As I begin MHST 633, the final leg of a three-semester health promotion (HP) exploration, I remain excited by and grateful for all of the...

What is Knowledge Translation? Knowledge translation (KT) can be understood as an iterative process whereby information is  synthesized,...

An environmental scan can be used to inform understanding of and decision-making which surrounds a health promotion issue or opportunity...

Armed with strong beliefs in the need for and power of health promotion (HP), I was excited to begin my learning journey last semester...

As another semester comes to a close I am once again struck by how much I feel I have learned, and by how much more I still do not know....

Implicit bias can be defined as the unconscious or unintentional stereotypes that can influence one’s behaviour and choices, resulting,...

Let’s begin with an example: Ranney, J. (2023, September 20). TikTok debunked: Is the 'egg diet' a safe way to lose weight? An expert...

More than one billion people (or approximately 15% of the world’s population) live with some form of disability (Martin Ginis et al.,...

The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986), is regarded as a landmark document in defining the goals and concepts of health...

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic (World Health Organization, 2020). In response,...

In 2016, 44% of Canadian adults (20+) had at least one chronic condition (Government of Canada, 2019). Increasingly, Canadians report...

As Canadian health care takes steps to restructure and improve, I am regularly reminded of the importance of interprofessional...

The World Report on Disability, 2011 identifies that approximately 15% of the world population is living with some form of disability...

It is no secret that colonial structures put in place through the Indian Act have shaped modern treatment of Indigenous health, including...

In Canada, chronic disease is monitored using the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System which measures incidence and prevalence of...

Homelessness remains a pervasive problem in Canada despite a superior health system and high health spending (Government of Canada, n.d.)...

Understanding social determinants of health. In 2008 the World Health Organization (WHO) defined social determinants of health as “the...

WHO’s 1948 landmark definition of health as “complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or...

As a member of the inactive class of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW), my interprofessional...

The Canada Health Act (CHA) establishes the primary objectives of Canadian health care policy – namely “to protect, promote and restore...