Emily Gruenwoldt

To kick off the new year, we thought it would be fitting to introduce our team.

Here are five of the wonderful people behind our work!

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Pour bien commencer la nouvelle année, nous avons pensé vous présenter notre équipe.

Voici cinq des merveilleuses personnes derrière notre travail!

We miss you too!

Grim realities and stark contrasts: What matters for health Just days after US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a major report on child health that made zero reference to social determinants, one of Canada’s premier health policy conferences …

Grim realities and stark contrasts: What matters for health
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A ballot issue every parent should consider: their children Investing in our children is smart policy.

A ballot issue every parent should consider: their children canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/28/a... by
@egruenwoldt.bsky.social

𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

(1/3)💡CHSCY Investigator Feature💡

Meet Emily Gruenwoldt, a principal investigator on the 2023 #CHSCY!

@egruenwoldt.bsky.social

(1/3) 🔎 #Research Feature: The AYM team is working on a study to follow up #Canadian children and youth in 2023, with pre-pandemic data from the 2019 Canadian Longitudinal Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY) by Statistics Canada.

Remarkable things are happening in children’s health. 🎈

Join us in Ottawa April 14-15 as we celebrate major milestones and legacy leaders from coast to coast and across the continuum of care.

Four days left to register: lnkd.in/eBDwyKjq

Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism. Here’s How We Know That Literally thousands of research hours – and dollars – have gone into debunking this claim.

Vaccines do not, cannot, and have never caused autism.

www.iflscience.com/vaccines-do-...

Free open access needs to be the norm for Canadian research Canadians deserve better access to the research they fund through their tax dollars.

Free open access needs to be the norm for Canadian research

Canada's biggest national health care gathering issues call to action to federal parties: candidates must fight for health care and protect what we value More than 1,000 Canadian doctors, leading health care experts and patients gathered in Ottawa and virtually for the Canadian Medical Association’s (CMA) Health Summit to outline the solutions to fix h...

“There's nothing more Canadian than our commitment to care for each other.” – @jossreimer.bsky.social

This week’s #CMAHealthSummit was a strong reminder that collaboration is integral to making change in Canadian health. We hope to see that from federal leaders in this upcoming federal election.

When you surround yourself with positive people, the sky is the limit.

So fortunate to be surrounded by incredible humans, motivated to think big and DO big, every single day. Today I received the King Charles III Coronation Medal for "having made a significant contribution to Canada." 🇨🇦

Measles is re-emerging in Ontario. Here’s what you need to know to protect you and your family Measles is a highly contagious, airborne disease that can result in serious health complications

#Measles is re-emerging in Ontario. Here’s what you need to know to protect you and your family, by @kkirkup.bsky.social @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com @egruenwoldt.bsky.social #vaccination

Eight in 10 doctors concerned about impact of tariffs on patients It’s hard to keep up with U.S. President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats. But according to a recent survey of physicians by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), what is clear is t...

A trade war impacts us all, including physicians and our broader health system. This is a crucial time to talk about how we can break down labour and mobility barriers for doctors within Canada, to strengthen our system when it needs it most. www.cma.ca/latest-stori...

Opinion: From Ontario to Texas, every measles infection is a preventable tragedy Why are we chipping away at one of the greatest public health victories ever – the elimination of measles?

From Ontario to Texas, every #measles infection is a preventable tragedy, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #vaccination

“We are back to basics. Back to fighting for fundamentals upon which pediatrics was founded. We are fighting for America’s kids in unprecedented and unimagined times.”

Deeply troubling sentiments from the American Academy of Pediatrics at an event convening pediatric leaders from across the USA.

Lean in, Canada! 🇨🇦 ❄️

First time ever hanging a flag for #nationalflagday.

Sign of the times? #TeamCanada

Children’s Health Equity: A Fireside Chat with Dave Chokshi and Kara Odom Walker - Well Beyond Medicine Podcast "If you care about health, you must care about health equity." This sentiment was shared by Dave Chokshi, MD, former New York City health commissioner, during a day-long child health equity symposium ...

"We have to make it so that health equity is not seen as a side show or an add-on; it's the main event. If you care about health and you care about children, you must care about health equity." Dave Chokshi

Great listen 🎧 : nemourswellbeyond.org/episode/chil...

Super Bowl Sunday.
But without the Football. 🎿🚡

Here’s the top election issue for Ontario voters, according to a Nanos survey Health care and the economy are the top issues that Ontario voters say will influence how they vote in the provincial election.

Healthcare.
It’s the number one voter issue in the Ontario election: poll @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social @nanos #healthcare www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Fellow Canadians!

Do you want to beef up the #Canadian Content in your Bluesky experience?
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Here are 2 extremely completist ways to do it:

@nicktsergas.ca made starter packs of literally EVERY CANADIAN ON BLUESKY - links to all in the description (to follow folks)
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#BuyCanadian @cfl.ca @ottawaredblacks.com 🇨🇦🏈

Report flags barriers to accessing child-friendly tuberculosis medications Doctors say child-friendly versions of TB medications would help treat younger patients, but a new report highlights why they so difficult to obtain in Canada

Children & youth are put at unnecessary risk when they do
not have access to pediatric medications or child-friendly
formulations. This is not a challenge unique to TB patients, but sadly quite a common occurrence for Canada's kids.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Pediatricians Try New Tactics to Win Over Vaccine Skeptics As trust in medicine declines and vaccine hesitancy spreads, doctors are changing how they talk about lifesaving childhood shots.

Pediatricians Try New Tactics to Win Over Vaccine Skeptics. As trust in medicine declines and vaccine hesitancy spreads, doctors are changing how they talk about lifesaving childhood shots, by Melinda Wenner Moyer www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/w... via @nytimes.com #vaccination #scicomm #infodemic

Health misinformation is rampant and deepens inequities for marginalized communities - Healthy Debate Health misinformation is more than a communication challenge; it’s a driver of inequity.

Great piece by Dr @ripudamanminhas.bsky.social - doc in Toronto - about who is most affected by misinformation

healthydebate.ca/2025/01/topi...

How problematic is the Alberta report on COVID? Very.

Recommendations embrace misinformation & run counter to a vast & diverse body of evidence.

Policy analysis is nonsensical & displays a lack of knowledge about law or ethics.

This is science in Alberta? Dark Age 2.0.

More than a third of Canadians turn to online info due to lack of doctor access: poll The Canadian Medical Association says the number of Canadians turning to online sources for medical help emphasizes the lack of accessible health care across the country.

When one in five Canadians do not have access to a family doctor, it's no wonder people look for medical information online. But with the rise of misinformation, this online info can do more harm than good. We need to address this critical issue now. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Patients in 'every single nook and cranny' as respiratory season hits Ottawa hospitals hard A sharp rise in respiratory viruses in Ottawa is putting pressure on hospitals that is being felt in hallways and emergency departments.

Patients crammed into 'every single nook and cranny' as respiratory season hits hospitals hard, by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n... via @ottawacitizen.com #influenza #RSV #COVID19

Social media is the new public health frontline. Let’s treat it that way. Misinformation is an equity issue. It’s one that social media influencers can remedy, but only if they have access to scientific information.

Social media is the new public health frontline. Let’s treat it that way.
We must give influencers tools and training to deliver accurate health information.
harvardpublichealth.org/tech-innovat...

Cover of The Lancet's Jan 18th, 2025 issue. Quote reads: "Disinformation has become a deliberate instrument to attack and discredit scientists and health professionals for political gains. The effects are destructive and damaging to public health."

The spread of health misinformation and disinformation poses a serious threat to public health.

How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health?

Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25