Justice | Health
...in mental health. Louise Chénier, program manager of workplace mental health at the Mental Health Commission of Canada, helps employers create a mentally healthy work environment and says that it...
Ethical Living | Health, Society
In March 2017, a first-year student died by suicide at the University of Waterloo. I wanted to listen to stories of university students and their personal struggles with mental health....
Ethical Living | Health
...hesitant to call myself a sexual health expert. Even though my background is in health, and I learned a great deal about sexual health in my education, I know there...
Ethical Living | Health, Society
...programs? A report earlier this year by Children’s Mental Health Ontario showed that over 6,500 children and teens were waiting more than one year to access mental health services. Because...
Justice | Human Rights
...grounds.” Canada can refuse applicants who have a medical condition that is “likely to endanger public health or public safety” or “cause excessive demands on health or social services.” While...
Spirituality | Health
...(roughly $7,500). That puts the total out of pocket for her cancer treatment at around $23,000. And that’s with health insurance. About 28.2 million Americans don’t have health insurance, and...
Justice | Society
...therapeutic abortion committee) agreed that the woman’s life or health was endangered by the pregnancy. But some women in P.E.I. faced additional restrictions to accessing abortion. “I was told the...
Justice | Society
...2007, has been regional diabetes co-ordinator for Health Canada’s First Nations and Inuit Health Branch in Winnipeg. Her job is to oversee and support 64 local diabetes workers (like Garden...
Ethical Living | Society
economic reordering that will lead to lower earnings and precarious employment; and mental health burdens affecting collective decision-making, health and well-being. Circumstance defines us more than we imagine; as a...
Justice | Society
...research, defines them simply as the “causes of the causes of poor health.” What has the greatest impact on our health is not genetics or access to health care, but...