Canada’s emergency departments are very busy. Every year, Canadians make about 16 million visits to emergency rooms and more than one million Canadians are admitted to hospital through emergency departments.emergency wait time Given how complex it is to assess, treat ...

A prevailing question is bouncing around the country: Should Canadians trust the energy sector? It preoccupies a fair number of people, including academics and politicians. Many are intent on doing good by creating new ways of thinking through some of ...

While a healthy lifestyle requires a balanced diet and exercise, sleep is another pillar of overall wellness that is both essential to your health and success, and often overlooked. By simply making small changes to your daily routine you can ...

How could it happen to Kris Letang, the Pittsburgh Penguin hockey player? He was young, in excellent physical condition, yet a victim of stroke. Today, stroke is not just a senior problem. So, why don’t learned professors know why this ...

“They didn’t recognize him because he was probably wearing raggedy clothes and it didn’t look like Jesus,” says Cory, 9. Maybe his clothes were different. We simply don’t know. It’s possible, but I think there’s a more probable explanation. Kids ...

April is oral health month in Canada. Ads remind us to book an appointment with our dentist for a regular dental exam and to get our teeth cleaned by a dental hygienist. But in Canada’s private dental-care system, you have ...

World Health Day—April 6—should remind us that the health of Canadians is interlinked with the health of people everywhere.health research Canadians know this best. In addition to being the “globalization nation” of immigrants and travellers, we’ve had a stake in ...

In his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey tells us that we should “seek first to understand and then to be understood.” Tolerance. It’s one of the key elements in building global harmony. But how do ...

A key theme of the recent federal budget was innovation. The word “innovation” appears 261 times in the 280-page budget document. However, identifying themes and making them work are two different things. Innovation is certainly an important driver of economic ...

Spring Ahead! with Diasporic Genius, Circles Not Walls & 7-Minute Feast Creativity-based city-building org creates connections across boundaries Presenting a Series of Story Circles & a Thorncliffe Park Celebration Since 2011 DIASPORIC GENIUS (DG) has been exploring the power of ...