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Opinion: Young Canadians are asking to be included in research — here's how to engage them

Opinion: Young Canadians are asking to be included in research — here's how to engage them

Young people have a right to be engaged, and a right to be heard in research. When young people’s voices are included in the research process, the result is richer and more relevant research evidence.
Opinion: How sweat sensors could play a critical role in monitoring our health

Opinion: How sweat sensors could play a critical role in monitoring our health

Sensors that measure sweat could be coming to the market soon, but for them to be useful, we’ll need to understand more about this fluid that our body produces
Opinion: Year of the Tiger: An opportunity for bold changes in combatting anti-Asian racism

Opinion: Year of the Tiger: An opportunity for bold changes in combatting anti-Asian racism

As we ring in Lunar New Year, we need to celebrate Asian communities, their fierceness and courage; and demand bold changes for combatting anti-Asian racism and supporting well-being
Opinion: Majority of survey respondents say Canada should boycott Beijing Games

Opinion: Majority of survey respondents say Canada should boycott Beijing Games

59% of Canadians remain adamant that this country should stay away from the2022 Winter Olympics, up three points since December.
Opinion: Public and cultural services may play critical roles in a city's resilience

Opinion: Public and cultural services may play critical roles in a city's resilience

Preliminary research suggests cultural and social services retain or attract employees hard hit by plant closures in other communities. Preserving them may help cities withstand future crises
Opinion: My Syrian refugee friend became a citizen. So why was I barred from the ceremony?

Opinion: My Syrian refugee friend became a citizen. So why was I barred from the ceremony?

Four years ago, a small group of British Columbians helped a friend flee war in Syria. As the former refugee became a citizen, one friend was barred from witnessing the ceremony.
Opinion: How to teach children about climate change, inspire hope and take action to change the future

Opinion: How to teach children about climate change, inspire hope and take action to change the future

Some children and youth find the effects of climate change are traumatic. Taking a trauma-informed approach to education can nurture resilience.
Opinion: Patient aggression and physician burnout: The makings of a human resources crisis in health care

Opinion: Patient aggression and physician burnout: The makings of a human resources crisis in health care

Although demanding, disruptive and violent patients are a major contributor to physician burnout, solutions to address this increasing problem are not a priority.
Opinion: The death of caremongering: Canadians are tired and most believe getting COVID-19 is inevitable

Opinion: The death of caremongering: Canadians are tired and most believe getting COVID-19 is inevitable

After Premier Doug Ford announced “positive news,” I think about the widening inequality in our province, who the news is “positive” for and the death of caremongering.
More than half of Canadians rate economy as “bad” or “very bad”

More than half of Canadians rate economy as “bad” or “very bad”

Perceptions of economic outlook are gloomier now among Canadians than they were on eve of global financial crisis of 2008, poll finds.