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DLSPH Response to Anti-​Black Racism

Dear DLSPH Community: The Dalla Lana School of Public Health is committed to its core values of equity and diversity and condemnation of anti-Black racism, and all forms of discrimination and recognizes the central role that inequity plays in producing and shaping not only major public health concerns, but also...

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Rheumatoid arthritis sufferers experience higher mortality rates: U of T researcher examines causes of death

By: Rebecca Biason, IHPME Communications & Events Coordinator Sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to die earlier than the general population, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers that examined the causes of death of Ontarians over a 14-year period. “Everyone deserves to live the same length...

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Almost all Ontarians accumulate multiple chronic conditions over their lifetime

By: Deborah Creatura, ICES Communications The number of Ontarians who died with two or more chronic conditions increased from 79.6 per cent in 1994 to 95.3 per cent in 2013, according to a new study from Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). The...

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National Pharmacare: Serious Step in Right Direction for Canadians says IHPME Expert

By: Rebecca Biason, Events & Communications Coordinator, IHPME The potential for a national Pharmacare plan has been set in motion after the federal government announced the creation of a national advisory council on Pharmacare as part of the 2018-19 budget. While no funding has been attributed as yet, the creation...

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Major Players in Global Fight Against Cancer Joining Forces at Toronto Conference

By: Daniel Girard (University Health Network) & Leslie Shephard (St. Michael's Hospital) ​Some 300 delegates from more than 30 countries with one goal – joining in the global fight against cancer – met in Toronto today at the Toronto Global Cancer Control Conference, co-chaired by Professor Prabhat Jha. The conference will...

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Is it time to re-​think our “Canadian” health system?

U of T researchers publish Canadian health system series in The Lancet By: Rebecca Biason, Events & Communications Coordinator, IHPME Gregory Marchildon considers himself an older voice when it comes to Canadian health system scholarship so he was proud to be a co-author alongside leading female voices in Medicare policy analysis...

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Ontario Health Atlas illustrates growing socioeconomic inequity, resulting in unequal gains and losses in health over last 20 years

Ontario has made major progress towards reducing deaths due to circulatory, cancer and respiratory diseases, and more Ontarians are surviving into old age, but the gains experienced differ substantially across regions, according to public health policy researchers at the University of Toronto. Ontarians in health regions that include the greater...

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DLSPH Open: Ontario transparency legislation to impact researchers and clinicians

Dear colleagues, Many of you have heard that Ontario’s new transparency legislation will require industry to report their financial relationships with Ontario’s health-care system, including with health researchers and clinicians. The legislation is the Health Sector Payment Transparency Act, which is part of The Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients...

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Handing out naloxone doesn’t fix opioid crisis

Public health and bioethics researchers explore naloxone’s impact on health equity and access to care In the midst of a national opioid crisis, take-home naloxone programs have expanded rapidly. Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long Term Care Dr. Eric Hoskins recently announced that naloxone kits will be provided to fire...

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New Beginnings: U of T Researcher Explores How Olympic Athletes Experience Retirement

By: Rebecca Biason, Communications and Events Coordinator A qualitative study of 24 retired Olympic athletes from 12 different countries, found that experiences of failure and loss may actually help them adapt to a new retirement lifestyle and declining body. The study also sheds light on the concept of a retirement identity, something...

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