Canada’s Role in the Creation of the Ebola Vaccine
Vaccines are a life-saving tool that prevent infection by training your immune system to fight against viruses and bacteria. Canada played a significant role in the creation of an Ebola...
Lockdowns Around the World
No one knows life under lockdown better than people living in Toronto. The city has spent most of the pandemic under strict public health restrictions and has experienced one of...
The long-term effects of ‘Long COVID’ on a post-pandemic world
Over the last 17 months, the world has been dealing with the burden caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that led to the deaths of over 4 million people globally. While...
Past Pandemics
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic has spread over the world and impacted our daily lives, there has been a certain unease as to how and when we can return to...
Ethics of Vaccine Passports
With increasing numbers of people being fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, governments have been considering the implementation of vaccine passports. Vaccine passports (VP), also known as digital health passes or...
A World Beyond Our Own
How COVID-19 impacts global poverty, world hunger, and humanitarian issues in developing countries All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.– Alexandre Dumas, The Three...
Sexually Transmitted Infections: The Silent Epidemic
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis may not seem like major health issues anymore, but more and more Canadians every year are suffering from these infections....
Canada Gets Lit: The Public Health Campaign Against Smoking in Canada
In the 1960s, cigarettes were ubiquitous throughout Canada. Smoking was permitted in restaurants, schools, hospitals and airplanes, and “lighting up” was advertised widely on TV, radio, billboards, and in magazines....
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