BY DR. PASCALE BREAULT, MD, CCMF (le français suit) The system is me too… I am a doctor. I grew up without ever seeing a single Indigenous person in my daily life. I did not see their arts, rarely heard their music or language, I did not play with their children. Yet I knew […]
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day Moderator Introduction, by Dr. Sara Ahronheim October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, and in fact the whole month of October traditionally is the time to remember children who have died. US President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month, in 1988, and Canada […]
BY DR. CASSANDRA HOGGARD Cassandra Hoggard is a family doctor in Okotoks and works in multiple supportive living and long-term care sites in Calgary. Originally Published: Calgary Herald August 18 2020 The worst day of a COVID-19 outbreak in long-term care is the first day. There are tears. How did it get in? How […]
BY DR. CELIA SPRAGUE Dr. Sprague is a rural GP and mama of two littles, who loves to write about life in the backwoods of Northwestern Ontario. Shared from the author’s blog, where you can find more of her beautiful work. Standing at the kitchen sink, I stare blankly out the window into the blue-sky, […]
BY: MICHELLE COHEN, CWIM Advocacy Committee On June 12, 2020, CWIM submitted a letter to the Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the College of Family Physicians of Canada, voicing concern over the online conduct of resident physician Dr. Zachary Kuehner. The full text […]