Monica Kidd
@monicakidd.bsky.social
Author of THE CRANE (Breakwater, 2025) and 7 other books || Journalist || MD MSc MFA || associate editor at CMAJ || at work on a nonfiction book about coastal erosion globally || monicakidd.ca || represented by Aevitas
A must-read commentary about Alberta's new approach to involuntary treatment for substance use from Dr. Bonnie Larson. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
Involuntary treatment for substance use: application of Kass’ ethical framework to Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act
Key points
In Canada, more than 50 000 opioid-related deaths have occurred since September 2024, mostly in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, where governments are all in various stages of develo...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A must-read commentary about Alberta's new approach to involuntary treatment for substance use from Dr. Bonnie Larson. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
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The CMA spent a year studying public and private health models and consulting with more than 10,000 Canadians on the balance between the two. The evidence is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse.
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Public and private health care
The Canadian Medical Association conducted a series of national consultations to inform our policy on public and private health care.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The CMA spent a year studying public and private health models and consulting with more than 10,000 Canadians on the balance between the two. The evidence is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse.
Learn more 👇
Learn more 👇
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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.
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Alberta government undermined health authority to push lab privatization deal, A-G report finds. There were issues throughout the procurement process, including a failure to assess Dynalife's financial vulnerabilities, by Matthew Scace www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com
Alberta government undermined health authority to push lab privatization deal, A-G report finds
Report details issues throughout the procurement process including miscalculated cost savings and failures to assess Dynalife’s financial vulnerabilities
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November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Alberta government undermined health authority to push lab privatization deal, A-G report finds. There were issues throughout the procurement process, including a failure to assess Dynalife's financial vulnerabilities, by Matthew Scace www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com
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How many private-pay surgeries are being done? Where? On whom? By whom? For what? As @monicakidd.bsky.social explains, the lack of publicly available information about private-pay surgery raises serious questions about industry accountability. thewalrus.ca/private-health-c...
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
How many private-pay surgeries are being done? Where? On whom? By whom? For what? As @monicakidd.bsky.social explains, the lack of publicly available information about private-pay surgery raises serious questions about industry accountability. thewalrus.ca/private-health-c...
Thanks to Ben O'Hara-Byrne for the opportunity to talk about Canada's recent loss of measles elimination status and the analysis I did for the December issue of The Walrus. @thewalrus.ca
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How did Canada go backwards on Measles prevention and what now?
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November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Thanks to Ben O'Hara-Byrne for the opportunity to talk about Canada's recent loss of measles elimination status and the analysis I did for the December issue of The Walrus. @thewalrus.ca
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A family friend for decades, Arden came by today to collect scion from Mom’s apple trees to see if we can start a new generation.
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A family friend for decades, Arden came by today to collect scion from Mom’s apple trees to see if we can start a new generation.
What a deep honour it is to find a book I wrote included on a mural in St. John’s depicting books as buildings, and commenting on how central storytelling is to the fabric of the city and province and people. ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
What a deep honour it is to find a book I wrote included on a mural in St. John’s depicting books as buildings, and commenting on how central storytelling is to the fabric of the city and province and people. ❤️
This just out: Canada no longer holds measles elimination status. See my recent analysis in The Walrus. www.canada.ca/en/public-he... @thewalrus.ca
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This just out: Canada no longer holds measles elimination status. See my recent analysis in The Walrus. www.canada.ca/en/public-he... @thewalrus.ca
"Hope is more elegant than despair"
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"Hope is more elegant than despair"
Reporting on climate
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November 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
"Hope is more elegant than despair"
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My cover story for @thewalrus.ca on the measles outbreak in Alberta, now in print for the December issue. Look for it on newsstands. #measles #vaccinations #publichealth
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
My cover story for @thewalrus.ca on the measles outbreak in Alberta, now in print for the December issue. Look for it on newsstands. #measles #vaccinations #publichealth
November 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Cleaning out Mom and Dad’s house we came across these classics that Dad held onto for all these years. Suddenly they are SUPER cool. ⚾️ #bluejays
October 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Cleaning out Mom and Dad’s house we came across these classics that Dad held onto for all these years. Suddenly they are SUPER cool. ⚾️ #bluejays
Please join me tomorrow at Pages Books in Calgary as we help celebrate the launch of a bold new book about mental health research and treatment by Toronto author Marianne Apostolides. We’ll be joined by Calgary playwright Clem Martini. Thurs Oct 23, 7-9. All are welcome. @bookhugpress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Please join me tomorrow at Pages Books in Calgary as we help celebrate the launch of a bold new book about mental health research and treatment by Toronto author Marianne Apostolides. We’ll be joined by Calgary playwright Clem Martini. Thurs Oct 23, 7-9. All are welcome. @bookhugpress.bsky.social
This fiberglass steer never stood a chance. At the Cochrane Ag Society gymkhana.
October 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This fiberglass steer never stood a chance. At the Cochrane Ag Society gymkhana.
I’m looking forward to serving as a reveiwer for this. www.ipcc.ch/report/speci...
Special Report on Climate Change and Cities — IPCC
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October 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I’m looking forward to serving as a reveiwer for this. www.ipcc.ch/report/speci...
Thinking and writing about protecting coastal communities against storms and erosion, how could I not return to Eden Robinson’s Monkey Beach (2000)?
October 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thinking and writing about protecting coastal communities against storms and erosion, how could I not return to Eden Robinson’s Monkey Beach (2000)?
Emptying out the U-Haul of my mom’s household stuff at the Goodwill donation centre today, and the woman working there, realizing what’s happened, takes the last box and says, “Be brave.” At a time when so much sucks about the world, she was just a kind soul being kind. ❤️
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Emptying out the U-Haul of my mom’s household stuff at the Goodwill donation centre today, and the woman working there, realizing what’s happened, takes the last box and says, “Be brave.” At a time when so much sucks about the world, she was just a kind soul being kind. ❤️
I put the bees to bed for the winter. Fingers crossed they make it through their first Alberta winter. #Beekeeping
October 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I put the bees to bed for the winter. Fingers crossed they make it through their first Alberta winter. #Beekeeping
In 50 years I have never not seen water in this slough.
October 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
In 50 years I have never not seen water in this slough.
My cover story in the next issue of The Walrus.
A generation ago, measles was declared eradicated from Canada. Today, Alberta reports more confirmed cases than the entire United States. How did it become the epicentre of Canada’s outbreak? Physician and journalist @monicakidd.bsky.social explores: thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-beca...
October 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My cover story in the next issue of The Walrus.
Oh sure, Canada has maples and larches that do the fall colours thing. But what about the humble trembling aspen?
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Oh sure, Canada has maples and larches that do the fall colours thing. But what about the humble trembling aspen?
Oh, Alberta... #freedomofinformation
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Oh, Alberta... #freedomofinformation