Edward Xie
@edwardxie.bsky.social
Working as an ER physician and PhD candidate in health systems research. Interests in access to medicines, well-being societies, planetary health, and climate justice
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Edward Xie
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· Jan 16
Net Zero is not enough: ratcheting ambition for sustainable health systems through Reduce and Support
Net Zero is the dominant framework for organising health system decarbonisation. Yet throughout Net Zero’s rise to prominence, greenhouse gas emissions have remained on a dangerous trajectory. In this...
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New paper to end the hottest year (so far): #NetZero is not enough
In @bmj.com Global Health, Colin Sue-Chue-Lam, Anand Bhopal, Joshua Parker and I argue that NZ pledges are unfair, unreliable, and inherently flawed. So what next? 🧵
#climate #planetaryhealth #greensky gh.bmj.com/content/8/Su...
In @bmj.com Global Health, Colin Sue-Chue-Lam, Anand Bhopal, Joshua Parker and I argue that NZ pledges are unfair, unreliable, and inherently flawed. So what next? 🧵
#climate #planetaryhealth #greensky gh.bmj.com/content/8/Su...
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The UN just held a vote on ending torture, in which three countries voted against ending torture.
🔍 Zoom in…
🔍 Zoom in…
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The UN just held a vote on ending torture, in which three countries voted against ending torture.
🔍 Zoom in…
🔍 Zoom in…
How is outlook so terrible?
It’s only slightly more intuitive than washing machine repair.
It’s only slightly more intuitive than washing machine repair.
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
How is outlook so terrible?
It’s only slightly more intuitive than washing machine repair.
It’s only slightly more intuitive than washing machine repair.
"Instead of giving in to corporate American demands ... the federal government should reach out to provinces and territories to bolster Canada’s publicly funded health-care system" - Nav Persaud
National expert committee report on how to make #pharmacare happen 👉 www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
National expert committee report on how to make #pharmacare happen 👉 www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
Here’s one thing Mark Carney could do that would improve the welfare of more Canadians than any pipeline or mine
Canada spends about $10 billion more on medicines each year than countries with universal pharmacare because our system doesn't provide access to medications through government-issued health cards.
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Instead of giving in to corporate American demands ... the federal government should reach out to provinces and territories to bolster Canada’s publicly funded health-care system" - Nav Persaud
National expert committee report on how to make #pharmacare happen 👉 www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
National expert committee report on how to make #pharmacare happen 👉 www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
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A prescription for nation building for all Canadians https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/heres-one-thing-mark-carney-could-do-that-would-improve-the-welfare-of-more-canadians/article_110c0169-77c5-4a1e-86ec-70e401c15191.html
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A prescription for nation building for all Canadians https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/heres-one-thing-mark-carney-could-do-that-would-improve-the-welfare-of-more-canadians/article_110c0169-77c5-4a1e-86ec-70e401c15191.html
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
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The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
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The AMA is starting to fracture under political pressure. Our analysis explains what changed this week, and why it matters.
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The AMA is starting to fracture under political pressure. Our analysis explains what changed this week, and why it matters.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
@theenergymix.com BREAKING: ‘Empty Deal’ at COP30 as Petrostates Block Progress on Fossil Fuel Phaseout www.theenergymix.com/breaking-emp...
BREAKING: ‘Empty Deal’ at COP30 as Petrostates Block Progress on Fossil Fuel Phaseout
A dramatic, last-minute intervention by Colombia at the closing session of the COP30 climate summit Saturday afternoon failed to derail what one veteran negotiator called an “empty deal” on countries’...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
@theenergymix.com BREAKING: ‘Empty Deal’ at COP30 as Petrostates Block Progress on Fossil Fuel Phaseout www.theenergymix.com/breaking-emp...
