#Socialprescribing, #socialdeterminants, childhood #mentalhealth, #cybersecurity & more! Latest issue of #HealthcareQuarterly is online! ICES CIHI_ICIS Gary Bloch Carya Samina Talat @SoniaHsiung @KateMMulligan TAIBU Community Health Centre Élizabeth Côté-Boileau ow.ly/t2BU50MYlhq

If you keep bees … or if you don’t … read this! A beautiful ode to bees and beekeeping and life. cbc.ca/books/literary…

Dr. Gary Bloch published a paper with PLOS One that shows how primary care providers can best implement social intervention programs. The study found that creativity, persistence and a deep understanding of the community work best in successful programs: bit.ly/41xJgnV

Social prescribing is a practical tool for addressing #socialdeterminants through supported referrals to community services. Gary Bloch Carya Samina Talat @SoniaHsiung @KateMMulligan etal describe the current state of #socialprescribing in Canada. ow.ly/ca0P50N3CGZ

#Socialprescribing: Through co-production with community & healthcare partners, participants build their own well-being plans and receive support as necessary. Gary Bloch The SEED Canadian Red Cross CISP_ICPS @KateMMulligan Carya Samina Talat ow.ly/rjLg50N3CCt

Calling all #SocialPrescribing clinicians! Help us celebrate Social Prescribing week by joining our Social Rx Campaign to highlight the value of social prescriptions in your work! Read how to participate below ⤵️. Alliance for Healthier Communities Dr. Dominik Nowak Andrew Boozary MD Gary Bloch Dr. Melissa Lem

The Canadian government must be called upon to do what’s right: calling for an immediate ceasefire & for an end to the collective punishment of Palestinians Click on the link below to send a letter to Trudeau & Joly, demanding that they take action now ijvcanada.org/gaza-on-the-br…

Please read this beautiful piece by Dr. Suzanne Shoush. “My fellow doctors in Gaza are working to stem a tsunami of death. It is our duty to help them.” thestar.com/opinion/my-fel…

Here is the counter-counter-narrative: a Palestinian feminist peace activist mourning an Israeli Jewish feminist peace activist. I honestly hope this is the space we all seek to inhabit beyond this conflict. 972mag.com/vivian-silver-…

Center for Jewish Nonviolence. Jews standing in solidarity with Palestinians for peace … consider your year-end donations here! nonviolenceinternational.net/donate_cjnv

Just a reminder that the open call closes on Dec 31. We're looking for input from everyone! The public, patients, family members, physicians, learners, health care workers. Help shape the future of medicine and medical education in Canada! #meded #medtwitter

Medicine is at a crossroads. Please read our piece on the pushback to challenging power when trying to centre equity in CanMeds and more. If we want to actually move towards anti-oppressive healthcare, we need action. journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej… #meded #MedTwitter cc @SarooSharda_MD

Jewish Faculty Network Steering Committee open letter on student encampments

#Disability and #poverty: Funding and structure of new Canada Disability Benefit unacceptable, by Gary Bloch healthydebate.ca/2024/05/topic/… via Healthy Debate Disability Without Poverty #CDB

Disability and poverty: Funding and structure of new federal benefit unacceptable healthydebate.ca/2024/05/topic/… via Healthy Debate

Listen to young people! A brilliant and important plea to respect student protesters. thestar.com/opinion/contri…

My take: We must resist the backlash against EDI in medicine in Canada. #CanMEDS The Conversation theconversation.com/resisting-the-…

Backlash against the call for #equity in #medicine is misguided. By Gary Bloch healthydebate.ca/2024/06/topic/…

Medicine must resist the anti equity backlash! healthydebate.ca/2024/06/topic/…