We must pursue cultural competence if we are to eliminate historical disparities and inequities in the health status of people of diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds
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Do you value difference and embrace diversity as a strength?
Alika Lafontaine says the starting point for health-system change is the willingness to question our assumptions
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Whose truth are we talking about?
Indigenous nurse leader Sherri Di Lallo comments on the creation of new federal government departments
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A call to follow through on relationship building
Colton Gray’s petition seeks paid placements to help more students succeed
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End free labour from nursing students
Addiction, especially opioid addiction, doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all approach
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Harm reduction in the addiction continuum of care
Canada is one of the only industrialized countries without a national school food program
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Larger investment needed in student nutrition
The evidence points to needing daily intake of 600 IU per day for most Canadians. This requirement cannot be achieved by diet alone
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Lessons from the U.K. about vitamin D supplementation
On the morning of a planned assisted death, Rosanne Beuthin acknowledges her colleagues and the complex emotions many will be experiencing
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Dear nurses: On this day…
The first step in solving a problem is recognizing the issue.
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Canada’s long-term care funding crisis
It takes some doing to earn the reputation of public health enemy number 1. Certainly, there are plenty of contenders in the food we eat. Poor diet kills more Canadians than any other risk factor, including tobacco — nearly 51,000 deaths in 2013, according to the Institute for Health Metrics...
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Our food supply is still salty to a fault