Health Equity in Canada
People and organizations that write about health equity in Canada.
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@chrishouston.ca
@wellesleyinstitute.bsky.social
Wellesley Institute engages in research, policy and community mobilization to advance health equity. Join our newsletter: https://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/in-the-news/newsletter/
@drsarahgiles.bsky.social
Sister, doctor (rural/remote, SRPC enthusiast), humanitarian, writer, dog lover, reader. Munk Fellow in Global Journalism 2017/2018. She/her.
@7thgenmw.bsky.social
I help birth things. Sometimes it is babies. Sometimes it is ideas π₯πͺΆποΈπ¦ββ¬πΌπ Entrepreneur. Midwife. Mama. Hockey player. Not usually in that order. Anishnawbe, Brunswick House FN
@braindrum.bsky.social
Psychiatrist. Birder. πΈ. History of Medicine. #LongCovid β€οΈβπ©Ή
@cathycrowe.bsky.social
Longtime π¨π¦ street nurse|βοΈDying for a Home & Knapsack Full of Dreams|βοΈon urban issues. Fighting for a nationalπ‘ program. www.cathycrowe.ca
@cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social
An evidence-based, values-driven organization dedicated to strengthening & preserving Canada's publicly-funded health care system. Join today! https://www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/cdm_health_summit_2025
@edwardxie.bsky.social
Working as an ER physician, U Toronto faculty, and PhD candidate. Interests in access to medicines, social protections, wellbeing societies, planetary health, and climate justice climatehealth.utoronto.ca/fellow-profile/xie-edward
@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Disabled & chronically ill writer. Former theatre critic. Clean air is a human right & vulnerable people arenβt expendable. Covid is airborne π· https://www.disabledginger.com A redheaded snippet who loves Sondheim. Once fainted into Hugh Jackman.
@ladyscorcher.bsky.social
big fan of public libraries and clean air. engineer, jogger & cyclist. cancer survivor and patient partner. co-founder cavi.
@nicktsergas.ca
Editor @CanadaHealthwatch.ca βͺοΈ"Obviously not a very good journalist." Work in Toronto Star, Canadian Affairs, Calgary Herald & Important Context Signal π¬ @nicktsergas.01 Portfolio π https://muckrack.com/nicktsergas
@farahway.bsky.social
Social/Psychiatric Epidemiologist; #ImpSci - Assistant Prof, Public Health & Social Policy, UVic; Affiliate Scientist, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions; Academic Editor, Mental Health, PLOS Global Public Health; CIHR Training Platform co-lead
@spaiglass.bsky.social
Principal Investigator at OICR, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. | Solving brain cancer with epigenetics. | Mostly science + some cycling advocacy + (astro) photography. shraddhapailab.com shraddhapai.com
@monikadutt.bsky.social
Health Policy PhD candidate (McMaster), Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Family Doctor (Ally Centre of Cape Breton); interests: labour justice, health/health care policy, public health
@cavi.bsky.social
https://www.cavico2.com/home CO2.CAVI@gmail.com
@healthydebate.bsky.social
Healthy Debate publishes journalism about health care in Canada. Free to read. Free to republish. http://linktr.ee/healthydebate
@jossreimer.bsky.social
President of the Canadian Medical Association. Passionate about physician wellness and public health.
@birgitomo.bsky.social
http://birgitumaigba.com Award-Winning Registered Nurse. Keynote Speaker. Nurse consultant. Educator. Everything Equity. Everything Coconut.
@cancovsoc.bsky.social
At the Canadian Covid Society, we strive to protect the health and safety of people in Canada against the harms of COVID-19 and long Covid, through education, engaging and empowering the public and organizations with scientific knowledge.
@lanceboer.com
Frontend Developer / Project Manager Board Member @cancovsoc.bsky.social He/Him β’ So-called British Columbia β’ Just a no-class beat-down fool Opinions are my own
@kcrowetoronto.bsky.social
Former national medical sciences correspondent with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, (CBC News) now happily exploring the world as a freelance journalist. My current project: a podcast about the human obsession with stuff- ThePossessionProject.ca
@jandelliott.bsky.social
I have type 1 diabetes and want people to stop dying from this condition. Access to insulin is a human right #insulin4all #diabetes #t1d
@garthmullins.bsky.social
Host @Crackdownpod.bsky.social VANDU veteran. Drugstore cowboy. Bestselling author on Penguin Random House. Policy analyst. Shop steward. Blind. Be safe-Keep 6
@caulfieldtim.bsky.social
Professor of health law and science policy, author, speaker, and commentator. #ScienceUpFirst Linktree: https://linktr.ee/caulfieldtim
@kashprime.bsky.social
Emergency Physician in Toronto. Co-Chair of the Canadian Covid Society. Fighter of illness and misfortune, interested in history, politics, tech and AI. #fella,π¨π¦/acc
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
AndrΓ© Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and the author of six bestselling books. I share stories and opinion pieces from a broad range of publications. Shares are not endorsements.
@canadahealthwatch.ca
Curated-aggregator of health news from around the world, but with a Canadian focus. Visit us π‘ https://canadahealthwatch.ca SUBSCRIBE: https://canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter
@jvipondmd.bsky.social
an emergency doctor desperately trying to save the future (and the present) for his children
@dfisman.bsky.social
Notorious pro-vaxxer and pro-masker. Famously unfair to pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi, and the Toronto Star. Weary of all these death threats with so little follow-through. https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/fisman-david-n
@madhupai.bsky.social
Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health, McGill University. Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health Tweets: own views. He/him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhukar_Pai
@jwnickerson.bsky.social
Humanitarian Representative to Canada for Doctors Without Borders/MΓ©decins Sans FrontiΓ¨res (@MSF.ca) π Respiratory Therapist π« Trail runner and adventurerπββοΈ Public health/infectious diseases/health systems researcher focusing on older adults β£οΈ
@drjengunter.bsky.social
Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
@chrishouston.ca
Exec Director @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, newspaper columnist, teaching humanitarianism(U of Toronto), consulting at @humanitarianassociates.org. Ex @redcrosscanada.bsky.social π³π΅π±π§, @who.int πΎπͺ, @msf.org π¨π¦π΅π¬π³π¬πͺπΉπΉπ·π΅π° π chrishouston.ca