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Our health should be an election issue

To the extent health is an issue in the federal election, it will be about health care, as usual. Now I am not saying health care is an...

10 reasons we're supporting the climate strike

Young people around the world are inspiring people to take part in a global climate strike September 20-27, 2019, demanding an end to...

Aging in suburbia

Plan B podcast looks at how growing old in a suburb prevents unique barriers to an inclusive, social lifestyle Listen to the podcast...

Are you eco-grieving?

Trish Hennessy You know something is gravely wrong when you see #AmazonFires trending on Twitter, in response to deliberately set Amazon...

Eco-Grief

Plan B: Host Ralph Benmergui talks about climate change, eco-grief, and what people can do about it in the first of a series of podcasts...

Status First Nations child poverty rates deplorably high

Almost half of status First Nations children live in poverty—by far the highest rate of child poverty of any other group examined, says a...

The health benefits of taking a vacation

Trish Hennessy In 2006, when I was co-founding the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ national income inequality project, we did...

National Indigenous Peoples Day

Tomorrow is National Indigenous Peoples Day! On June 21st we celebrate and honour the heritage, culture, strength and resilience, and...

What do we want? Pharmacare. When do we want it? 2019.

"This is our generation's national project: better access to the medicines we need, improved health outcomes and a fairer and more...

Public health offers potent climate solutions

The spectre of climate change-fueled disasters looms large over the coming federal election, yet the health equity promise of a Green New...

The case for Health in All Policies

Trish Hennessy No other province in Canada is on a public spending teardown quite like Ontario, where the daily newsfeed is filled with...

Ontario public health cuts will endanger the public

Ontario recently announced that it will reduce funding towards public health agencies across the province to the tune of $200 million....