Category Archives: Health

Nurturing insight

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Ben Harack

Nurturing insight by using what we know about human attention and our own experiences. Continue reading →

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Forgetting who we are

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Ben Harack

Our identity exists at the core of everything that we do in life. Our sense of self, as hard as it is to discuss in language and science, is fundamental to everything we experience. How is it possible then, to … Continue reading →

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Excellence relies on opportunity and hard work

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Ben Harack

I recently read the book “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell. The book focuses on people whose abilities and successes are so far outside the scope of normal experience that our society tends to consider them lifeforms that are fundamentally different than … Continue reading →

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Life Changing Book on Time and Life

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Ben Harack

I recently finished a fascinating read. The Time Paradox is a book by Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd about how our personal perspectives of time have a tremendous effect on how we live our lives. You have have heard of Zimbardo … Continue reading →

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Global Health: Availability of Appropriate and Affordable Medicines

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Jacenta Murch

This week’s course focused on Access to Medicines. The presenter was lawyer Rachel Kiddell-Monroe. (Her complete presentation is available here.) Yale and HIV Drugs In 2001, Doctors without Borders (or Médecins sans Frontiéres, MSF) approached the pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to the Canada Health Act

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Jacenta Murch

In 1984 Canada and the provinces agreed to five principles as part of the Health Act. Originally it was agreed that the budget would be split 50 – 50 (federal funds – provincial funds), but this has since changed with … Continue reading →

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Global Health, Well-Being, and Conflict

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Jacenta Murch

According to the WHO (World Health Organization), “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. In Global Health terms, health has a lot to do with conflict. Today, … Continue reading →

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Learning about Health Care

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Jacenta Murch

Dear whoever is interested, I am currently enrolled in Health Care Management, a Master’s course taught at McGill University. Some of you have shown an interest in the subject as well as voiced very interesting and provocative questions and ideas. … Continue reading →

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