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The Safari Concept: An African Framework for End-Of-Life Care By Dr. Christian Ntizimira Using animal architypes as metaphors, Dr. Christian Ntizmira, shares a compassionate and practical framework for others to understand the suffering of seriously ill patients. It’s a ground-breaking approach to palliative care that transcends cultural and linguistic barriers this
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IBBY Collection for Young People living with disabilities The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a non-profit that supports a collection for youngsters living with disabilities at Toronto’s North York Central Library. There are over 4,000 titles in over 50 languages including tactile and textile books and specialized format such as Braille, […]
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So why the silence?

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Menopause is something that almost all women go through  Let’s make a noise about what needs to change. If menopause were on Yelp, it would have one star. I could imagine reviews like… This establishment has temperature control issues. Drenching heat followed by terrible chills. Defies the laws of thermodynamics. Would not recommend. Awful, awful, […]
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The Stress Prescription Dr. Elissa Epel We can turn stress into strength and resilience. Whether it’s our to-do lists, deadlines, difficult conversations or crises small or large, our waking hours are filled with constant stressors. We can’t eliminate stress—it will always be woven into our lives and part of everything from parenting and careers, to […]
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Spending more won’t fix healthcare

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Pumping more money into the Manitoba healthcare system that already isn’t working is not a real solution. More money doesn’t mean fewer problems. For years, different groups in Manitoba have claimed that the government has consistently been cutting healthcare spending to the detriment of patients and those working in the healthcare system. The Manitoba Health […]
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Alberta Workbook Adapted from a Canadian Virtual Hospice and a national Circle of Elders and Knowledge carriers, this workbook guides a person to think and record what is most important about their life, health and personal care. The goal is then to share it with the people who matter most and also with health care […]
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Learnings from an analysis of families claiming the Canada Caregiver Credit?

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A recent Statistics Canada study uses nationwide administrative data to spotlight Canadian families caring for family members (including extended family members) who have severe and prolonged impairments in physical or mental functions. It documents the prevalence of families claiming the Canada Caregiver Credit (CCC) among all tax-filing families and breaks down the
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Podcast Imagine a world without: Antibiotics The last time scientists produced a new batch of effective antibiotics was in 1987. Since then we’ve seen virtually no new ones. 700,00 people die from antibiotic resistant bacteria worldwide each year and that number is expectedto soar in the coming decades. sonymusic.com