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Jul 8, 20244 min read

Farmer Wellness: The Dark Side of Resilience

By: Dr. Leith Deacon & Lauren Van Ewyk, PhD Student Resilience has become a buzz word; it is widely used to refer to an individual or a...

Jun 13, 20247 min read

Ageism, the Baby Boomers, and Elderhood

By: Dr. Al Lauzon Statistics Canada recently reported that there are now more millennials in Canada than baby boomers, ending baby...

May 17, 20245 min read

Intergenerational War: What Is It Good For?

By: Dr. Scott Brown I’d like to write briefly about the idea of intergenerational community relationships and how we might handle some of...

May 10, 20245 min read

Rural Health through the Lenses of Housing for International Agricultural Workers

By: Damilola Oyewale & Ryan Gibson The International Agricultural Workers’ Housing and Rural Planning research team at the University of...

May 7, 20245 min read

Working Together to Address Opioid-Related Harms in Rural Ontario

By: Dr. Mike Beazely Addressing Challenges Throughout the 2000s, regulators and prescribers began to address the diversion of the then...

Apr 24, 20243 min read

Empowering Rural Well-Being: Insights from the Rural Symposium on Health and Quality of Life

By: Dr. Ryan Gibson & Paul Sitsofe The opportunities and difficulties specific to rural communities in Ontario have a significant impact...

Jan 25, 20245 min read

Alzheimer’s Awareness Month: Illuminating the Journey of 2SLGBTQI Communities Living with Dementia

By: Dr. Ashley Flanagan Aging is an undeniable facet of the human experience, but for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,...

Oct 6, 20234 min read

Opinion: Rising Temperatures = Declining Mental Health?

By: Dr. Al Lauzon Ruminations on Rural Health – the second article in a blog series that highlights one expert’s opinion This has been a...

Sep 30, 20235 min read

Opinion: Transforming the Healthcare System

By Dr. Al Lauzon Ruminations on Rural Health - The first article in a blog series that highlights one expert's opinion As I look at the...