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Spotlight
October 08, 2026Bridging the Gap In Social Prescribing: “Lived Territories” As Community Pivots for Proximity-Based Health Systems
Authors Lara Gautier and Géraldine Layani comment on Kate Mulligan's essay - Social Prescribing as Strategic Infrastructure. They highlight three necessary conditions: upstream recognition of community intervention as primary linkage to the health system, primary care as population-based local infrastructure and explicit territorial governance. Healthcare Papers 23.4
Events
The State Of Obesity Care In Canada: What Health Leaders Can Do Next
Lisa Schaffer, Executive Director, Obesity Canada,
Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam, Scientific Director, Obesity Canada,
Meghan Belland, Executive Director, Promoting Health, Partnerships and Innovation Primary Care Alberta,
Tracey Bartie, Advocate, Living Grace Foundation and
Dr. Tasneem Sajwani, Medical Director, Weight Management Program, Edmonton Weight Management Centre and Family Practice
Featured Articles
Who’s Coming Through the Door? Quantifying Care Continuity of Personal Support Services in Home Care
No Older Adults Left Behind: Why Home-Based Primary Care Is Critical to Integrated Health Systems
Toward Community Health 2067: Social Prescribing, Learning Systems and the Making of an Enabling State
Articles
Opportunities to Enhance Coding of Homelessness in Canadian Hospital Administrative Data
Pharmacists’ Perspectives on Delivery of Clinical Services and the Current Payment Model in British Columbia, Canada
The Rapidly Evolving Field of Recruitment and Retention of Internationally Educated Nurses
Introducing a Special Series: Integration of Internationally Educated Nurses Into the Canadian Workforce
A Collaborative Approach to the Recruitment and Retention of Internationally Educated Nurses Into Rural Communities
Internationally Educated Nurse Integration: Insights From the Supervised Practice Experience Partnership Program at the University Health Network
Privatization is Not the Solution to Problems in Our Healthcare System, Healthcare Leadership Is
Beyond ‘Run, Knit and Relax’: Can Health Promotion in Canada Advance the Social Determinants of Health Agenda?
News
Ottawa, Northwest Territories sign $51-million health funding agreement
OTTAWA —The federal government made the first of a series of health-care funding announcements on Monday as it works to secure seven-year deals with each of the provinces and territories. [...]
A plague alert in Russia? What it means for Canada
TORONTO - A young lab worker at a Russian institute that studies the plague has died of a pneumonia that officials say has not yet been traced to a specific cause. Russian media report the death [...]
The mental health of young men is declining. Experts warn it could get worse
On the surface, Nick Cholmsky looked like a thriving teenager. Growing up in Ottawa, he says he was athletic and heavily involved in basketball, had friends and a close relationship with [...]
Editor's Picks
Canada's healthcare system is approaching structural limits: nearly $400 billion in annual spending, while nearly one in five Canadians is without a regular healthcare provider, emergency departments overflow and health inequities persist that universal coverage alone cannot resolve. This paper argues that social prescribing, a structured referral system connecting people to community resources through trained link workers, offers not merely an additional program but a paradigm shift. By making [...]
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Executive Director
Carpenter Hospice, Burlington, ON
Senior Health Economist
Ontario Government, Toronto, ON
Chief Communications and Corporate Affairs Officer
Ontario Health, Toronto, ON
Program Chief and Medical Director, Medicine Program
Trillium Health Partners (THP), Mississauga, ON
Chief of Family Medicine
Joseph Brant Hospital, Burlington, ON
Chief Regional Officer, Toronto and East Regions
Ontario Health, Toronto, ON
Clinical Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence, Mental Health and Healthcare Innovation
Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (The Royal), Ottawa, ON
Chief Financial Officer & VP, Facilities
Hawkesbury & District General Hospital, Hawkesbury, ON
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Stevenson Memorial Hospital, Alliston, ON
