Longwoods

06/01/2026

Health Policy Off Script! Unfiltered Conversations about the Canadian Health System

https://www.longwoods.com/pages/health-policy-off-script-podcast

Canada's health system is stuck in a cycle of crisis and recycled solutions. "Overcoming Policy Roadblocks" confronts the erosion of the principles of healthcare policy inaction through fearless, evidence-informed episodes. Featuring candid interviews with policymakers, practitioners, thought leaders and patients, each thematic episode unpacks barriers to progress and proposes realistic paths forward. It’s time for a new conversation—one that empowers the audience to be mad and motivated instead of sad and demoralized. Tune in for unvarnished insight, and a roadmap to a better system.

05/25/2026

The Urgent Call for Reform in Surgical Policy Making in Canada

https://www.longwoods.com/publications/healthcare-policy/27770

This issue of Healthcare Policy is focused on surgery policy in Canada. A focused issue on surgery policy is one effort to draw policy makers and researchers to advances in this important area.

05/25/2026

Upcoming Leadership Discussion - Join us on June 12.
https://www.longwoods.com/events/leadership-discussion

Building on Progress: Charting the Future of Canada's Rare Disease StrategyLeading experts and advocates will convene to discuss the critical insights, challenges, and opportunities in advancing Canada's National Rare Disease Strategy.

05/12/2026

Once again, we are being released from the grip of a very cold and snowy winter and beginning to inch our way toward the season of growth, new life and hope – spring.

In this issue, we continue to have a focus on internationally educated nurses and their implementation in Canada as well as our leadership and research foci. We are also pleased to offer a range of papers looking at nurses' mental health and wellness.

https://www.longwoods.com/publications/nursing-leadership/27820

05/08/2026

How to Fight for What You Need: Advocating for Care in Canada’s Health Care System

Longwoods Breakfast Series - Join us on Thursday, May 21st
https://www.longwoods.com/events

Canada’s healthcare system is built on principles of universality and access, yet many patients and families experience delays, confusion, barriers and frustration when trying to secure the care they need.

In this timely conversation, Michael Decter and Mike McCarthy draw on decades of experience from inside the system and on the front lines of advocacy to explore what navigating healthcare actually looks like in practice.

04/27/2026

Balancing Parenting and Nursing Careers with Practical Strategies

https://www.longwoods.com/content/27853/insights/balancing-parenting-and-nursing-careers-with-practical-strategies

For Canadian nurse parents working in hospitals, long-term care, community, and remote settings, balancing parenting and career advancement can feel like holding two full-time roles at once. Work-life balance challenges in nursing aren’t abstract when shifts change, sleep gets cut short, and family needs don’t pause for staffing gaps. Burnout among nurse parents often shows up as constant exhaustion paired with the guilt that comes from competing responsibilities at home and at work. When nursing career advancement struggles pile on, missed learning opportunities, stalled applications, and limited capacity to plan, it can start to feel like progress has a price.

04/22/2026

Join us on May 5 for this special event.

From Promise to Practice: Scaling AI in Healthcare

Through practical examples and case discussion, the session will offer concrete takeaways for healthcare, policy, and innovation leaders seeking to translate AI innovation into measurable improvements in care delivery.

With Karli Farrow, President and CEO, Trillium Health Partners and Tomi Poutanen, CEO, Signal 1

https://www.longwoods.com/events

04/21/2026

Healthcare Quarterly Presents

The Continuum of Integrated Care

A Framework for Sensemaking and Advancing the Continuum of Integrated Care: From Condition-Based Pathways to Population Health. Although we have often featured articles on integrated care in previous editions, this entire edition is dedicated to the theme of integrated, people-centred care.

https://www.longwoods.com/publications/healthcare-quarterly/27804

03/23/2026

21.2 is now available online. Read pieces covering and a discussion on and . And don't miss the editorial which asks "Do Politics and Healthcare Intersect in 2026?" by Jason Sutherland. https://www.longwoods.com/publications/healthcare-policy/27651

03/17/2026

Schroeder Ambulatory Centre is looking for a Manager, Decision Support to develop, maintain, and operationalize the Decision Support Charter.

Overview and Purpose of the Role Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Decision Support Manager leads Schroeder Ambulatory Centre’s (SAC) Decision Support function, translating EHR, clinical, and operational data into actionable insights that support operational stability, revenue optimization...