The difficult journey upstream
One of the signature messages of Ryan Meili’s work in activism and politics has been the concept of upstream thinking – described in extremely brief form here: To imagine a…
public health
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Lara Herrero offers a quick guide to what we know about the Delta variant – and how it should change our previous perspective…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Don Braid discusses how Alberta’s health care system and polity are both collapsing under the weight of a UCP government which has utterly…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ian Austen takes Alberta’s shame to the international stage by pointing out how the UCP’s “best summer ever” has given rise to…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Katherine Wu, Ed Yong and Sarah Zhang set out six rules which will shape how we handle the next wave of COVID –…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Institut economique Molinari studies how COVID Zero strategies have not only kept populations healthier, but helped to preserve higher levels of…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Alexander Quon reports on Alexander Wong’s call for far more public health measures to alleviate COVID’s unmanageable strain on Saskatchewan’s health care…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Doug Cuthand discusses how everybody is worse off as a result of the combination of government negligence and individual vaccine hesitancy. And Liam…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk writes that it’s long past time for Jason Kenney to resign as utterly unfit for public office. The Globe and Mail’s…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jason Markusoff writes about the human cost of Jason Kenney’s false claim that the COVID-19 pandemic was over. Phil Tank points out…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jill Filipovic discusses how the mounting toll in human lives and health from COVID should leave no room for controversy about modest responses…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Naël Shiab charts COVID case rates by province – showing in stark relief how Alberta and Saskatchewan are in a worse position…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Cory Neudorf writes about the need for layers of COVID-19 protection now to avoid extreme measures like lockdowns due to the collapse of…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Graham Thomson discusses how the UCP has put politics over public well-being in choosing to let COVID run rampant (while now seeking…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Kevin Maimann discusses how Alberta’s health care system is on the brink of collapse due to a complete COVID governance failure. Zak Vescera…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Steven Lewis writes about the increased COVID risk Saskatchewan is facing as a result of Scott Moe’s refusal to govern. And Duane…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – PressProgress offers some background on the agitators disrupting Justin Trudeau’s campaign events, while Max Fawcett points out why there’s no reason for…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Frank Addario asks how any politician can claim to be a leader while taking a mulligan on the COVID-19 pandemic. Amy Kaler writes…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Sam Hammond argues that we should expect our federal parties to strengthen public education in the wake of a pandemic which has…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Peter Hotez writes that the U.S. is facing a new nightmare phase in responding to COVID-19, while Frank Newport reports on the…