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Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) @trecresearch.bsky.social · 21m

Our TREC article on LTC makes the cover!

The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 2d

Mental health policy brief | When women's mental health is ignored; Why AI's quick fix is destroying our emotional intelligence; There's a burnout crisis among LTC workers; Strategies for improving employee mental health; and more.

www.hilltimes.com/policy-brief...

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 4h

If the federal government publishes tight service standards, merges duplicative forms, pays on time, and reports honestly, families and front-line clinicians will feel the difference within weeks.

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 4h

Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

Read our client oped from Irving Gold, CEO Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists:

#cdnpoli #OT #occupationaltherapy #JordansPrinciple #Indigenous #IndigenousKids #childrenshealth #kidshealth #disability #accessibility

Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

If the federal government publishes tight service standards, merges duplicative forms, pays on time, and reports honestly, families and front-line clinicians will feel the difference within weeks.

www.hilltimes.com

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 4h

Product labels should do more to help people ‘Buy Canadian’

'Economic Nutrition' labels are a power tool to support purchase decisions that uplift Canada's local economies

Read our client oped -- from Zita Cobb, CEO at Shorefast:

#cdnpoli #community #placedbased #tariffs #BuyCanadian

Product labels should do more to help people ‘Buy Canadian’ | Corporate Knights

OPINION | Economic Nutrition labels on products can be a powerful tool for buy-local movements to better support communities

www.corporateknights.com

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 2d

Alberta’s new disability program strips support from those who need it most

Read our client oped from Bean Gill on the important changes to #disability support in #Alberta:

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

#cdnpoli #ABleg
#AISH #ADAP

Opinion: Alberta’s new disability program strips support from those who need it most

AISH changes like clawback of federal funds and creating a mandated work program strip support from the people who need it most

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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats, David.

#CanadianInnovation #cdnmedia

QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations David Allison!

Why is this Canadian researcher being recognized globally while still flying under the radar at home? quoimedia.com/why-is-this-...

#innovation #Canadianbusiness #research #cdnpse #values #demographics #SilverApple #Valuegraphics

Why is this Canadian researcher being recognized globally while still flying under the radar at home?

a 40-year-old honour presented by the Marketing Club of New York to recognize outstanding contributions to the future of marketing.

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 5d

By prioritizing care aides’ #mentalhealth in this way, we can reduce staff burnout and its negative consequences, leading to better outcomes for #LTC workers and the vulnerable residents under their care.

Read our client oped from @trecresearch.bsky.social:

#cdnpoli #nursinghomes #PSWs #careaides

There is a burnout crisis among LTC workers, trauma-informed workplaces are a solution

By prioritizing care aides’ mental health in this way, we can reduce staff burnout and its negative consequences, leading to better outcomes for LTC workers and the vulnerable residents under their ca...

www.hilltimes.com

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 7d

How to create heart-safe communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

Read our client op-ed from Janet Templeton with @heartandstroke.bsky.social #Newfoundland and #Labrador Provincial Advisory Board:

quoimedia.com/how-to-creat...

#cdnpoli #hearthealth #heartattack #AEDs

How to create heart-safe communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

You and another passerby recognize the signs of cardiac arrest — their heart has suddenly stopped. Without immediate help, this stranger...

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 7d

Although Canada ranked in the top 30 for the percentage of women in Parliament at the start of the millennium, we’ve since dropped to 71st place in the world.

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 7d

Why are Canadian political leaders so complacent about our poor performance on women’s representation in politics? asks Shari Graydon of Informed Perspectives:

Read our client op-ed in the Hill Times:

#cdnpoli #womeninpolitics #genderbalance

Why are Canadian political leaders so complacent about our poor performance on women’s representation in politics?

Although Canada ranked in the top 30 for the percentage of women in Parliament at the start of the millennium, we’ve since dropped to 71st place in the world.

www.hilltimes.com

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations David Allison!

Why is this Canadian researcher being recognized globally while still flying under the radar at home? quoimedia.com/why-is-this-...

#innovation #Canadianbusiness #research #cdnpse #values #demographics #SilverApple #Valuegraphics

Why is this Canadian researcher being recognized globally while still flying under the radar at home?

a 40-year-old honour presented by the Marketing Club of New York to recognize outstanding contributions to the future of marketing.

quoimedia.com

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Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) @trecresearch.bsky.social · 8d

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

"Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation...

