Improving health requires a definition of health. See how experts define health and learn about population health indicators and allostatic load.

Learn about the Canadian health care system, important pieces of legislation, and how the system needs modernizing.

Health has more to do with factors outside of the health care system. Learn about how social policy and poverty reduction can have far reaching effects on the health of a population.

Explore the Life Course approach to health and the upstream determinants of health. See how these determinants can contribute to chronic illness and frailty as we age.

Dive deeper into the complexity of the chronic illness burden on our health care system, specifically COPD. Learn about hospital readmission reduction and the importance of high quality primary care.

Societal inequality perpetuates health disparity. See how historical human rights violations have compounded on our Indigenous communities. Learn about the issues facing northern Inuit communities and adaptive strategies as well as the struggles Canadian newcomers are facing.

Explore the future directions of health care in Canada: National Pharmacare, the sustainability of our publicly-funded health care system, and the journey back to patient-centered care in the post-COVID world