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Love the way @greenprofgreen.bsky.social frames the fetishization of collaboration at COP as something that tries to impose a "win-win" frame on a situation in which there must be a loser...failing to grapple with that puts humanity--rather than fossil asset owners--at risk of losing. #COP30
As week 2 of #COP30 begins, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social talks to us about her new book and why we need more confrontation at COPs. drilled.media/news/drillin...
Why We Need More Confrontation at COP
In ‘Existential Politics,’ Jessica F. Green argues that head-on conflict with fossil fuel interests is a prerequisite for real progress.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Love the way @greenprofgreen.bsky.social frames the fetishization of collaboration at COP as something that tries to impose a "win-win" frame on a situation in which there must be a loser...failing to grapple with that puts humanity--rather than fossil asset owners--at risk of losing. #COP30
A Canada Health Act 2.0 is needed to address widening gaps in care and intentional cracks.
Marchildon argues for strengthening and upgrading a universal system where “There’s no business class, there’s no economy class, there’s just one class.”
Marchildon argues for strengthening and upgrading a universal system where “There’s no business class, there’s no economy class, there’s just one class.”
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A Canada Health Act 2.0 is needed to address widening gaps in care and intentional cracks.
Marchildon argues for strengthening and upgrading a universal system where “There’s no business class, there’s no economy class, there’s just one class.”
Marchildon argues for strengthening and upgrading a universal system where “There’s no business class, there’s no economy class, there’s just one class.”
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Over the last year, CFNU President Linda Silas has been a member of this committee tasked with recommending options for how to operate and finance a national universal single-payer pharmacare program in Canada.
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Over the last year, CFNU President Linda Silas has been a member of this committee tasked with recommending options for how to operate and finance a national universal single-payer pharmacare program in Canada.
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Doctors across Canada are deeply concerned that the #Alberta government’s proposed private care plan will leave more Albertans waiting even longer to access health care. The CMA is calling on the government to reconsider this proposal, and focus on known solutions to support public health care.
Alberta’s private health proposal will leave more Albertans waiting longer for care: CMA
Doctors across Canada are deeply concerned that the Alberta government’s proposed private care plan will leave more Albertans waiting even longer to access health care.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Doctors across Canada are deeply concerned that the #Alberta government’s proposed private care plan will leave more Albertans waiting even longer to access health care. The CMA is calling on the government to reconsider this proposal, and focus on known solutions to support public health care.
Press release: "Canadian Doctors for Medicare urges Premier Smith and the Government to #Alberta to reconsider their plan for dual practice as it fundamentally harms the public system by drawing away physicians and worsening our already dire human resource deficits"
@cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social
@cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social
Canadian Doctors for Medicare Warns Albertans of Premier’s Plan to Undermine Public Health Care
Seeking to strengthen and improve Canada's universal publicly-funded health care system. Evidence-based, values driven.
www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Press release: "Canadian Doctors for Medicare urges Premier Smith and the Government to #Alberta to reconsider their plan for dual practice as it fundamentally harms the public system by drawing away physicians and worsening our already dire human resource deficits"
@cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social
@cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social
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Three decades of climate summits and the planet is still getting hotter. We know these meetings aren’t working well enough, but if you believe that means it’s pointless, you’re dead wrong. Better questions to ask are how to improve it and which complimentary tools can best help.
UN climate summits are an arena of politics worthy of your attention
Three decades of climate summits and the planet is still getting hotter. We know these meetings aren’t working well enough, but if you believe that means it’s pointless, I’m here to tell you you’re de...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Three decades of climate summits and the planet is still getting hotter. We know these meetings aren’t working well enough, but if you believe that means it’s pointless, you’re dead wrong. Better questions to ask are how to improve it and which complimentary tools can best help.
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At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.
