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13th Annual CMA Leadership Workshop for Medical Women; 6th Annual CMA Leaders’ Forum; plus Doctors in the House
The annual event series, no physician leader should miss! Keynote addresses by Dr. David Suzuki and General Rick Hillier. Fairmont Château Laurier, Ottawa ON 13 October 2007 to 16 October…
Canada’s New Government Invests $10.1 Million for Better Access to Cancer Care from Prevention to Palliation
For immediate release – WINNIPEG (August 24, 2007) The Honourable Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board, on behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health today announced $10.1…
Health Canada: Canada Recognized as World Leader in Chemicals Assessment; Australia Accepts Canada’s Expertise
The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, was presented today with a certificate by Senator the Honourable Brett Mason, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Tony Abbott, Australian Minister of Health…
Canadian Obesity Network-Ethnicity Determines Risks from Obesity: Study
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Aug. 22, 2007) – Canadian researchers have verified that ethnic heritage determines where the body stores fat, meaning some ethnicities, particularly those of Chinese or South Asian descent,…
Media Advisory – National Conference to Feature New Science on Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
– New learning tool, developed in Winnipeg to assist young people with FASD to be launched – TORONTO, Aug. 20 – Canadian leaders in the field of FASD (Fetal Alcohol…
MEDIA ADVISORY – The Aboriginal Healing Foundation’s Latest Study Looks at the Potential Health and Social Impacts of Indian Residential School Lump Sum Payments
August 20, 2007 OTTAWA – The Aboriginal Healing Foundation’s latest research study, released today, has been prepared in anticipation of the imminent arrival of the $1.9 billion Common Experience Payments,…
Jordan’s Principle, Governments’ Paralysis
CMAJ • August 14, 2007 Section Editor, Public Health, CMAJ* Canada Research Chair in Law, Population Health and Global Development Policy University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. For the Editorial-Writing Team…
Nurses Disappointed Health Care Not a Priority for First Ministers
MONCTON, NB, Aug. 10 – Premiers cannot continue to ignore health care in their discussions and their actions. Nurses are pressing provincial and federal governments to expand the country’s health…
Manitoba West Nile Virus Update #8
August 9, 2007 The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health advises that 16 additional positive human test results for West Nile virus have been reported in Manitoba since…
How soon is now? – Premiers, Feds Must Act Now to Improve Health Care for All Generations of Canadians
MONCTON, NB, Aug. 9 – Though health care is not front and centre on the Council of Federation agenda this week, health care experts gathered together at a conference yesterday…
