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A person wears a Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation button during a province-wide, one-day strike in Saskatoon, Sask., on Jan. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

Solving teacher shortages depends on coming together around shared aspirations for children

Decisions to fill teacher vacancies with uncertified adults compromises children’s education and reveals a demeaning notion that teachers — in a female-dominated profession — are merely babysitters.
A fundamental component for training health-care professionals is interacting with patients and families. (Shutterstock)

Solving Canada’s shortage of health professionals means training more of them, and patients have a key role in their education

Each encounter that health-care students have with patients and families helps them understand real-world patient needs. That means all Canadians have a role in educating future health-care providers.
Former Saskatchewan Premier and national New Democratic Party leader T.C. (Tommy) Douglas in 1965. Douglas was instrumental in the creation of Medicare. The Canadian Press

Looking forward into the past: Lessons for the future of Medicare on its 60th anniversary

At the dawn of Medicare, Saskatchewan’s community co-op clinics pioneered team-based, holistic care. Now, with the health system in crisis 60 years later, it may be time to return to that care model.

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