Letter to Trudeau pushes for federal leadership on pharmaceutical drug coverage
Over 300 health professionals and academics have backed a letter sent to Justin Trudeau on the need for federal leadership on pharmaceutical drug coverage.
par Steve Morgan 18 novembre 2015
Every developed country with a universal healthcare system provides universal pharmaceutical drug coverage…except Canada. The problems associated with Canada's incomplete patchwork of private and public drug plans – including widespread barriers to accessing prescribed medicines, significant financial burdens on patients with chronic disease, and much higher drug costs than comparable countries – have received considerable attention in recent years.
The best solution to these problems for Canada is a universal, comprehensive, public drug plan that is appropriately integrated into our universal system of hospital and medical insurance. This form of universal « pharmacare » – working in conjunction with our « medicare » system – has been repeatedly recommended by commissions on Canada's healthcare system dating all the way back to the 1960s. Despite this, Canada has not yet established such a policy.
The change in government at the federal level, combined with supportive governments in many provinces, create a window of opportunity for this long awaited reform to occur.
As such, physicians involved with Canadian doctors for Medicare and researchers involved with Pharmacare 2020 collaborated with myself and Dr. Danyaal Raza, in drafting a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau asking him to put this reform at the top of the agenda for federal, provincial and territorial negotiations on improving the quality of Canada's healthcare system.
We thought perhaps a few of our peers would want to join their efforts. We were wrong.
Over the course of just seven days, our letter to the Prime Minister had been circulated to health professionals and policy experts across Canada. By the time we sent the letter this week, over 300 health professionals and policy experts had joined as signatories.
The list of signatories includes:
Signatories from every province
More than 150 physicians, pharmacists, and nurses
10 recipients of the Oder of Canada
11 Canada Research Chairs
Over 225 signatories are professors from 34 universities across Canada
Here's the letter — full list of signatories at the bottom:
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau:
Congratulations on becoming Canada's 23rd prime minister.
Over the course of the election campaign and in the weeks following your victory, there have been many important discussions about Canadian identity and our core values. Among the values that Canadians most support in poll after poll are those embodied in our medicare system: particularly, a belief that all residents of Canada should have access to quality health care.
We are health professionals and health policy researchers concerned, as you are, with the state of Canada's universal health care system. Soon, your government will be engaging Canada's premiers and ministers of health in discussions about a new health accord. We hope universal pharmacare will be at the top of your agenda for those discussions.
Pharmaceuticals are so essential to health and well-being that the World Health Organization has declared that all nations should ensure universal access to necessary medicines. Consistent with that recommendation, every developed country with a universal health care system provides universal coverage of medically necessary prescriptions except Canada.
Unlike any comparable country, Canada's universal public health care system effectively ends as soon as a patient is handed a prescription to fill.
Millions of Canadians have no drug coverage at all and millions more have coverage that is inadequate to ensure access to medicines. As a result, almost one quarter of Canadians report they or members of their household have not taken medicines as prescribed because of costs.
It is well documented that financial barriers to necessary medicines result in worse health for patients. They also result in unnecessary increases in the use of hospital and medical care.
National standards for universal coverage of medically necessary prescription drugs would therefore satisfy a central goal of pharmaceutical policy: ensuring all Canadians have equitable access to necessary care. Instituting such standards would bring Canada up to par in the developed world. Guided by best available evidence, such coverage would also foster safer, more appropriate use of medicines – potentially making Canada a world leader in the quality of medicine use.
Ensuring universal access to medically necessary prescription drugs is not only the ethical thing to do, it can also be the economically responsible thing to do. Research shows that a universal, public pharmacare system – one coordinated across provinces in ways similar to how federal, provincial, and territorial governments purchase vaccines and blood supply products – would achieve equity of access goals while saving Canadians between $4-billion and $11-billion per year.
Indeed, comparable countries that integrate drug coverage into their universal, public health care system achieve more equitable access to medicines at far lower total cost than Canada spends on our system today.
Canadians support public coverage for medicines of proven value-for-money in our health care system. A recent national survey by the Angus Reid Institute found that a vast majority of Canadians (87%) support adding prescription medicines to Canadian medicare. This support exists "across the board" in terms of regions, age groups, incomes, and education levels. Universal, public pharmacare is also supported by health professions, unions, policy experts, businesses, citizens groups, health charities, health executives, municipalities, and provincial governments.
Your campaign promised a better Canada including a federal government that will not let problems of the past persist when there is an opportunity to improve the lives of Canadians.
Pharmacare is the unfinished business of the Canadian healthcare system. Your government is in the fortunate position to expand medicare's public mandate to include prescription drugs, and ensure a sunnier future for all Canadians as a result. You can count on our support as you plan a course for doing so.
Julia Abelson, PhD
Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Elia Abi-Jaoude, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children
Tracie Afifi, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry
Farah Ahmad, MBBS, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Health Policy and Management
Silvia Alessi-Severini, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy
Sara Allin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Status-Only, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Aslam Anis, PhD, FCAHS
Director, Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Providence Health Care; Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Kelly Anthony, PhD
Teaching Fellow, Applied Health Sciences
Waterloo, Ontario
Paul Antze
Associate Professor emeritus, Department of Social Science
Pat Armstrong, PhD
Professor, Department of Sociology
Yukiko Asada, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Peri Ballantyne, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Peterborough, Ontario
Morris Barer, PhD
Professor, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health
Maude Barlow
National Chairperson
The Council of Canadians
Steve Barnes, MA
Director of Policy
Wellesley Institute
Jan Barnsley, PhD
Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation
Francoise Baylis, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy, Faculties of Medicine & Arts and Social Sciences
Ahmed Bayoumi, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Michaela Beder, MD, FRCPC
Psychiatrist, St Michael's Hospital; Lecturer, University of Toronto
François Béland, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Administration, Ėcole de santé publique
Warren Bell, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP
Salmon Arm, British Columbia
Philip Berger, O.ONT, MD, CCFP, FCFP, FRCPC (Hon)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Anne-Emanuelle Birn, ScD
Professor of Critical Development Studies and Social and Behavioural Health Sciences
Pierre Biron, MD, MS
Honorary professor of medical pharmacology
Lise M. Bjerre, MD, PhD, MCFP
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Charlyn Black, MD, PhD
Associate Director, School of Population and Public Health
Regis Blais, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health
Gary Bloch, MD
Katherine Boothe, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Roxane Borgès Da Silva, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing
Stephen Bornstein, PhD
Director, Centre of Applied Health Research
Ivy Bourgeault, PhD
Professor, Telfer School of Management and Institute of Population Health
Mylaine Breton, PhD
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Marni Brownell, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences
Mariana Brussoni, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Population and Public Health
Stirling Bryan, PhD
Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation
Toba Bryant, PhD
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Oshawa, Ontario
National Health Campaigner
John Calvert, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Burnaby, British Columbia
Debra Cameron, PhD, MEd, BScOT, OT Reg.
Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Bruce Carleton, PharmD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Nicholas Carleton, PhD, RD Psych
Alan Cassels, CD, MPA
Adjunct Faculty, Faculty of Human and Social Development
Timothy Caulfield, LLM, FRSC, FCAHS
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy, Faculty of Law
Roger Chafe, PhD
Director, Janeway Pediatric Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine
An-Wen Chan, MD, DPhil, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Ben Chan, MD, MPH, MPA
Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation
Fiona Chan, BScPharm, RPh, MSc Cand.
