Author - Vamini Selvanandan

Vamini SelvanandanDr. Vamini Selvanandan is a medical doctor, a proponent of healthy public policy and an engaged citizen. She provides health care in small towns and rural communities to improve the health and well-being of Albertans. She is Chair of the Canadian Public Health Association and past-president of the Bow Valley Primary Care Network.

Columnists - Vamini Selvanandan

Choosing health over corporate profits

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...

Columnists - Vamini Selvanandan

Choosing health over corporate profits

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...

Columnists - Vamini Selvanandan

A Family Physician for Every Albertan

All some people want for Christmas is a family doctor. A report released earlier this month from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows...

Columnists - Vamini Selvanandan

Climate change is a health crisis

As we cope with extreme heat waves and unpredictable wildfires this summer, it is hard to deny that climate change is a reality. With record setting high...

Columnists - Vamini Selvanandan

Housing is a human right

With asylum seekers dying waiting for shelter space in Mississauga and single mothers denied rental housing in Halifax, Canada’s lack of affordable housing is...

Columnists - Vamini Selvanandan

We are sick of sick notes

There is one thing doctors and patients can readily agree upon: we both hate sick notes. Patients loathe waiting long hours in overcrowded waiting rooms to...


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