Author - Vamini Selvanandan

January is the season of resolutions – as individuals, we resolve to eat better, exercise more and generally do better in our lives. What if governments also...

Universal access to publicly-funded healthcare is a source of national pride and a social policy that Canadians are willing to go to great lengths to defend...

Alberta is in the midst of a measles outbreak — and you would hardly know it. Unlike during the COVID-19 pandemic, our provincial leaders are keeping quiet. We...

years, but there still remain huge gaps in understanding and acceptance of mental health issues. Community members often suffer in silence due to stigma that...

Mental health needs are receiving more attention in recent years, but there still remain huge gaps in understanding and acceptance of mental health issues...

Death, politics and religion – three topics we are told to avoid at parties and the family dinner table. But in this age of polarization and uncivil...

Over half a million Albertans don’t have a family doctor, stressed families are waiting for hours in the emergency room with sick children, and frail seniors...

January is a month when many of us promise we will try harder to become or stay healthy. We make New Year’s resolutions to eat better and lose weight. But by...

January is a month when many of us promise we will try harder to become or stay healthy. We make New Year’s resolutions to eat better and lose weight. But by...