Read more:
www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 8d

Women’s inequality in politics and the economy are linked. And given the looming crises Canada faces today, our poor showing when it comes to women’s equality should be setting off alarm bells.

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 8d

In just four years, we’ve fallen from 19th to 36th in the global rankings of economic equality between men and women. While other countries are closing the gender gap, Canadian women are falling further behind relative to men.

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 8d

Canadians might believe that women’s equality has been achieved in our country. But the numbers tell a different story, says Dr. Susan Franceschet @ucalgary.bsky.social @InformedPerspectives

#cdnpoli
#genderbalance
#womeninpolitics

Canada’s poor showing on women’s equality should be setting off alarm bells

Canadians might believe that women’s equality has been achieved in our country. But the numbers tell a different story.

quoimedia.com

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 14d

The CMRG is urging the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) and Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJIM) to return to the negotiating table after talks ended last week without agreeing to cover patient costs for Cilta-cel, a new therapy for patients with multiple myeloma.

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 14d

Restart Negotiations on Cilta-cel Access for Canadian Patients: Canadian #Myeloma Research Group quoimedia.com/restart-nego...

#cdnpoli #cancer #multiplemyeloma #pharma

Restart Negotiations on Cilta-cel Access for Canadian Patients: Canadian Myeloma Research Group

is urging the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) and Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJIM) to return to the negotiating

quoimedia.com

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 12d

It's now more important than ever for the government to continue investing in four pivotal groups dedicated to supporting the physical and mental health of Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans, public safety personnel, and their families.

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 12d

Investing in the health of those who defend Canada will pay long-term dividends

Read our client op-ed -- from Senator Baltej Dhillon and BGen (Ret'd) Hugh Colin MacKay, a veteran and former Surgeon General:

#cdnpoli
#Veterans
#mentalhealth
#medicare

Investing in the health of those who defend Canada will pay long-term dividends

It's now more important than ever for the government to continue investing in four pivotal groups dedicated to supporting the physical and mental health of Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans, pub...

www.hilltimes.com

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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 13d

www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

#cdnpoli #healthcare

Denying Canadians access to health care: It could happen here, too

Provincial governments could start a war with their own publicly provided health-care systems in the name of fiscal restraint.

www.thespec.com

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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 12d

Canadian #media, in case you missed it

#healthjournalism #cdnpoli

QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 14d

Restart Negotiations on Cilta-cel Access for Canadian Patients: Canadian #Myeloma Research Group quoimedia.com/restart-nego...

#cdnpoli #cancer #multiplemyeloma #pharma

Restart Negotiations on Cilta-cel Access for Canadian Patients: Canadian Myeloma Research Group

is urging the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) and Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJIM) to return to the negotiating

quoimedia.com

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 14d

The CMRG is urging the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) and Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJIM) to return to the negotiating table after talks ended last week without agreeing to cover patient costs for Cilta-cel, a new therapy for patients with multiple myeloma.

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 14d

Restart Negotiations on Cilta-cel Access for Canadian Patients: Canadian #Myeloma Research Group quoimedia.com/restart-nego...

#cdnpoli #cancer #multiplemyeloma #pharma

Restart Negotiations on Cilta-cel Access for Canadian Patients: Canadian Myeloma Research Group

is urging the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) and Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJIM) to return to the negotiating

quoimedia.com

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 14d

Millions of Americans are about to lose access to healthcare. If you don’t think that could ever happen in Canada, think again, says Dr. Jason M. Sutherland:

Denying Canadians access to healthcare — It could happen here too quoimedia.com/denying-cana...

#cdnpoli #healthcare #medicare

Denying Canadians access to healthcare — It could happen here too

If you don’t think that could ever happen in Canada, think again. Hospital and doctor visits are free to Canadians and protected by federal

quoimedia.com

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QUOI Media Group 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 14d

Administrative hurdles to #disability benefits are barriers to survival

All #nursing designations must be recognized as health professionals qualified to sign off on the federal Disability Tax Credit.

Read our client op-ed from Rabia Khedr and Gurjit Kaur Toor:

#cdnpoli
#DisabilityTaxCredit

Administrative hurdles to disability benefits are barriers to survival

All nursing designations must be recognized as health professionals qualified to sign off on the federal Disability Tax Credit.

www.hilltimes.com

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