Reading Top Stories
Adaptive fashion Shani Dhanda lives with osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease) and is challenging both brands and high-street retailers to step up to fix fashion options for people living with disabilities. Explaining that it’s the barriers and biases she faces in everyday life that disable her, not her condition itself.  In particular, figuring out what […]
Research Top Stories
A new guide on knowledge transfer and exchange outlines the points of interaction between researchers and the stakeholders who can make use of research findings. A time-worn stereotype about academic research is that it’s dissociated from the real concerns of everyone else, that study results are difficult to understand or that their application to the […]
Ethics Top Stories
We all remember how confusing and complicated our younger years were. Not only were we discovering  ourselves for the first time and adventuring within our own personalities and could be found challenging authority with true conviction.  Sadly, not all of us were able to be open about who we discovered within ourselves and as such […]
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Plight of Afghani women  All Women and girls including those with disabilities have become even more vulnerable during the Taliban’s rule. Work and school are banned for them and disability financial supports are non-existent. This is despite the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2012 and adoption of the […]
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Breathless Tales By Ari Ciment MD This anthology isn’t just a collection of memoirs: it’s a journey through the intricate tapestry of the healthcare system. Breathless tales by Dr. Ari Ciments, take readers into the hospital. seamlessly merging storytelling and medical knowledge into a comprehensive and accessible narrative. At its core, this book celebrates the […]
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Thumbs up…to Brazil’s climate change efforts that have resulted in the rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest being halved in 2023—the lowest rate in 5 year. Often described as the lungs of the planet, due to its ability to absorb much of our atmosphere’s CO2. While it’s not yet enough, this is certainly a […]
Top Stories Opinion
Between the vegetables and the greeting cards the pharmacy has become a catch all for healthcare consumers, encouraged by our governments. Whether it’s as the new “ one-stop-shop for common ailments program” or over the counter remedies, the drill is “ask a pharmacist”.    With ER’s and family doctor’s offices bursting at the seams, Sylvia […]
Top Stories Innovators
Five outstanding young Canadians “Making Canada and the world accessible and inclusive is an important vision that is characterized by the ultramarathon of social change that transcends generations. It’s vital that our future difference makers be identified, recognized, supported and encouraged as we pass the flame of leadership and innovation to their capable hands. I’m
Top Stories Ethics
Inclusion, accommodation and change A recent three-year study set out to explore how big societal changes will positively impact the inclusion of young people with disabilities as they step into the working world. Work is changing fast. Influenced by shifts in society, technology, economics, environment, and politics, these changes aren’t just shaping how we work, […]
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