Pharmacist; Graduate Student
Neena Chappell, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS
Canada Research Chair in Social Gerontology
Claudia Chaufan, MD, PhD
Fulbright Research Chair 2015
Vaughn Chauvin, BScPhm, CGP, RPh
Lecturer, Pharmacist, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Helen Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems
Robert Chernomas, PhD
Professor, Department of Economics
Niteesh Choudhry, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Jon Church, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Donna Ciliska, RN, PhD
Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing
Eyal Cohen, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
André-Pierre Contandriopoulos, PhD
Professeur émérite, Département d'administration de la santé
Damien Contandriopoulos, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Nursing
Yves Couturier, PhD
Professeur titulaire, École de travail social
Tony Culyer, CBE, BA, FRSA, FMedSci
Adjunct Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Tamara Daly, PhD
CIHR Research Chair in Gender, Work & Health, Faculty of Health
Jamie Daw, MSc
Raisa Deber, PhD
Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Nicole Dedobbeleer, ScD
Professor honoraire, Département d'administration de la santé
Dianne Delva, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Avram Denburg, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Pediatric Oncologist, Hospital for Sick Children; and 2015 Trudeau Scholar
Michael Dettman, MD, ABEM, FRCP(C)
Physician, Vancouver Hospital Emergency Department, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
PJ Devereaux, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Livio Di Matteo, PhD
Alba DiCenso, CM, RN, PhD, FCAHS
Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Lisa Dolovich, PharmD, BScPhm, MSc
Professor and Associate Chair, Research, Department of Family Medicine
Katie Dorman, MD, MSc, CCFP
Weeneebayko General Hospital
Moose Factory, Ontario
Naheed Dosani, MD, CCFP
Palliative Care Physician, William Osler Health System; and Assistant Clinical Professor
Jocelyn Downie, SJD, FRSC, FCAHS
Professor, Faculties of Law & Medicine
Michelle Driedger, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Environment and Health Risk Communication
Joel Dubin, PhD
Associate Professor, Statistics & Actuarial Science and School of Public Health & Health Systems
Isser Dubinsky, MD,CCFP(EM)
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Monika Dutt, MD, MBA, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC
Brenda Elias
Associate Professor, College of Medicine
Rachel Engler-Stringer, PhD
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Mahyar Etminan, PharmD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
David Feeny, PhD
Professor of Economics and Member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis
Katherine Fierlbeck, PhD
McCulloch Chair of Political Science, Department of Political Science
Colleen Flood, LLB (Hons), LLM, SJD
Director, University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy & Ethics
Conchita Fonseca, MD, BSc, CCFP-EM
Lisa Forman, LLB, MA, SJD
Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Global Health Equity
Katherine Frohlich, PhD
Professeure Titulaire, Département de médecine sociale et préventive
Marc-André Gagnon, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration
JM Gamble, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy
Denise Gastaldo, BScN, MA, PhD
Associate Professor, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Robert Gendron, PhD
Professor, BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Elaine Gibson, LLB, LLM
Associate Professor of Law
Frédéric Gilbert, PhD, MBA
Professeur, Département d'Organisation et ressources humaines, École des sciences de la gestion
Québec, Québec
Sarah Giles, MD, CCFP(EM), DTM&H
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Liane Ginsburg, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Health Policy & Management
Rick Glazier, MD, MPH
Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Ritika Goel, MD, MPH, CCFP
Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Paula Goering, RN, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Laurie Goldsmith, PhD
Rachel Gorman, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Health Policy and Management
Carolyn Gotay, PhD, FCAHS
Professor and Canadian Cancer Society Chair in Cancer Primary Prevention, School of Population and Public Health
Daniel Grace, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Janice Graham, PhD
Michael Green, MD, MPH, CCFP
Associate Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Samantha Green, MD, CCFP
Family Physician and Lecturer, St. Michael's Hospital
Devon Greyson, MLIS, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics
Allan Grill, MD, MPH, CCFP
Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine
Jeremy Grimshaw, MBChB, PhD, FRCGP, FCAHS
Professor, Department of Medicine
Paul Grootendorst, PhD
Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and School of Public Policy and Governance
Quinn Grundy, RN, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Pharmacy
Doug Gruner, MD,CCFP,FCFP
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Emmanuel Guindon, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis
Gordon Guyatt, OC, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Distinguished Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Michael Hadskis
Assistant Professor, School of Health Administration & Schulich School of Law
Jeannie Haggerty, PhD
McGill Research Chair in Family & Community Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital
Montreal, Québec
Trevor Hancock, Hon FFPH
Professor and Senior Scholar, School of Public Health and Social Policy
Gillian Hanley, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Rhona Hanning, PhD, RD, FDC
Professor, School of Public Health & Health Systems
Lori Hanson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Community Health &Epidemiology
Lisa Hartling, PhD
Director, Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence
Linda Haslam Stroud, RN
ONA Provincial President
Ontario Nurses' Association
Marie Hatem, PhD
Professeure titulaire, École de Santé Publique-Département de médecine sociale et préventive
Michael Hayes, PhD
Director, School of Public Health and Social Policy
Kate Hayman, MD, MPH, FRCPC
University Health Network
Brian Haynes, OC, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor, Departments of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Medicine
Janet Hazelton, BScN, RN, MPA
Nova Scotia Nurses' Union
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Réjean Hébert, MD, MPhil
Professeur titulaire, Département d'administration de la santé École de santé publique
George Heckman, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Schlegel Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Systems
David Henry, MB ChB, MRCP, FRCP
Marjolaine Héon, PhD
Professeure adjointe, Faculté des sciences infirmières
Matthew Herder, LLM, JSM
Associate Professor, Faculties of Medicine and Law
Matt Hiltz, BSc, LLB
New Brunswick Nurses' Union
Steven Hoffman, MA, JD, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law
Corinne Hohl, MDCM, MHSc, BS, FRCPC, CCFP
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Anne Holbrook, MD, PharmD, MSc, FRCPC
Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology; Professor, Department of Medicine
Aidan Hollis, PhD
Matthew Hunt, PhD, PT
Assistant Professor and Director of Research, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Jeremiah Hurley, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Economics
Winston Husbands, PhD
AIDS Committee of Toronto
Brian Hutchison, MD, MSc, FCFP
Professor Emeritus, Departments of Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Stephen Hwang, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Director, Division of General Internal Medicine
Alistair Ingram, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine and Chief of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare
Noah Ivers, MD, PhD, CCFP
Scientist, Women's College Research Institute
Women's College Hospital
Robert James, MD, FCFP
Adjunct Professor, Graduate Program in Health Policy and Equity
Craig Janes, PhD
Professor and Director, School of Public Health & Health Systems
Joy Johnson, PhD, RN, FCAHS
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Marcella Jones, MPH, MD Candidate 2017
Jill Kambeitz, MD, CCFP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Nick Kates, MB.BS FRCPC
Professor & Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Alan Katz, MBChB, MSc, CCFP
Director, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
Stephen Katz, PhD
Arminee Kazanjian, DrSoc
Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Claire Kendall, MD, PhD, MSc(Public Health)
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Nadia Khan, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Kapil Khatter, MD
Family Physician and Lecturer
Rutherford Kimberly, MD, MSc, CCFP
Family Physician, Spectrum Health; Medical Coordinator, Primary Outreach Services, Vancouver Coastal Health; Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia
Carol Kitai, MD, FCFP, PhD
Family Medicine, Women's College Hospital
Mieke Koehoorn, PhD
Professor and Head, Occupational and Environmental Health Division, School of Population and Public Health
Jillian Clare Kohler, PhD
Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Munk School of Global Affairs & Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Jacek Kopec, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor and Head, Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health Practice
Udo Krautwurst, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
I fan Kuo, PharmD, BSc (Pharm), MSc, ACPR, RPh
Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy
Ronald Labonté, PhD, FCAHS, HonFFPH
Professor and Canada Research Chair, School of Epidemiology
Ismail Laher, PhD
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine
Susan Law, PhD
Associate Professor, McGill Family Medicine
Isabelle Leblanc, MD, MSc, CQMF
Assistant professor, Family medicine
Richard Lee, PhD, FRSC
University Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology
Brenda LeFrançois, PhD
Professor, School of Social Work and Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine
Pascale Lehoux, PhD
Researcher, Institute of Public Health Research
Trudo Lemmens, LicJur, LLM, DCL
Professor and Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Joint Centre for Bioethics
Christine Leong, PharmD
Assistant Professor and FMC Clinical Pharmacist, College of Pharmacy
Grigorios Leontiadis, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Joel Lexchin, MSc, MD
Professor, School of Health Policy and Management
Lisa Lix, PhD, PStat
Professor and Manitoba Research Chair, Department of Community Health Sciences
