Scrapping Canada’s Homophobic Blood Donation Ban
Writer Jordan deWever explores the slow process in enabling MSM to donate blood in Canada.
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Eugene Jeoung
- Feb 10, 2022
- 6 min
Safe Supply Is A Controversial Policy, But It's Ultimately A Good One
An article explaining why providing a safe supply of illicit drugs can be a tool for reducing the harms associated with drug use.
Anna Robinson
- Feb 9, 2022
- 3 min
Why Health Canada Shouldn’t Miss Out on COVID-19 Medication
Writer Anna Robinson discusses why Canada can't fall behind on acquiring COVID-19 medication.
Toni Steele
- Jan 26, 2022
- 4 min
Urban Planning and Health are Inseparable: Here’s Why
Writer Toni Steele examines the connection between our living environment and our health.
Emily Wesseling
- Nov 22, 2021
- 3 min
Reputation versus Reality: Canada, Sterilization, and Indigenous Women’s Health
A piece discussing the forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada.
Rayyan Esmail
- Nov 18, 2021
- 4 min
Fourth Wave Crises in the Prairies: The Forgotten Federal Failure
Rayyan Esmail considers the federal government’s responsibility for the COVID-19 fourth wave crises in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Teaghan Haysom
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
Critical Policy Change Needed for Alberta’s Safe Injection Site Regulations
Opinion piece about the restrictive safe injection site policy recently put in place in Alberta, and how this policy will affect the opioid.
Benjamin Beiles
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Labour Crisis Behind Quebec’s Vaccine Mandate Debacle
Years of mistreatment and limited immigration left Quebec’s healthcare system vulnerable to a crisis. That crisis is here.
Rayyan Esmail
- Jul 15, 2021
- 5 min
The Past, Present, and Future of the Covid Sports Bubble
Rayyan Esmail explores how Covid bubbles allowed for the safe return of sports and what they’ve taught us for the future the Olympic Games.
Chanel Best
- Jul 14, 2021
- 6 min
Enforcing COVID-19 vaccines is the only way to Combat Hesitancy
Chanel explores historical and contemporary responses to vaccine hesitancy, particularly responses in the form of mandatory vaccine policies
Sahaana Ranganathan
- Jul 6, 2021
- 5 min
Influencing Trust: The Role of Para-social Relationships and Misinformation
This article explores the role of para-social relationships and the spread misinformation on the COVID-19 vaccine
Katso Ramodimoosi
- Jun 15, 2021
- 7 min
Conservative Rhetoric and the Prisoner Vaccine Dilemma
An opinion piece responding to the Conservative reaction to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to vulnerable prisoners in federal prisons
Chanel Best
- Jun 9, 2021
- 6 min
The Problems with Ontario's Vaccine Rollout
Author Chanel Best examines the failures of the Ontario government to administer vaccines to those most at risk of contracting COVID-19.
Chanel Best
- Jun 3, 2021
- 9 min
A Global Vaccine Timeline
The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines is a product of an increasingly interconnected world that fosters transnational links
Georgia Evans
- May 31, 2021
- 4 min
Introduction to Oligopolies: Masked by the Disguise of Choice
This series opener provides a brief introduction to oligopolies and outlines the subjects that will be explored in subsequent articles.
Rayyan Esmail
- May 25, 2021
- 5 min
Death, Taxes, and Obamacare
Rayyan Esmail discusses the fate of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, in the face of recent challenges in the Supreme Court.
Pablo Mhanna-Sandoval
- Apr 11, 2021
- 5 min
A Global Meat Tax: The future of Pandemic Prevention
Author Pablo Mhanna-Sandoval analyses the future of pandemic prevention through the implementation of a global meat tax.
Vrinda Agnihotri
- Apr 5, 2021
- 5 min
A Closer Look at New Brunswick’s Plans to Adopt the Icelandic Prevention Model
Vrinda Agnihotri looks at New Brunswick's plan to adopt the Icelandic Prevention Model to reduce substance use against teens.
Dilki Jagoda
- Apr 1, 2021
- 5 min
Medical Assistance in Dying: A Complex and Controversial Policy
Dilki Jagoda analyzes the history of medical assistance in dying in Canada, it's current iteration, and the arguments of its opponents.
Maggie Smith
- Mar 29, 2021
- 4 min
Safe Injection Sites Are Controversial But They're Good Policy
Maggie Smith argues that safe injection sites is an essential and effective policy in combatting the opioid crisis.
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