Healthy Canadians podcast
Welcome to the Healthy Canadians podcast - your space for nuanced conversations and expert insights on the health topics that matter to all of us. We'll share practical information and resources for you and your family.
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We would like to respectfully acknowledge that Healthy Canadians is primarily recorded in the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. The Algonquin peoples have lived on this land since time immemorial. We are grateful to have the opportunity to be present in this territory. We would also like to honour all First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and their valuable past and present contributions to this land.
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Living with a serious illness (part two): Planning ahead and navigating tough conversations
Advance care planning is something you can do while you are healthy and continue to do after a diagnosis of a serious illness.
In Part Two of our two-part series on serious illness and palliative care, we focus on the importance of planning ahead and navigating the sometimes difficult conversations that come with it.
Hosts Megan Beahen and Alex Newman welcome back Dr. Samantha Winemaker, Palliative Care Physician, Associate Professor at McMaster University and Hsien Seow, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care, Professor at McMaster University.
- Transcript: Living with a serious illness (part two): Planning ahead and navigating tough conversations
- Watch on YouTube: Living with a Serious Illness (Part Two): Planning Ahead and Navigating Tough Conversations
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Here, there and everywhere: Environmental chemicals and contaminants
Every day, we are exposed to chemicals and pollutants - in our air, food and water. There are chemical substances in the products we use at work, at home and at play. While chemicals play an essential role in our daily lives, some chemical substances can negatively affect our health and the environment if poorly managed.
Hosts Megan Beahen and Alex Newman sit down with Tyler Pollock, PhD, Scientist with the Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau at Health Canada, to discuss lesser-known facts about environmental chemicals and contaminants.
They chat about the chemicals that surround us, potential exposures, and how this all comes into play in our day-to-day lives.
- Transcript: Here, there and everywhere: Environmental chemicals and contaminants
- Watch on YouTube: Here, There and Everywhere: Environmental Chemicals and Contaminants
Learn more:
- About the Canadian Biomonitoring Dashboard
- Risk assessment of chemical substances
- Environmental Contaminants
- Exposure and health effects of chemicals
- Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals
- Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS)
- MIREC - A research study on early life exposure to environmental chemicals
- Northern Contaminants Program
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