Stan Lubin, MD, MPH
Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Practice
Sharon Macdonald, MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Dept of Community Health Sciences
Ellen MacEachen, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems
Constance MacIntosh, BA, MA, LLB
Director, Dalhousie Health Law Institute
André Magnan, PhD
Associate Professor, Sociology and Social Studies
Sally Mahood, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Associate Professor, Family Medicine
Abeer Majeed, MD, CCFP
PGY3 Fellow, Clinical Environmental Health
Dee Mangin, MBChB, DPH, FRNZCGP
David Braley Nancy Gordon Chair in Family Medicine
Sharon Manson Singer, MSW, PhD
Professor (retired), School of Public Policy
Greg Marchildon, PhD, MA, LLB
Ontario Research Chair in Health Policy and System Design, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Danielle Martin, MD, CCFP, MPP
Vice President, Medical Affairs and Health System Solutions, Women's College Hospital
Ruth Martin Misener, RN-NP, PhD
Professor, School of Nursing
Allan Maslove, PhD
Professor, School of Public Policy & Administration
Louise Masse, PhD
Maria Mathews, PhD
Chris McCabe, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Patrick McGowan, PhD
David McGrane, PhD
Associate Professor of Political Studies
Margaret McGregor, MD, MHSc
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
Tom McIntosh, PhD
Professor, Politics and International Studies
Vicki McKenna, RN
ONA 1st Vice President
Ian McKillop, PhD, FRSPH
Director, Professional Practice Centre in Health Systems
Logan McLeod, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Bob McMurtry, CM, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Chetan Mehta, MD, MA, CCFP
Central Toronto Community Health Centre
Tushar Mehta, MD, CCFP
Brampton Civic Hospital
Ryan Meili, MD, CCFP
Head, Division of Social Accountability
Colleen Metge, PhD
Director, Evaluation Platform, George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation
Fiona Miller, PhD
Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Barbara Mintzes, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy
Craig Mitton, PhD
Michael Moffatt, MD, Msc, FRCPC
Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Paediatrics and Child Health
David Moher, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
William Montelpare, PhD
Professor; Margaret and Wallace McCain Chair in Human Development and Health
Steve Morgan, PhD
Kathy Moscou, RPh, MPH
Doctoral candidate, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and Dalla Lana Faculty of Public Health
Stephen Moses, MD, MPH
Professor and Head, Department of Community Health Sciences
Eric Mykhalovskiy, PhD
Vic Neufeld, MD, MA, FRCPC
Professor Emeritus, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Sarah Newbery, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Wilson Memorial General Hospital
Marathon, Ontario
Melissa Newitt, MPPPA
National Coordinator (Interim)
Canadian Health Coalition
Manon Niquette, PhD
Professeure titulaire, Département d'information et de communication
Stephanie Nixon, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Tom Noseworthy, CM, MD, MSc, MPH, FRCPC, FACP
Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, O'Brien Institute for Public Health
Ubaka Ogbogu, LLB, BL, LLM, SJD
Assistant Professor and Katz Research Fellow in Health Law and Science Policy
Catherine Oliver, MD
James Orbinski, OC, MD, MSC, Bsc, MA
CIGI Research Chair & Professor in Global Health
Balsillie School of International Affairs
Anita Palepu, MD, MPH
Karen Palmer, MPH, MSc
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Michael Paterson, MSc
Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Amelie Perron, RN, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Nav Persaud, MD, MSc
Associate Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital
Kevin Peters, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Andrew Pinto, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC
Assistant professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Jenny Ploeg, RN, PhD
Professor and Scientific Director, Aging, Community and Health Research Unit
Marie-Pascale Pomey, MD, Msc, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Administration
Elaine Power, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Nicole Power, PhD
Marie-Claude Prémont, PhD
École nationale d'administration publique
Dorothy Pringle, OC, RN, PhD, FCAHS
Dean Emeritus & Professor Emeritus, LS Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
Eva Purkey, MD, MPH, CCFP
Assistant Professor and Global Health Director, Department of Family Medicine
Hude Quan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences
Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Policies and Health Inequalities, Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, and Sociology
Michael Rachlis, MD, MSc, FRCPC, LLD (Hon)
Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Nanky Rai, MD, MPH
Family medicine resident
Dennis Raphael, PhD
Professor of Health Policy and Management
Meb Rashid, MD
Medical Director, Crossroads Clinical
Colette Raymond, PharmD, MSc, ACPR, FCSHP
Research Scientist, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
Ayesha Raza, MD
PGY1, Family Medicine
St. Joseph's Health Centre
Danyaal Raza, MD, MPH, CCFP
Staff Physician, St. Michael's Hospital; Lecturer, Department of Family & Community Medicine
Lynette Reid, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics
Ali Reza Meghji, BSc(Pharm), RPh
Marcia Rioux, CM, PhD
Distinguished Research Professor, School of Health Policy and Management
Paula Rochon, MD, MPH
Senior Scientist, Women's College Research Institute; Professor, Department of Medicine
Cheryl Rockman-Greenberg, MDCM, FRCPC, FCCMG
Distinguished Professor, Depts. of Pediatrics and Child Health & Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
Scott Ronis, PhD
Noralou Roos, CM, PhD
Professor, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
Harriet Rosenberg, PhD
Professor Emerita, Health and Society Program, Department of Social Science
Paul Rosenberg, MD
Physician Associate, Medical Oncology
Peter Ruben, PhD
Burnaby Mountain Professor, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
Jalil Safaei, PhD
Prince George, British Columbia
Anne Sales, PhD
Professor, School of Medicine
Ann Arbor, USA
Rosana Salvaterra, MD, CCFP, MSC, FRCPC
Medical Officer of Health
Peterborough County-City Health Unit
Arthur Schafer, BLitt (Oxford)
Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics
Ted Schrecker
Professor of Global Health Policy, School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health
Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom
Michael Schull, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Community Health and Epidemiology
Fran Scott, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Louise Séguin, MD, MPH
Researcher and honorary professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine
Stuart Shanker, DPhil
Distinguished Research Professor
Malika Sharma, MD, FRCPC
Infectious Diseases/HIV Physician, Maple Leaf Medical Clinic; Research fellow, Wilson Centre for Research in Education
Osmaan Sheikh, MD, BSc, CCFP
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Sam Sheps, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Brendan Shields, BMT, MTA
Music Therapist
Vancouver Coastal Health
Adrienne Shnier, MA
Jean Shoveller, PhD, FCAHS
Professor, School of Population & Public Health
Claude Sicotte
Linda Silas, RN, BScN
Sergio Sismondo, PhD
Professor, Department of Philosophy
Amanda Slaunwhite, PhD
Kate Smolina, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Population and Public Health
Jerry Spiegel, PhD
Matthew Stanbrook, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACP
John Staples, MD, FRCPC, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (2016)
Jocelyne St-Arnaud, PhD
Professeure associée, Département de médecine sociale et préventive
Carol Strike, PhD
Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Erin Strumpf, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health
Therese Stukel, PhD
Robyn Tamblyn, CM, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc
Professor, Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy
Valerie Tarasuk, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Amardeep Thind, MD, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research, Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Family Medicine
Alison Thompson, PhD
Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Dalla Lana School of Public Health & Joint Centre for Bioethics
Jim Thorsteinson, MD, CCCP, FCFP
Physician, Three Bridges CHC; and, Clinical Professor, Family Practice
Sarah Tuck, MD, CCFP
Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre
Peter Tugwell, OC, MD, FRCPC
Canada Research Chair in Health Equity
Fernand Turcotte, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Professeur émérite, Dépt. de médecine sociale et préventive, Faculté de médecine
Robin Urquhart, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Cathy Vakil, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Bilkis Vissandjee, PhD
Professeure titulaire, Faculté des sciences infirmières
Stephane Voyer, MDCM, MEd, FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
Rebecca Warburton, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Public Administration
Duff Waring, LLB, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Fiona Webster, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Leah Welsh, B.Sc, B. Sc (pharm), RPh
Robin Whitaker, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Sheila Wildeman, MA, LLM
Associate Professor, Schulich School of Law; Associate Director, Dalhousie Health Law Institute
Bryn Williams-Jones, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health
Brenda Wilson, MSc, MB, ChB
Professor, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Michael Wilson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Michael Wolfson, PhD, CRC, CAHS
Canada Research Chair in Population Health Modelling/Populomics
Bob Woollard, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Professor Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
James Wright, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor, Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Terry Wuerz, MD, FRCPC, DTMH
Internal Medicine & Infectious Disease, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; and Assistant Professor
Edward Xie, MD, CCFP(EM), DTM&H
Clinical Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Annalee Yassi, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Capacity Building
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Steve Morgan
Steve Morgan is a professor in the UBC School of Population and Public Health and a member of the expert advisory group for the World Health Organization's Fair Pricing Forum.
