#WesternU nursing profs Cheryl Forchuk, Richard Booth are developing a cost-effective way to determine how many people in Canada experience homelessness. Data collected by the Homelessness Counts project is showing a surge in the homeless population in Canada. lfpress.com/news/local-new…

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In 2017, the Alberta government reviewed all opioid-related deaths and found that of those with occupations listed, 53 per cent had employment in trades, transport or equipment operation. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

So I nursed in this province when there was no attention to providing health care for #homeless ppl except for the nuns Unity Health Toronto who even arranged 'social admissions' when necessary (eg. for recovering pneumonia)....2

Dear focus group participant 3, I appreciate your excitement & desire to express it, but please refrain from doing so midway through participant 1's statement. Your urge to yell out "Yeah" & "yes" makes transcribing quite frustrating. Yours truly, Frustrated grad student

Dear Ethics, I value and appreciate your input. However, I'm not sure how much more clearly I can describe who will be transcribing and validating recordings than "transcription and validation will be completed by research assistants." Sincerely, Grumpy & confused grad student

🎯“We keep doing this research to prove harm reduction saves lives and keep getting the same answer that it does. To think that harm reduction could be removed from the options for people in Ontario or across Canada, I find that terrifying.”Dr. Andrea Sereda lfpress.com/news/local-new…

RNAO is delighted with the provincial gov't's announcement of $110 million in additional funding to support 53 new & 25 expanded interprofessional teams in primary care, including funding #NPLCs in communities across Ontario. Media release: rnao.ca/news/media-rel… #onpoli

#Measles spreading in Ontario, Quebec with cases of unknown origin. If community transmission is occurring, that would have significant public-health ramifications, by Carly Weeks theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail #vaccination

Medical testing should be grounded in evidence, not an opportunity to capitalise on the worried well. Our latest Editorial calls for tighter regulation of the direct-to-consumer testing industry: hubs.li/Q02PPHDt0 #CDOH

Unifor Local 2458 couldn't reach a tentative deal with Clear Medical Imaging's management, so 130 workers are on strike -- that includes some employees in Chatham. #ckont cknewstoday.ca/chatham/news/2…