AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoIndigenous Health & Reconciliation: Canadians marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, spotlighting the harms of church-run residential schools, including abuse, malnutrition, and inadequate health care, and renewed calls for rights-based reconciliation. Child Development & Screen Time: A major global analysis in JAMA Pediatrics (over 2.8M children across 64 countries) links higher screen exposure with poorer language development, lower academic achievement, and more emotional/peer and attention-related problems. Labour & Health System Disruption: Unions warn Liberals’ proposed Canada Labour Code changes could further weaken the right to strike by giving Ottawa more power to end strikes or lockouts in federally regulated sectors tied to health services. Cancer Research & Clinical Trials: Hummingbird Bioscience dosed the first patient in Phase II of HMBD-001-103 for advanced squamous cell cancers, testing HMBD-001 with cetuximab across multiple countries. Health Tech in Hospitals: RVH became the first Canadian hospital to introduce AngelEye technology in its NICU, aiming to improve newborn care. Mental Health & Youth: A UBC student’s queer mental health advocacy project is surveying queer youth about experiences with Canada’s mental health system, highlighting gaps in how care meets diverse needs. Healthcare Access & Security: A southeastern Manitoba piece on cloud adoption stresses that remote work increases device and account risk, pushing businesses toward stronger endpoint protection, encryption, and training.
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