par Steve Morgan. Originellement publié sur le site Web d'Options politiques
<h1>Letter to Trudeau pushes for federal leadership on pharmaceutical drug coverage</h1> <p class="byline">par Steve Morgan. Originellement publié sur le site Web <em>d'Options politiques</em> <br />novembre 18, 2015</p> <p>Every developed country with a universal healthcare system provides universal pharmaceutical drug coverage…except Canada. The problems associated with Canada's incomplete patchwork of private and public drug plans – including widespread barriers to <a href="http://www.cmaj.ca/content/184/3/297">accessing prescribed medicines</a>, <a href="http://angusreid.org/prescription-drugs-canada/">significant financial burdens on patients with chronic disease</a>, and <a href="http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/health-at-a-glance-19991312.htm">much higher drug costs than comparable countries</a> – have received considerable attention in recent years.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.cdhowe.org/rethinking-pharmacare-in-canada/22009">best solution</a> to these problems for Canada is a universal, comprehensive, public drug plan that is appropriately integrated into our universal system of hospital and medical insurance. This form of universal "pharmacare" – working in conjunction with our "medicare" system – has been repeatedly recommended by commissions on Canada's healthcare system <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3430151/">dating all the way back to the 1960s</a>. Despite this, Canada has not yet established such a policy.</p> <p>The change in government at the federal level, combined with supportive governments in many provinces, create a window of opportunity for this long awaited reform to occur.</p> <p>As such, physicians involved with <a href="http://www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/">Canadian doctors for Medicare</a> and researchers involved with <a href="http://pharmacare2020.ca/">Pharmacare 2020</a> collaborated with myself and Dr. Danyaal Raza, in drafting a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau asking him to put this reform at the top of the agenda for federal, provincial and territorial negotiations on improving the quality of Canada's healthcare system.</p> <p>We thought perhaps a few of our peers would want to join their efforts. We were wrong.</p> <p>Over the course of just seven days, our letter to the Prime Minister had been circulated to health professionals and policy experts across Canada. By the time we sent the letter this week, over 300 health professionals and policy experts had joined as signatories.</p> <p>The list of signatories includes:</p> <ul> <li>Signatories from every province</li> <li>More than 150 physicians, pharmacists, and nurses</li> <li>10 recipients of the Oder of Canada</li> <li>11 Canada Research Chairs</li> <li>Over 225 signatories are professors from 34 universities across Canada</li> </ul> <p>Here's the letter -- full list of signatories at the bottom:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Dear Prime Minister Trudeau:</p> <p>Congratulations on becoming Canada's 23rd prime minister.</p> <p>Over the course of the election campaign and in the weeks following your victory, there have been many important discussions about Canadian identity and our core values. Among the values that Canadians most support in poll after poll are those embodied in our medicare system: particularly, a belief that all residents of Canada should have access to quality health care.</p> <p>We are health professionals and health policy researchers concerned, as you are, with the state of Canada's universal health care system. Soon, your government will be engaging Canada's premiers and ministers of health in discussions about a new health accord. We hope universal pharmacare will be at the top of your agenda for those discussions.</p> <p>Here's why.</p> <p>Pharmaceuticals are so essential to health and well-being that the World Health Organization has declared that all nations should ensure universal access to necessary medicines. Consistent with that recommendation, every developed country with a universal health care system provides universal coverage of medically necessary prescriptions except Canada.</p> <p>Unlike any comparable country, Canada's universal public health care system effectively ends as soon as a patient is handed a prescription to fill.</p> <p>Millions of Canadians have no drug coverage at all and millions more have coverage that is inadequate to ensure access to medicines. As a result, almost one quarter of Canadians report they or members of their household have not taken medicines as prescribed because of costs.</p> <p>It is well documented that financial barriers to necessary medicines result in worse health for patients. They also result in unnecessary increases in the use of hospital and medical care.</p> <p>National standards for universal coverage of medically necessary prescription drugs would therefore satisfy a central goal of pharmaceutical policy: ensuring all Canadians have equitable access to necessary care. Instituting such standards would bring Canada up to par in the developed world. Guided by best available evidence, such coverage would also foster safer, more appropriate use of medicines – potentially making Canada a world leader in the quality of medicine use.</p> <p>Ensuring universal access to medically necessary prescription drugs is not only the ethical thing to do, it can also be the economically responsible thing to do. Research shows that a universal, public pharmacare system – one coordinated across provinces in ways similar to how federal, provincial, and territorial governments purchase vaccines and blood supply products – would achieve equity of access goals while saving Canadians between $4-billion and $11-billion per year.</p> <p>Indeed, comparable countries that integrate drug coverage into their universal, public health care system achieve more equitable access to medicines at far lower total cost than Canada spends on our system today.</p> <p>Canadians support public coverage for medicines of proven value-for-money in our health care system. A recent national survey by the Angus Reid Institute found that a vast majority of Canadians (87%) support adding prescription medicines to Canadian medicare. This support exists "across the board" in terms of regions, age groups, incomes, and education levels. Universal, public pharmacare is also supported by health professions, unions, policy experts, businesses, citizens groups, health charities, health executives, municipalities, and provincial governments.</p> <p>Your campaign promised a better Canada including a federal government that will not let problems of the past persist when there is an opportunity to improve the lives of Canadians.</p> <p>Pharmacare is the unfinished business of the Canadian healthcare system. Your government is in the fortunate position to expand medicare's public mandate to include prescription drugs, and ensure a sunnier future for all Canadians as a result. You can count on our support as you plan a course for doing so.</p> <p>Yours sincerely,</p> <p>Julia Abelson, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology &amp; Biostatistics</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Elia Abi-Jaoude, MD, MSc, FRCPC</p> <p>Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Tracie Afifi, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Farah Ahmad, MBBS, MPH, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, School of Health Policy and Management</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Silvia Alessi-Severini, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Sara Allin, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Status-Only, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Aslam Anis, PhD, FCAHS</p> <p>Director, Centre for Health Evaluation &amp; Outcome Sciences, Providence Health Care; Professor, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Kelly Anthony, PhD</p> <p>Teaching Fellow, Applied Health Sciences</p> <p>University of Waterloo</p> <p>Waterloo, Ontario</p> <p>Paul Antze</p> <p>Associate Professor emeritus, Department of Social Science</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Pat Armstrong, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Sociology</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Yukiko Asada, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Peri Ballantyne, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Sociology</p> <p>Trent University</p> <p>Peterborough, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Morris Barer, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Maude Barlow</p> <p>National Chairperson</p> <p>The Council of Canadians</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Steve Barnes, MA</p> <p>Director of Policy</p> <p>Wellesley Institute</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jan Barnsley, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management &amp; Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Francoise Baylis, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS</p> <p>Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy, Faculties of Medicine &amp; Arts and Social Sciences</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ahmed Bayoumi, MD, MSc, FRCPC</p> <p>Professor, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michaela Beder, MD, FRCPC</p> <p>Psychiatrist, St Michael's Hospital; Lecturer, University of Toronto</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>François Béland, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Health Administration, Ėcole de santé publique</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Warren Bell, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP</p> <p>Family Doctor</p> <p>Salmon Arm</p> <p>Salmon Arm, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Philip Berger, O.ONT, MD, CCFP, FCFP, FRCPC (Hon)</p> <p>Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Anne-Emanuelle Birn, ScD</p> <p>Professor of Critical Development Studies and Social and Behavioural Health Sciences</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Pierre Biron, MD, MS</p> <p>Honorary professor of medical pharmacology</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>Lise M. Bjerre, MD, PhD, MCFP</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Charlyn Black, MD, PhD</p> <p>Associate Director, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Regis Blais, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Gary Bloch, MD</p> <p>Assistant Professor</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Katherine Boothe, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Roxane Borgès Da Silva, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Stephen Bornstein, PhD</p> <p>Director, Centre of Applied Health Research</p> <p>Memorial University of Newfoundland</p> <p>St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ivy Bourgeault, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Telfer School of Management and Institute of Population Health</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Mylaine Breton, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science</p> <p>University of Sherbrooke</p> <p>Sherbrooke, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Marni Brownell, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Mariana Brussoni, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Stirling Bryan, PhD</p> <p>Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology &amp; Evaluation</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Toba Bryant, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences</p> <p>University of Ontario Institute of Technology</p> <p>Oshawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Butler</p> <p>National Health Campaigner</p> <p>The Council of Canadians</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>John Calvert, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences</p> <p>Simon Fraser University</p> <p>Burnaby, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Debra Cameron, PhD, MEd, BScOT, OT Reg.</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Bruce Carleton, PharmD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Pediatrics</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Nicholas Carleton, PhD, RD Psych</p> <p>Department of Psychology</p> <p>University of Regina</p> <p>Regina, Saskatchewan</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Alan Cassels, CD, MPA</p> <p>Adjunct Faculty, Faculty of Human and Social Development</p> <p>University of Victoria</p> <p>Victoria, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Timothy Caulfield, LLM, FRSC, FCAHS</p> <p>Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Law &amp; Policy, Faculty of Law</p> <p>University of Alberta</p> <p>Edmonton, Alberta</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Roger Chafe, PhD</p> <p>Director, Janeway Pediatric Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>Memorial University of Newfoundland</p> <p>St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>An-Wen Chan, MD, DPhil, FRCPC</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ben Chan, MD, MPH, MPA</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Policy, Management &amp; Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Fiona Chan, BScPharm, RPh, MSc Cand.</p> <p>Pharmacist; Graduate Student</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Neena Chappell, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS</p> <p>Canada Research Chair in Social Gerontology</p> <p>University of Victoria</p> <p>Victoria, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Claudia Chaufan, MD, PhD</p> <p>Fulbright Research Chair 2015</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Vaughn Chauvin, BScPhm, CGP, RPh</p> <p>Lecturer, Pharmacist, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Helen Chen, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems</p> <p>University of Waterloo</p> <p>Waterloo, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Robert Chernomas, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Economics</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Niteesh Choudhry, MD, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School</p> <p>Harvard University</p> <p>Boston, USA</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jon Church, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>Memorial University of Newfoundland</p> <p>St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Donna Ciliska, RN, PhD</p> <p>Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Eyal Cohen, MD, MSc</p> <p>Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>André-Pierre Contandriopoulos, PhD</p> <p>Professeur émérite, Département d'administration de la santé</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Damien Contandriopoulos, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Faculty of Nursing</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Yves Couturier, PhD</p> <p>Professeur titulaire, École de travail social</p> <p>Université de Sherbrooke</p> <p>Sherbrooke, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Tony Culyer, CBE, BA, FRSA, FMedSci</p> <p>Adjunct Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Tamara Daly, PhD</p> <p>CIHR Research Chair in Gender, Work &amp; Health, Faculty of Health</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jamie Daw, MSc</p> <p>Doctoral Candidate</p> <p>Harvard University</p> <p>Boston, USA</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Raisa Deber, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Nicole Dedobbeleer, ScD</p> <p>Professor honoraire, Département d'administration de la santé</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Dianne Delva, MD, CCFP, FCFP</p> <p>Chair, Department of Family Medicine</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Avram Denburg, MD, MSc, FRCPC</p> <p>Pediatric Oncologist, Hospital for Sick Children; and 2015 Trudeau Scholar</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Dettman, MD, ABEM, FRCP(C)</p> <p>Physician, Vancouver Hospital Emergency Department, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>PJ Devereaux, MD, PhD, FRCPC</p> <p>Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Livio Di Matteo, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Economics</p> <p>Lakehead University</p> <p>Thunder Bay, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Alba DiCenso, CM, RN, PhD, FCAHS</p> <p>Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lisa Dolovich, PharmD, BScPhm, MSc</p> <p>Professor and Associate Chair, Research, Department of Family Medicine</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Katie Dorman, MD, MSc, CCFP</p> <p>Family Physician</p> <p>Weeneebayko General Hospital</p> <p>Moose Factory, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Naheed Dosani, MD, CCFP</p> <p>Palliative Care Physician, William Osler Health System; and Assistant Clinical Professor</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jocelyn Downie, SJD, FRSC, FCAHS</p> <p>Professor, Faculties of Law &amp; Medicine</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michelle Driedger, PhD</p> <p>Canada Research Chair in Environment and Health Risk Communication</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Joel Dubin, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Statistics &amp; Actuarial Science and School of Public Health &amp; Health Systems</p> <p>University of Waterloo</p> <p>Waterloo, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Isser Dubinsky, MD,CCFP(EM)</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Monika Dutt, MD, MBA, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC</p> <p>Adjunct Professor</p> <p>Cape Breton University</p> <p>Sydney, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Brenda Elias</p> <p>Associate Professor, College of Medicine</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Rachel Engler-Stringer, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology</p> <p>University of Saskatchewan</p> <p>Saskatoon, Saskatchewan</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Mahyar Etminan, PharmD, MSc</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>David Feeny, PhD</p> <p>Professor of Economics and Member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Katherine Fierlbeck, PhD</p> <p>McCulloch Chair of Political Science, Department of Political Science</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Colleen Flood, LLB (Hons), LLM, SJD</p> <p>Director, University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy &amp; Ethics</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Conchita Fonseca, MD, BSc, CCFP-EM</p> <p>Family Physician</p> <p>Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lisa Forman, LLB, MA, SJD</p> <p>Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Global Health Equity</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Katherine Frohlich, PhD</p> <p>Professeure Titulaire, Département de médecine sociale et préventive</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Marc-André Gagnon, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration</p> <p>Carleton University</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>JM Gamble, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy</p> <p>Memorial University of Newfoundland</p> <p>St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Denise Gastaldo, BScN, MA, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Dalla Lana School of Public Health</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Robert Gendron, PhD</p> <p>Professor, BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>Memorial University of Newfoundland</p> <p>St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Elaine Gibson, LLB, LLM</p> <p>Associate Professor of Law</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Frédéric Gilbert, PhD, MBA</p> <p>Professeur, Département d'Organisation et ressources humaines, École des sciences de la gestion</p> <p>Université du Québec à Montréal</p> <p>Québec, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Sarah Giles, MD, CCFP(EM), DTM&amp;H</p> <p>Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine</p> <p>University of Alberta</p> <p>Edmonton, Alberta</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Liane Ginsburg, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, School of Health Policy &amp; Management</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Rick Glazier, MD, MPH</p> <p>Professor, Family and Community Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ritika Goel, MD, MPH, CCFP</p> <p>Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Paula Goering, RN, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Psychiatry</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Laurie Goldsmith, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences</p> <p>Simon Fraser University</p> <p>Burnaby, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Rachel