Canada recently instituted a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which aims at paying respect and honouring the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Survivors and lost children of residential schools. The new National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, to be held on September 30th, is one of the 94 recommendations that stemmed from the 2015 […]
Leadership is elusive. In a previous article , I stress the fact that leadership is more of an art than a science; that it is more intimately tied to the individual. Vision, personality, style and ways of doing things are all but a few examples of leadership traits that people refer to. But what is […]
The pandemic generated waves of direct and indirect consequences. As the fight against it unfolded, many parameters of responsible behavior were affected. When under attack, our good habits gave way to expedient solutions in order to deal with the threat. In that context, evidence of the magnitude of what our pandemic response meant for the […]
North American negative demographic trends have been flagged years ago and have become common knowledge as a potential threat. These trends can also be identified elsewhere in the world where the “baby boomer” wave occurred, which came with a significant demographic dip to happen afterwards. We are now in it. This state of affairs deeply […]
The pandemic hit hard in early 2020. So hard that it felt like the entire world was collapsing: countries were shutting down, stock markets were plummeting and people were running scared. Healthcare systems were in crisis management mode. All hands were on deck to fight the virus; its spread and damages. Capacity-building and mitigating measures […]
No one will be surprised to be told that more investment is required in healthcare all while public, private and personal spending on health is at an all-time high. Historically, governments increase healthcare funding at an average rate of 2 to 4% per year. The graph below illustrates healthcare funding growth over the past two […]
