During the Second World War, The Globe’s skirmishes with the censors nearly sent its publisher to jail, by David Parkinson. (Excerpt from A Nation’s Paper: The Globe and Mail in the Life of Canada.) theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic… via The Globe and Mail #cdnmedia #journalism

Gazette reporter ⁦Aaron Derfel⁩ wins medical #journalism award for coverage of ER waits via ⁦Montreal Gazette⁩ ⁦CAEP⁩ montrealgazette.com/news/local-new…

Conservative MPs spreading lie of a '380% increase' in people dying since decriminalization in BC

TRUTH: there has been no such increase, with most recent data showing a 11% DECREASE in people dying

Source: BC Coroners Service

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Though I get the frustration, many groups distrust the media, not just these students -- Indigenous people, military, police, activists, racialized communities, etc.
It's on to us journalists to earn their trust with patience, willingness to listen, respecting boundaries ...

For @Semafor, Ben Smith Semaforben interviews @NYTimes executive editor Joe Kahn, who says, 'The newsroom is not a safe space.' Meaning that it's a place to expect to be challenged by ideas, some of which any given reporter won't like.

Globe reporters Lindsay Jones and @ColinFreeze win gold at Atlantic Journalism Awards /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #journalism

“We've actually seen a decrease in public complaints around public consumption.

“But that doesn't mean that circumstances don't arise where people rightfully have concerns around public drug use, and we're still responsive to that.” ⁦ vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/van…

“There is a continuing long COVID crisis in Canada, in which symptoms – sometimes debilitating ones – last months or even years. A Statistics Canada report found that 2.1 million people were experiencing long COVID symptoms as of June, 2023.” theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…

Family doctor program at Queen's finishes 1st year. Fewer med students choosing family medicine cbc.ca/news/canada/ot… via @cbcnews #MedEd

The rationale for including #race or #ethnicity in clinical guidelines is often unclear.

Guidelines should be reviewed to identify inappropriate use of race and ethnicity, say Dr Habib Naqvi MBE and colleagues
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Hot take: We have not yet processed what happened in the early dark days of the pandemic.

Reading a book like Breaking Canadians can help start the healing.

Huge congratulations to Dr. Shazma Mithani!
🙏for spreading info & countering misinformation on the world’s in-hospital & out-of-hospital emergencies. 3 cheers to your work & to the lifetime of advocacy that has now walked alan drummond’s name onto your résumé 😊 CAEP

When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence. The downward spiral of one inmate, Markus Johnson, shows the larger failures of prisons to care for the mentally ill, by Glenn Thrush nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/… via The New York Times #MentalHealth #PrisonHealth

We should embrace the lessons from B.C.’s #decriminalization pilot. First and foremost, recovery requires healthy engagement – with #addiction treatment, with loved ones and with broader society, by Vincent Lam theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via Globe Opinion #ToxicDrugCrisis

Do you feel bad for seeking therapy? It’s called ‘thriver’s guilt.’ Many second-generation immigrant patients feel their problems don’t matter because their parents or family abroad have had it worse, by Sahaj Kaur Kohli washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/… via Washington Post Opinions #MentalHealth

These Couples Survived a Lot. Then Came #retirement .
For many relationships, life after work brings an unexpected set of challenges, by Susan Dominus nytimes.com/2024/05/05/mag… via NYT Magazine #aging

He’s 93, he’s run 52 marathons and he’s in the gym six days a week: can this man teach us how to age well?
John Starbrook is living, breathing proof of the power of exercise and enthusiasm, by Phil Daoust theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/a… via The Guardian NeglectedNoMore #running 🏃‍♂️ #aging

Être le parent de ses parents. Quand la veillesse et la maladie frappent, les rôles s’inversent, par Lesage Jessica ici.radio-canada.ca/recit-numeriqu… via Radio-Canada Info Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence