning about holistic, equity oriented, non-oppressive nursing care that fosters health equity and social justice. Am I missing any important principles? Tx

Doctors Without Borders among dozens of aid groups Israel moves to shut down in Gaza Allied nations condemned the decision, warning it could halt relief operations within weeks.

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is far from over.

Today, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.

Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet-friendly school meals for children: a scoping review The global shift away from healthy, diverse, and sustainable diets threatens children’s health and futures. Although school gardens and home-grown school feeding can reconnect children with nutritious...

Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet-friendly school meals for children: a scoping review - The Lancet Planetary Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Cover of The Lancet's Dec 13, 2025 issue. Quote reads: "With reduced pressure from powerful political leaders, fossil fuel giants...have paused, delayed, or retracted their climate commitments, increasingly pushing the world towards a dangerous future."

On the cover this week, the 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report on health and climate change.

Read this & more in our latest issue: spkl.io/63328AiKc2 #LancetClimate25

Part of a Lancet Infographic summarising the findings from the Lancet Series on Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health.

Part of a Lancet Infographic summarising the findings from the Lancet Series on Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health.

Part of a Lancet Infographic summarising the findings from the Lancet Series on Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health.

Among our most-read in 2025 ⤵️

Ultra-processed foods – what’s the impact?

In a Lancet Series, experts warn a global rise in #UPFs presents a growing public health threat.

Read the evidence & policy recommendations ⬇️
spkl.io/63323AYDz7

Research in context panel for Lancet paper "The effects of antidepressants on cardiometabolic and other physiological parameters: a systematic review and network meta-analysis". Copyright: 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.

👀 Among our most-read in 2025:

A major meta-analysis investigating the effects of antidepressants on cardiometabolic and other physiological parameters.

Find out more: spkl.io/63325AYEFX

Black Health Primer | BHEC The Black Health Primer aims to transform medical and health professional education to improve the lives of Black communities and beyond. It was created in response to gaps in education and training…

The Black Health Primer is an 8-module program designed to transform medical & health professional education to improve the lives of Black communities & promote health equity for all.

CPA members email education@cpa.ca for a discount code

Conclusion: "[BSN] as a minimum requirement to enter the nursing profession...is essential to generate a respected, competent, & satisfied nursing workforce that can impact the quality and safety of care/positively influence outcome indicators for patients, nurses, healthcare organizations/society"

A bachelor's degree for entering the nursing profession: A scoping review for supporting informed health care policies Numerous studies have emphasized the relevance of work environment, staffing, and educational level in nursing as determinants of safe, timely, effect…

Scoping review shows "the higher the proportion of nurses with a bachelor's degree=the better the outcomes in r/t failure-to-rescue, re-admission rates, and patient mortality"=important to have BSN as entry to practice. Link to article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Link to their website with webinars on current/evolving research and info re: accessing their services: bc-clmf.org

SROI report showing that their model demonstrates strong, measurable patient outcomes:
Download the report at tinyurl.com/BCCLMFreport
Five-page executive summary at tinyurl.com/BCCLMFsummary
One-page overview at tinyurl.com/BCCLMFpage

Letter for health care providers wishing to protect group based medical clinic visits offered by the BC-Centre for Long Covid, ME/CFS, and Fibromyalgia. See this template letter of support to send to the BC Minister of Health and cc the President of Doctors of BC:
www.lifelinebc.ca/campaign/doc...

Why hasn't BC's housing crisis been solved yet?
@1alexhemingway.bsky.social breaks down what's actually happening with non-market housing, supply shortages, and zoning...and what needs to change.

A comprehensive look at where we are and where we need to go: