André Picard, who has served as the Globe and Mail’s health reporter for three decades, is one of the most influential voices in Canadian health-care. At the centre of Picard’s work is a call for a more just and compassionate Canadian health-care system.
=0D=0A=Is Canada’s public health-care system under threat? What are the social and economic impacts of mental illness? Why is tackling poverty not a health-care priority? Why do so many Canadians lack a family doctor?
=0D=0A=André Picard is the author of five books including the newly published Matters of Life and Death (Douglas & McIntyre 2017). He has received much acclaim for his reporting and writing, including the Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service Journalism.
=0D=0A=Please join Canada’s most informative health reporter in conversation! The event will be moderated by local author and physician Kevin Patterson.
=0D=0A=Tickets: ArtSpring (250-537-2102 or www.tickets.artspring.ca) and Salt Spring Books. $15 – 2018 Forum Members; $20 – General Public. (Students and low-income residents contact saltspringforum@gmail.com)
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