Gorman, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, School of Health Policy and Management</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Carolyn Gotay, PhD, FCAHS</p> <p>Professor and Canadian Cancer Society Chair in Cancer Primary Prevention, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Daniel Grace, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Janice Graham, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Green, MD, MPH, CCFP</p> <p>Associate Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences</p> <p>Queen's University</p> <p>Kingston, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Samantha Green, MD, CCFP</p> <p>Family Physician and Lecturer, St. Michael's Hospital</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Devon Greyson, MLIS, PhD</p> <p>Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Allan Grill, MD, MPH, CCFP</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Department of Family &amp; Community Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jeremy Grimshaw, MBChB, PhD, FRCGP, FCAHS</p> <p>Professor, Department of Medicine</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Paul Grootendorst, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and School of Public Policy and Governance</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Quinn Grundy, RN, PhD</p> <p>Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Pharmacy</p> <p>University of Sydney</p> <p>Sydney, Australia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Doug Gruner, MD,CCFP,FCFP</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>Emmanuel Guindon, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Gordon Guyatt, OC, MD, MSc, FRCPC</p> <p>Distinguished Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology &amp; Biostatistics</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Hadskis</p> <p>Assistant Professor, School of Health Administration &amp; Schulich School of Law</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jeannie Haggerty, PhD</p> <p>McGill Research Chair in Family &amp; Community Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital</p> <p>McGill University</p> <p>Montreal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Trevor Hancock, Hon FFPH</p> <p>Professor and Senior Scholar, School of Public Health and Social Policy</p> <p>University of Victoria</p> <p>Victoria, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Gillian Hanley, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Rhona Hanning, PhD, RD, FDC</p> <p>Professor, School of Public Health &amp; Health Systems</p> <p>University of Waterloo</p> <p>Waterloo, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lori Hanson, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Community Health &amp;Epidemiology</p> <p>University of Saskatchewan</p> <p>Saskatoon, Saskatchewan</p> <p>Lisa Hartling, PhD</p> <p>Director, Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence</p> <p>University of Alberta</p> <p>Edmonton, Alberta</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Linda Haslam Stroud, RN</p> <p>ONA Provincial President</p> <p>Ontario Nurses' Association</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Marie Hatem, PhD</p> <p>Professeure titulaire, École de Santé Publique-Département de médecine sociale et préventive</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Hayes, PhD</p> <p>Director, School of Public Health and Social Policy</p> <p>University of Victoria</p> <p>Victoria, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Kate Hayman, MD, MPH, FRCPC</p> <p>Physician</p> <p>University Health Network</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Brian Haynes, OC, MD, PhD, FRCPC</p> <p>Professor, Departments of Clinical Epidemiology &amp; Biostatistics and Medicine</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Janet Hazelton, BScN, RN, MPA</p> <p>President</p> <p>Nova Scotia Nurses' Union</p> <p>Dartmouth, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Réjean Hébert, MD, MPhil</p> <p>Professeur titulaire, Département d'administration de la santé École de santé publique</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>George Heckman, MD, MSc, FRCPC</p> <p>Schlegel Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Systems</p> <p>University of Waterloo</p> <p>Waterloo, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>David Henry, MB ChB, MRCP, FRCP</p> <p>Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Marjolaine Héon, PhD</p> <p>Professeure adjointe, Faculté des sciences infirmières</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Matthew Herder, LLM, JSM</p> <p>Associate Professor, Faculties of Medicine and Law</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Matt Hiltz, BSc, LLB</p> <p>Executive Director</p> <p>New Brunswick Nurses' Union</p> <p>Fredericton, New Brunswick</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Steven Hoffman, MA, JD, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Faculty of Law</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Corinne Hohl, MDCM, MHSc, BS, FRCPC, CCFP</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Anne Holbrook, MD, PharmD, MSc, FRCPC</p> <p>Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology &amp; Toxicology; Professor, Department of Medicine</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Aidan Hollis, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Economics</p> <p>University of Calgary</p> <p>Calgary, Alberta</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Matthew Hunt, PhD, PT</p> <p>Assistant Professor and Director of Research, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy</p> <p>McGill University</p> <p>Montreal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jeremiah Hurley, PhD</p> <p>Professor and Chair, Department of Economics</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Winston Husbands, PhD</p> <p>Director of Research</p> <p>AIDS Committee of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Brian Hutchison, MD, MSc, FCFP</p> <p>Professor Emeritus, Departments of Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Stephen Hwang, MD, MPH, FRCPC</p> <p>Director, Division of General Internal Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Alistair Ingram, MD, FRCPC</p> <p>Professor of Medicine and Chief of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Noah Ivers, MD, PhD, CCFP</p> <p>Scientist, Women's College Research Institute</p> <p>Women's College Hospital</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Robert James, MD, FCFP</p> <p>Adjunct Professor, Graduate Program in Health Policy and Equity</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Craig Janes, PhD</p> <p>Professor and Director, School of Public Health &amp; Health Systems</p> <p>University of Waterloo</p> <p>Waterloo, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Joy Johnson, PhD, RN, FCAHS</p> <p>Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences</p> <p>Simon Fraser University</p> <p>Burnaby, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Marcella Jones, MPH, MD Candidate 2017</p> <p>Medical Student</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jill Kambeitz, MD, CCFP</p> <p>Clinical Assistant Professor</p> <p>University of Saskatchewan</p> <p>Saskatoon, Saskatchewan</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Nick Kates, MB.BS FRCPC</p> <p>Professor &amp; Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry &amp; Behavioural Neurosciences</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Alan Katz, MBChB, MSc, CCFP</p> <p>Director, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Stephen Katz, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Sociology</p> <p>Trent University</p> <p>Peterborough, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Arminee Kazanjian, DrSoc</p> <p>Professor, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>Claire Kendall, MD, PhD, MSc(Public Health)</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Nadia Khan, MD, MSc, FRCPC</p> <p>Professor of Medicine</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Kapil Khatter, MD</p> <p>Family Physician and Lecturer</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Rutherford Kimberly, MD, MSc, CCFP</p> <p>Family Physician, Spectrum Health; Medical Coordinator, Primary Outreach Services, Vancouver Coastal Health; Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Carol Kitai, MD, FCFP, PhD</p> <p>Family Medicine, Women's College Hospital</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Mieke Koehoorn, PhD</p> <p>Professor and Head, Occupational and Environmental Health Division, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jillian Clare Kohler, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Munk School of Global Affairs &amp; Dalla Lana School of Public Health</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jacek Kopec, MD, MSc, PhD</p> <p>Professor and Head, Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health Practice</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Udo Krautwurst, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology</p> <p>University of Prince Edward Island</p> <p>Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I fan Kuo, PharmD, BSc (Pharm), MSc, ACPR, RPh</p> <p>Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ronald Labonté, PhD, FCAHS, HonFFPH</p> <p>Professor and Canada Research Chair, School of Epidemiology</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ismail Laher, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Susan Law, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, McGill Family Medicine</p> <p>McGill University</p> <p>Montreal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Isabelle Leblanc, MD, MSc, CQMF</p> <p>Assistant professor, Family medicine</p> <p>McGill University</p> <p>Montreal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Richard Lee, PhD, FRSC</p> <p>University Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>Brenda LeFrançois, PhD</p> <p>Professor, School of Social Work and Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>Memorial University of Newfoundland</p> <p>St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Pascale Lehoux, PhD</p> <p>Researcher, Institute of Public Health Research</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Trudo Lemmens, LicJur, LLM, DCL</p> <p>Professor and Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Joint Centre for Bioethics</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Christine Leong, PharmD</p> <p>Assistant