Over the last few weeks I've been knocking doors in Saskatoon Sutherland, getting to know NDP members and constituents. The reception thus far has been extremely positive.
Last night our friend Felicidade came to see us at the training centre. Felicidade, which means Happiness, is 12, bright, articulate, with a surprisingly adult way of expressing herself. Last weekend, when the thunder and heavy rains came, the...
This last week we were on call. With all of the doctors away at an annual meeting in the provincial capital of Inhambane, Mahli and I found ourselves the only physicians for 230,000 people. Imagine one family doctor and one pediatric resident on...
"Income is perhaps the most important social determinant of health. Level of income shapes overall living conditions, affects psychological functioning, and influences health-related behaviours such as quality of diet, extent of physical activity...
"Income is perhaps the most important social determinant of health. Level of income shapes overall living conditions, affects psychological functioning, and influences health-related behaviours such as quality of diet, extent of physical activity...
The road to Tevele is red sand and sloppy on this rainy morning. The rains have come early this year, and though abundant are not entirely welcome as they interfere with beans ready for harvest. We bounce in and out of ruts as we head thirty-some...
Massinga Rural Hospital is located across a sandy road from the Massinga Centre for Continuing Education. It consists of a collection of one-story buildings around a central courtyard dominated by an acacia tree recently split by lightning. The...
Returning to Mozambique, a place I have lived, loved and left, is a strange thing. I spent months here, knew it well. I came first as a student, later a a resident, a doctor, a teacher. I have seen it change and I too have changed. Yet no matter...
Making The Links is a program of the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. Each year 6 medical students are selected to spend 6 weeks in Northern Saskatchewan (Ile a-la-Crosse or Buffalo River Dene Nation), work at SWITCH,...
You'll notice a few changes. Despite my objections, the second hand prairie sweater has been replaced by a suit and tie. And along with the look the focus has changed.
