May 2014 – Dr. Chris Simpson

Panel discussion on the need for a National Dementia Strategy at BC Care Providers Association Annual Conference

May 26, 2014 (Whistler, BC) (L-R): Claude Gravelle (MP for Nickel Belt), Dr. Diane Finegood (President and CEO, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research), Mimi Lowi-Young (CEO, Canadian Alzheimer Association),…

Canada needs a national dementia strategy

27 May 201427 May 2014

Canada needs a national dementia strategy (click on title to go to story) Patients with dementia and other chronic diseases should not be in acute care hospitals. It is a dangerous…

End of health accord may lead to exacerbated health inequity

24 May 201427 May 2014

End of health accord may lead to exacerbated health inequity (click on title to go to story) The end of the 2004 Health Accord marks a change in the way the…

Ottawa Emerging Health Leaders Pan-Canadian Town Hall on the Importance of Leadership Engagement in Health Care

May 21, 2014 - With Jeannette Cheng (MC), Dr. Jack Kitts (CEO, Ottawa Hospital) and Dr. Aly Abdulla (President, Ottawa Academy of Medicine). Also joining us on the panel were…

Health inequities in Canada – our national shame

Health inequities in Canada - our national shameI have a great fear that health inequities will continue to grow in Canada unless we commit to a solution that is national…

Emerging Health Leaders’ Pan-Canadian Town Hall

Emerging Health Leaders' Pan-Canadian Town HallJoin us in person in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 21 or via webcast at http://webcast.otn.ca/ as we discuss the need for a renewed national health care…