Professor and FMC Clinical Pharmacist, College of Pharmacy</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Grigorios Leontiadis, MD, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Medicine</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Joel Lexchin, MSc, MD</p> <p>Professor, School of Health Policy and Management</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lisa Lix, PhD, PStat</p> <p>Professor and Manitoba Research Chair, Department of Community Health Sciences</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Stan Lubin, MD, MPH</p> <p>Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Practice</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Sharon Macdonald, MD, FRCPC</p> <p>Associate Professor, Dept of Community Health Sciences</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ellen MacEachen, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems</p> <p>University of Waterloo</p> <p>Waterloo, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Constance MacIntosh, BA, MA, LLB</p> <p>Director, Dalhousie Health Law Institute</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>André Magnan, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Sociology and Social Studies</p> <p>University of Regina</p> <p>Regina, Saskatchewan</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Sally Mahood, MD, CCFP, FCFP</p> <p>Associate Professor, Family Medicine</p> <p>University of Saskatchewan</p> <p>Regina, Saskatchewan</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Abeer Majeed, MD, CCFP</p> <p>PGY3 Fellow, Clinical Environmental Health</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Dee Mangin, MBChB, DPH, FRNZCGP</p> <p>David Braley Nancy Gordon Chair in Family Medicine</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Sharon Manson Singer, MSW, PhD</p> <p>Professor (retired), School of Public Policy</p> <p>Simon Fraser University</p> <p>Burnaby, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Greg Marchildon, PhD, MA, LLB</p> <p>Ontario Research Chair in Health Policy and System Design, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Danielle Martin, MD, CCFP, MPP</p> <p>Vice President, Medical Affairs and Health System Solutions, Women's College Hospital</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ruth Martin Misener, RN-NP, PhD</p> <p>Professor, School of Nursing</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Allan Maslove, PhD</p> <p>Professor, School of Public Policy &amp; Administration</p> <p>Carleton University</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Louise Masse, PhD</p> <p>Professor, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Maria Mathews, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>Memorial University of Newfoundland</p> <p>St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chris McCabe, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Faculty of Medicine &amp; Dentistry</p> <p>University of Alberta</p> <p>Edmonton, Alberta</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Patrick McGowan, PhD</p> <p>University of Victoria</p> <p>Victoria, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>David McGrane, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor of Political Studies</p> <p>University of Saskatchewan</p> <p>Saskatoon, Saskatchewan</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Margaret McGregor, MD, MHSc</p> <p>Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Tom McIntosh, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Politics and International Studies</p> <p>University of Regina</p> <p>Regina, Saskatchewan</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Vicki McKenna, RN</p> <p>ONA 1st Vice President</p> <p>Ontario Nurses' Association</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ian McKillop, PhD, FRSPH</p> <p>Director, Professional Practice Centre in Health Systems</p> <p>University of Waterloo</p> <p>Waterloo, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Logan McLeod, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Economics</p> <p>Wilfrid Laurier University</p> <p>Waterloo, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Bob McMurtry, CM, MD, FRCSC, FACS</p> <p>Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Medicine &amp; Dentistry</p> <p>Western University</p> <p>London, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chetan Mehta, MD, MA, CCFP</p> <p>Family Physician</p> <p>Central Toronto Community Health Centre</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>Tushar Mehta, MD, CCFP</p> <p>Emergency Physician</p> <p>Brampton Civic Hospital</p> <p>Brampton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ryan Meili, MD, CCFP</p> <p>Head, Division of Social Accountability</p> <p>University of Saskatchewan</p> <p>Saskatoon, Saskatchewan</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Colleen Metge, PhD</p> <p>Director, Evaluation Platform, George &amp; Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Fiona Miller, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Barbara Mintzes, PhD</p> <p>Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy</p> <p>University of Sydney</p> <p>Sydney, Australia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Craig Mitton, PhD</p> <p>Professor, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Moffatt, MD, Msc, FRCPC</p> <p>Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Paediatrics and Child Health</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>David Moher, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>William Montelpare, PhD</p> <p>Professor; Margaret and Wallace McCain Chair in Human Development and Health</p> <p>University of Prince Edward Island</p> <p>Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Steve Morgan, PhD</p> <p>Professor, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Kathy Moscou, RPh, MPH</p> <p>Doctoral candidate, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and Dalla Lana Faculty of Public Health</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Stephen Moses, MD, MPH</p> <p>Professor and Head, Department of Community Health Sciences</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Eric Mykhalovskiy, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Sociology</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Vic Neufeld, MD, MA, FRCPC</p> <p>Professor Emeritus, Department of Clinical Epidemiology &amp; Biostatistics</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Sarah Newbery, MD, CCFP, FCFP</p> <p>Chief of Staff</p> <p>Wilson Memorial General Hospital</p> <p>Marathon, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Melissa Newitt, MPPPA</p> <p>National Coordinator (Interim)</p> <p>Canadian Health Coalition</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Manon Niquette, PhD</p> <p>Professeure titulaire, Département d'information et de communication</p> <p>Université Laval</p> <p>Québec, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Stephanie Nixon, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Tom Noseworthy, CM, MD, MSc, MPH, FRCPC, FACP</p> <p>Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, O'Brien Institute for Public Health</p> <p>University of Calgary</p> <p>Calgary, Alberta</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ubaka Ogbogu, LLB, BL, LLM, SJD</p> <p>Assistant Professor and Katz Research Fellow in Health Law and Science Policy</p> <p>University of Alberta</p> <p>Edmonton, Alberta</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Catherine Oliver, MD</p> <p>Family Doctor</p> <p>Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>James Orbinski, OC, MD, MSC, Bsc, MA</p> <p>CIGI Research Chair &amp; Professor in Global Health</p> <p>Balsillie School of International Affairs</p> <p>Waterloo, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Anita Palepu, MD, MPH</p> <p>Professor, Department of Medicine</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Karen Palmer, MPH, MSc</p> <p>Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences</p> <p>Simon Fraser University</p> <p>Burnaby, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Paterson, MSc</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Amelie Perron, RN, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, School of Nursing</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Nav Persaud, MD, MSc</p> <p>Associate Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Kevin Peters, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Psychology</p> <p>Trent University</p> <p>Peterborough, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Andrew Pinto, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC</p> <p>Assistant professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jenny Ploeg, RN, PhD</p> <p>Professor and Scientific Director, Aging, Community and Health Research Unit</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Marie-Pascale Pomey, MD, Msc, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Health Administration</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Elaine Power, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies</p> <p>Queen's University</p> <p>Kingston, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Nicole Power, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Sociology</p> <p>Memorial University of Newfoundland</p> <p>St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Marie-Claude Prémont, PhD</p> <p>Professor</p> <p>École nationale d'administration publique</p> <p>Québec, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Dorothy Pringle, OC, RN, PhD, FCAHS</p> <p>Dean Emeritus &amp; Professor Emeritus, LS Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Eva Purkey, MD, MPH, CCFP</p> <p>Assistant Professor and Global Health Director, Department of Family Medicine</p> <p>Queen's University</p> <p>Kingston, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Hude Quan, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences</p> <p>University of Calgary</p> <p>Calgary, Alberta</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, PhD</p> <p>Canada Research Chair in Policies and Health Inequalities, Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, and Sociology</p> <p>McGill University</p> <p>Montreal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Rachlis, MD, MSc, FRCPC, LLD (Hon)</p> <p>Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Nanky Rai, MD, MPH</p> <p>Family medicine resident</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Dennis Raphael, PhD</p> <p>Professor of Health