Measuring success in the federal budget
A wellbeing budget goes beyond debt and GDP Alex Paterson Everyone in this country probably knows what the latest federal budget is...
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Is your city designed for women?
Trish Hennessy Last September someone invited women to tweet about what they would do if men had a curfew. The results were illuminating:...
Time to shift the bell curve toward health
Life is lived on a bell curve. Many attributes of a population— height, for example—are distributed on a bell-shaped curve, with the...
Think Upstream Radio: Why early learning investments matter
Better early learning options = better life chances Podcast with Charles Pascal hosted by Trish Hennessy Trish Hennessy Eight years ago I...
Public health beyond the anthropocene
We need to give up thinking about nature and society as distinct entities and look to eco-social determinants of health if we want to...
Honk if you’re stuck and stressed
It’s 6:45 am, still dark on this winter morning, but six floors below me on the major thoroughfare which is the street that I live on, a...
The quest for universal pharmacare
Canada’s federal government seems poised to prop up the status quo instead of going upstream Alex Paterson It looks like the snake oil...
Four of top 10 global health threats are environmental
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released a report on the top ten threats to health in 2019. Strikingly, several are related...
The opioid crisis and mental suffering
Let’s get to the heart of the matter Alex Paterson Hey Upstream community, today on Bell Let's Talk Day I’m launching a new monthly blog...
2019: Trends to watch this year
Here at Think Upstream, we’re promoting ideas aimed at rethinking our traditional approach to public policy in Canada. We’re looking at...
Think Upstream Radio: When the big employer ghosts a town - now what?
Oshawa is reeling from GM’s decision to stop auto production there. How does a community bounce back from such a jolt? Trish Hennessy...
How much do lifestyle choices matter for health?
If we want healthier communities, we must stop thinking of health only as a matter of personal responsibility and lifestyle choices, and...
Food security and your health
Did you get enough to eat today? More than four million Canadians didn't. Jared Knoll Reliable access to decent, nutritious food is...
Solving Canada’s housing affordability crisis
Making the link between house ownership and public pensions is key to a way forward. Alex Paterson Last week I attended the inaugural...
What if we replaced child care deserts with universal child care?
Kids could access great early learning and socialization opportunities; parents could stop "working to pay for child care"—it’s a...
Basic income cancellation impacts on Ontario
The study tried to resolve questions of best practice. The answer is now, “we won’t know” Laura Cattari Money, or the loss of it, has an...
Poverty Costs
Poverty is a disease that is much cheaper to cure than to treat. Listen to the podcast here.
Think upstream on pesticides
The wider environment is critical to human health. What are we putting into it? Tanya Dahms Downstream thinking has led to the wide-scale...
Population growth is only part of our ecological problem
Population growth is a complex issue that is only partly responsible for this crisis — the solution is not just a matter of family...
Climate adaptation is critical for health, especially if you're poor
Adapting to climate change is a public health crisis—but also an opportunity. Alex Paterson We need to focus on the social determinants...
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