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#COP30: Global Health Leaders Call for a Life-Saving Transition Away from Fossil Fuels climateandhealthalliance.org/press-releas... @cape-acme.bsky.social @ifmsa.bsky.social @courtghoward.bsky.social
COP30: Global Health Leaders Call for a Life-Saving Transition Away from Fossil Fuels
At COP30, physicians, nurses, and health and medical students representing millions of health workers worldwide issued an urgent call for countries to support a global commitment to Transitioning Away...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#COP30: Global Health Leaders Call for a Life-Saving Transition Away from Fossil Fuels climateandhealthalliance.org/press-releas... @cape-acme.bsky.social @ifmsa.bsky.social @courtghoward.bsky.social
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Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
- Analysis @climateactiontracker.org shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
#cop30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Analysis @climateactiontracker.org shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
#cop30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
- Analysis @climateactiontracker.org shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
#cop30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Analysis @climateactiontracker.org shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
#cop30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A Perspective in Nature Medicine outlines an agenda for urban health research that promotes a virtuous cycle by which population health and environmental sustainability support and reinforce each other. go.nature.com/49g7kC3 #healthpolicy #publichealth 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A Perspective in Nature Medicine outlines an agenda for urban health research that promotes a virtuous cycle by which population health and environmental sustainability support and reinforce each other. go.nature.com/49g7kC3 #healthpolicy #publichealth 🧪
As families brace for hard times, this move caters to the most well off and private insurance companies.
Draining the public system of healthcare workers to prop up for-profit services doesn't end well for patients or budgets.
www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/myth_privati... #cdnhealth #cdnpoli
Draining the public system of healthcare workers to prop up for-profit services doesn't end well for patients or budgets.
www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/myth_privati... #cdnhealth #cdnpoli
SCOOP: Alberta intends to allow doctors working in the public health care system to simultaneously offers services in a parallel private market, according to draft amendments obtained by The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
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Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services
Draft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
As families brace for hard times, this move caters to the most well off and private insurance companies.
Draining the public system of healthcare workers to prop up for-profit services doesn't end well for patients or budgets.
www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/myth_privati... #cdnhealth #cdnpoli
Draining the public system of healthcare workers to prop up for-profit services doesn't end well for patients or budgets.
www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/myth_privati... #cdnhealth #cdnpoli
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Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
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Excited to be co-author on this study published today in @cmaj.ca looking at pay disparities between physicians based on social identity.
One possible contributor: doctors often adjust how they practice based on identity-driven expectations of patients. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
One possible contributor: doctors often adjust how they practice based on identity-driven expectations of patients. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
Family physician pay inequality: a qualitative study exploring how physician responses to perceived patient expectations may explain gender, race, and immigration status pay differences
Background: Pay inequality related to social identity has been observed among physicians, even after accounting for hours worked and specialty. Physician identity factors, such as gender and race, may...
www.cmaj.ca
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Excited to be co-author on this study published today in @cmaj.ca looking at pay disparities between physicians based on social identity.
One possible contributor: doctors often adjust how they practice based on identity-driven expectations of patients. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
One possible contributor: doctors often adjust how they practice based on identity-driven expectations of patients. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
“Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHRI) tracked deaths from causes including physical violence, medical neglect and malnutrition”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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At least 98 Palestinians have died in custody since October 2023, Israeli data shows
Exclusive: Real toll likely substantially higher as hundreds of detainees from Gaza are missing, says NGO Physicians for Human Rights - Israel
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHRI) tracked deaths from causes including physical violence, medical neglect and malnutrition”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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"Preventing #climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies" -- George Monbiot, @theguardian.com
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"Preventing #climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies" -- George Monbiot, @theguardian.com
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First time I’ve noticed a continuous sidewalk in Toronto. Very cool. How did this get put here and can we have more please?
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
First time I’ve noticed a continuous sidewalk in Toronto. Very cool. How did this get put here and can we have more please?
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The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has a great slogan for her campaign of street transformations there: “A city where you can let go of your child’s hand.”
As a parent of a small child, this is all I see now.
Karl Jilg for the Swedish Road Administration www.jilg.com
Karl Jilg for the Swedish Road Administration www.jilg.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has a great slogan for her campaign of street transformations there: “A city where you can let go of your child’s hand.”