Policy and Management</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Meb Rashid, MD</p> <p>Medical Director, Crossroads Clinical</p> <p>Women's College Hospital</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Colette Raymond, PharmD, MSc, ACPR, FCSHP</p> <p>Research Scientist, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ayesha Raza, MD</p> <p>PGY1, Family Medicine</p> <p>St. Joseph's Health Centre</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Danyaal Raza, MD, MPH, CCFP</p> <p>Staff Physician, St. Michael's Hospital; Lecturer, Department of Family &amp; Community Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lynette Reid, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ali Reza Meghji, BSc(Pharm), RPh</p> <p>Lecturer, Pharmacist, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Marcia Rioux, CM, PhD</p> <p>Distinguished Research Professor, School of Health Policy and Management</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Paula Rochon, MD, MPH</p> <p>Senior Scientist, Women's College Research Institute; Professor, Department of Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Cheryl Rockman-Greenberg, MDCM, FRCPC, FCCMG</p> <p>Distinguished Professor, Depts. of Pediatrics and Child Health &amp; Biochemistry and Medical Genetics</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Scott Ronis, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Psychology</p> <p>University of New Brunswick</p> <p>Fredericton, New Brunswick</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Noralou Roos, CM, PhD</p> <p>Professor, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Harriet Rosenberg, PhD</p> <p>Professor Emerita, Health and Society Program, Department of Social Science</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Paul Rosenberg, MD</p> <p>Physician Associate, Medical Oncology</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Peter Ruben, PhD</p> <p>Burnaby Mountain Professor, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology</p> <p>Simon Fraser University</p> <p>Burnaby, British Columbia</p> <p>Jalil Safaei, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Economics</p> <p>University of Northern British Columbia</p> <p>Prince George, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Anne Sales, PhD</p> <p>Professor, School of Medicine</p> <p>University of Michigan</p> <p>Ann Arbor, USA</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Rosana Salvaterra, MD, CCFP, MSC, FRCPC</p> <p>Medical Officer of Health</p> <p>Peterborough County-City Health Unit</p> <p>Peterborough, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Arthur Schafer, BLitt (Oxford)</p> <p>Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ted Schrecker</p> <p>Professor of Global Health Policy, School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health</p> <p>Durham University</p> <p>Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Schull, MD, MSc, FRCPC</p> <p>Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Community Health and Epidemiology</p> <p>University of Saskatchewan</p> <p>Saskatoon, Saskatchewan</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Fran Scott, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC</p> <p>Associate Professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Louise Séguin, MD, MPH</p> <p>Researcher and honorary professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Stuart Shanker, DPhil</p> <p>Distinguished Research Professor</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Malika Sharma, MD, FRCPC</p> <p>Infectious Diseases/HIV Physician, Maple Leaf Medical Clinic; Research fellow, Wilson Centre for Research in Education</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Osmaan Sheikh, MD, BSc, CCFP</p> <p>Family Physician</p> <p>Department of Defence</p> <p>Esquimalt, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Sam Sheps, MD, MSc, FRCPC</p> <p>Professor, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Brendan Shields, BMT, MTA</p> <p>Music Therapist</p> <p>Vancouver Coastal Health</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Adrienne Shnier, MA</p> <p>Doctoral Candidate</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jean Shoveller, PhD, FCAHS</p> <p>Professor, School of Population &amp; Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Claude Sicotte</p> <p>Professor, Department of Health Administration</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Linda Silas, RN, BScN</p> <p>President</p> <p>Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Sergio Sismondo, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Philosophy</p> <p>Queen's University</p> <p>Kingston, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Amanda Slaunwhite, PhD</p> <p>Post-Doctoral Fellow</p> <p>University of New Brunswick</p> <p>Fredericton, New Brunswick</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Kate Smolina, PhD</p> <p>Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jerry Spiegel, PhD</p> <p>Professor, School of Population and Public Health</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Matthew Stanbrook, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACP</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>John Staples, MD, FRCPC, MPH</p> <p>Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (2016)</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jocelyne St-Arnaud, PhD</p> <p>Professeure associée, Département de médecine sociale et préventive</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Carol Strike, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Erin Strumpf, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health</p> <p>McGill University</p> <p>Montreal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Therese Stukel, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Robyn Tamblyn, CM, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics</p> <p>McGill University</p> <p>Montreal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc</p> <p>Professor, Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Valerie Tarasuk, PhD</p> <p>Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Dalla Lana School of Public Health</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Amardeep Thind, MD, PhD</p> <p>Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research, Departments of Epidemiology &amp; Biostatistics and Family Medicine</p> <p>Western University</p> <p>London, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Alison Thompson, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Dalla Lana School of Public Health &amp; Joint Centre for Bioethics</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jim Thorsteinson, MD, CCCP, FCFP</p> <p>Physician, Three Bridges CHC; and, Clinical Professor, Family Practice</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Sarah Tuck, MD, CCFP</p> <p>Family Physician</p> <p>Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Peter Tugwell, OC, MD, FRCPC</p> <p>Canada Research Chair in Health Equity</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Fernand Turcotte, MD, MPH, FRCPC</p> <p>Professeur émérite, Dépt. de médecine sociale et préventive, Faculté de médecine</p> <p>Université Laval</p> <p>Québec, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Robin Urquhart, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Cathy Vakil, MD, CCFP, FCFP</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine</p> <p>Queen's University</p> <p>Kingston, Ontario</p> <p>Bilkis Vissandjee, PhD</p> <p>Professeure titulaire, Faculté des sciences infirmières</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Stephane Voyer, MDCM, MEd, FRCPC</p> <p>Clinical Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Rebecca Warburton, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, School of Public Administration</p> <p>University of Victoria</p> <p>Victoria, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Duff Waring, LLB, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy</p> <p>York University</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Fiona Webster, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Leah Welsh, B.Sc, B. Sc (pharm), RPh</p> <p>Pharmacist</p> <p>Victoria, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Robin Whitaker, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology</p> <p>Memorial University of Newfoundland</p> <p>St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Sheila Wildeman, MA, LLM</p> <p>Associate Professor, Schulich School of Law; Associate Director, Dalhousie Health Law Institute</p> <p>Dalhousie University</p> <p>Halifax, Nova Scotia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Bryn Williams-Jones, PhD</p> <p>Associate Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health</p> <p>Université de Montréal</p> <p>Montréal, Québec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Brenda Wilson, MSc, MB, ChB</p> <p>Professor, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Wilson, PhD</p> <p>Assistant Professor, Department Clinical Epidemiology &amp; Biostatistics</p> <p>McMaster University</p> <p>Hamilton, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Michael Wolfson, PhD, CRC, CAHS</p> <p>Canada Research Chair in Population Health Modelling/Populomics</p> <p>University of Ottawa</p> <p>Ottawa, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Bob Woollard, MD, CCFP, FCFP</p> <p>Professor Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>James Wright, MD, PhD, FRCPC</p> <p>Professor, Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Terry Wuerz, MD, FRCPC, DTMH</p> <p>Internal Medicine &amp; Infectious Disease, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; and Assistant Professor</p> <p>University of Manitoba</p> <p>Winnipeg, Manitoba</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Edward Xie, MD, CCFP(EM), DTM&amp;H</p> <p>Clinical Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine</p> <p>University of Toronto</p> <p>Toronto, Ontario</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Annalee Yassi, MD, MSc, FRCPC</p> <p>Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Capacity Building</p> <p>University of British Columbia</p> <p>Vancouver, British Columbia</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-5676p1.html?cr=00&amp;pl=edit-00&quot;&gt;Sean Nel&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shutterstock.com/editorial?cr=00&amp;pl=edit-00&quot;&gt;Shutterstock.com&lt;/a&gt;">Photo</a>: Sean Nel / Shutterstock.com</p>
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