None of these lessons came from a conference podium or a journal abstract. They emerged in exam rooms, group circles, silence and moments when nothing was being ‘fixed.’
Just as we count inventory—regularly checking what is on the shelf, what is running low, and what needs to be reordered—we must do the same for our profession.
As of Dec. 29, Health Canada had received nine submissions seeking approval to make semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, the brand-name diabetes and weight-loss drugs manufactured by Novo Nordisk.
Canada’s medical assistance in dying laws do not allow for advance requests, which are written requests to die with medical assistance under specific conditions, made before the patient loses the capacity to provide consent.
Niharika Sreekumar’s husband died in her arms in a hospital emergency ward after waiting hours for care. But she says the hardest day of her life is yet to come.
The Alberta government in 2025 completed the final legal foundations of its new healthcare system—and Premier Danielle Smith says she's working in 2026 to prove it was worth it.
