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The State of the Unregulated Drug Supply in Ontario
By: Prof. Michael A. Beazely, Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo's School of Pharmacy and Gateway Centre of Excellence in...
Jul 164 min read


Uncertain COVID-19 Messages, Perspectives of Rural Older Adults in Ontario
Dr. Hung Nguyen, Anchanah Jeyamohan, Dr. Feng Chang University of Waterloo's School of Pharmacy As a society, we have largely...
Feb 205 min read


Farmer Wellness: The Dark Side of Resilience
By: Dr. Leith Deacon & Lauren Van Ewyk, PhD Student Resilience has become a buzz word; it is widely used to refer to an individual or a...
Jul 8, 20244 min read


Ageism, the Baby Boomers, and Elderhood
By: Dr. Al Lauzon Statistics Canada recently reported that there are now more millennials in Canada than baby boomers, ending baby...
Jun 13, 20247 min read


Intergenerational War: What Is It Good For?
By: Dr. Scott Brown I’d like to write briefly about the idea of intergenerational community relationships and how we might handle some of...
May 17, 20245 min read


Rural Health through the Lenses of Housing for International Agricultural Workers
By: Damilola Oyewale & Ryan Gibson The International Agricultural Workers’ Housing and Rural Planning research team at the University of...
May 10, 20245 min read


Working Together to Address Opioid-Related Harms in Rural Ontario
By: Dr. Mike Beazely Addressing Challenges Throughout the 2000s, regulators and prescribers began to address the diversion of the then...
May 7, 20245 min read


Empowering Rural Well-Being: Insights from the Rural Symposium on Health and Quality of Life
By: Dr. Ryan Gibson & Paul Sitsofe The opportunities and difficulties specific to rural communities in Ontario have a significant impact...
Apr 24, 20243 min read


Alzheimer’s Awareness Month: Illuminating the Journey of 2SLGBTQI Communities Living with Dementia
By: Dr. Ashley Flanagan Aging is an undeniable facet of the human experience, but for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,...
Jan 25, 20245 min read


Opinion: Rising Temperatures = Declining Mental Health?
By: Dr. Al Lauzon Ruminations on Rural Health – the second article in a blog series that highlights one expert’s opinion This has been a...
Oct 6, 20234 min read


Opinion: Transforming the Healthcare System
By Dr. Al Lauzon Ruminations on Rural Health - The first article in a blog series that highlights one expert's opinion As I look at the...
Sep 30, 20235 min read
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