Patient-First Language

New Brunswick health network apologizes for use of restraints at psychiatric facility
Sébastien Lagacé, associate vice-president of mental health and addiction at Vitalité Health Network, says the situation at the Restigouche Hospital Centre was not acceptable and officials are working with the ombudswoman to make changes.
A missed dose of cultural humility
Why pharmacists need to engage more openly with traditional and complementary medicine.

The non-suturable wounds

I wake to the aseptic hum of a hospital morning, the light thinning through blinds like fragile skin draped over bone.
Healthcare workers fired over TikTok photo slideshow of staff mocking patients’ discharge

The photos all depict various employees making silly poses next to the liquid stains on the exam chair. One employee can been seen sticking her tongue out while another gives a thumbs up.
The fat lady speaks: Obesity has almost killed me several times but not how you might think

The stigma attached to being a fat doctor is huge. As a resident, supervisors would comment disparagingly about my weight. Once when I was seven months pregnant, the chief of the department commented that I was letting myself go.
The legacy of discrimination

Twice, from the same family, a physician faced hostility not for his care but for his accent and country of origin.
Prescription for kindness

The quality of entries for our 2025 Student Essay Contest was so high that we decided to share them all. Here's an essay by Bailey Mitchell from the University of Waterloo.
From acknowledgment to action: A reconciliation mandate for Canadian medical education

As a medical learner, Henrietta Ezegbe discusses the urgent need to take reconciliation beyond the lecture slide.
Chasing a dream across borders

The quality of entries for our 2025 Student Essay Contest was so high that we decided to share them all. Here's an essay by Maria Paola Mendieta, a third-year PharmD student at the University of Ottawa.
5 career-changing epiphanies in my life as an MD

It’s hard to go through a full career in medicine without moments that hit you so hard, they shift your entire trajectory. Some are amazingly positive insights, others downright painful. But ideally, they all lead to growth.

New Brunswick health network apologizes for use of restraints at psychiatric facility

A missed dose of cultural humility

The non-suturable wounds

Healthcare workers fired over TikTok photo slideshow of staff mocking patients’ discharge

The fat lady speaks: Obesity has almost killed me several times but not how you might think

The legacy of discrimination

Prescription for kindness

From acknowledgment to action: A reconciliation mandate for Canadian medical education

Chasing a dream across borders

5 career-changing epiphanies in my life as an MD