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Dr. Kelly Anthony, a professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems, admits that when she first started teaching, she was concerned about her teaching style because it wasn’t what she saw from her contemporaries. She thought her focus on encouraging students to be good citizens of the university and wider community meant … Continue reading Professor Creates Thriving Classrooms with Student-Focused Teaching Practices

Mental Health Care, Not Jail Time - Madeleine Cole Madeleine Cole is a family doctor who lives and works in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Despite growing up in downtown Toronto, she is the anomaly that has found professional and personal happiness in a small northern community. She has a longstanding commitment to sexual health and reproductive rights and … Continue reading Mental Health Care, Not Jail Time

Bhooma Bhayana - Sara is Not Her Real Name. [PDF] Sara is not her real name. She came to see me many years ago on the referral of her best friend who is a long time patient. Sara was then pregnant with her fourth child. She was born in that romantic land between the North … Continue reading Sara is Not Her Real Name

Gretchen Roedde - Flashes of Light in the Darkness: Rewards and Challenges of Rural Medicine. [PDF] Dr. Gretchen Roedde is a family doctor in Northern Ontario.  LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this piece, you should be able to: Discuss the challenges to health delivery in an underserved area including geography, transport, weather, and lack of professional … Continue reading Flashes of Light in the Darkness: Rewards and Challenges of Rural Medicine

Dr.Martina Scholtens - The Refugee Health Vancouver Website. [PDF] Martina Scholtens, MD, MPH, CCFP Dr. Martina Scholtens is a family physician and clinical instructor with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. She worked for ten years at Bridge Refugee Clinic in Vancouver. Her book about this work, Your Heart Is the … Continue reading The Refugee Health Vancouver Website

Bonnie Sherr Klein - Disabilities and Disadvantage. [PDF] Bonnie Sherr Klein was a documentary filmmaker when she had a catastrophic brain stem stroke in 1987 at the age of 46. She is currently a writer and disability rights activist in Vancouver. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After reading this piece, you should be able to recognize: Disability is … Continue reading Disabilities and Disadvantage

Dale Guenter - Essential Curiosity. [PDF] Dr. Dale Guenter is a family physician, teacher and researcher at McMaster University in Departments of Family Medicine, and the Master of Public Health program in Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact. He is a co-founder of Shelter Health Network, which provides primary care services to people … Continue reading Essential Curiosity

Doug Gruner and Kevin Pottie - Using E-learning to Introduce Global and Refugee Health Competencies. [PDF] LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this piece you should be able to identify: The essence of Global health is to improve health and achieve health equity for all people worldwide. To achieve health equity implies a need to understand and … Continue reading Using E-learning to Introduce Global and Refugee Health Competencies