eBooks

EvidenceNetwork.ca has compiled four eBooks for use in your classrooms, for promotion on your websites and other media, and for your reading pleasure. These books are free to download and available in multiple formats, including for Apple, Google (Android) and Kindle devices, as well as PDF for desktop computers.

There is a Creative Commons license on all the materials in the eBooks, so you may reproduce the content for your own uses free-of-charge, so long as no changes are made and proper attribution is provided.

Why We Need More Canadian Health Policy in the Media

We are pleased to announce the publication of our fourth eBook, Why We Need More Canadian Health Policy in the Media edited by Noralou Roos, Kathleen O’Grady, Eileen Boriskewich, Mélanie Meloche-Holubowski, Carolyn Shimmin, Kristy Wittmeier and Nanci Armstrong (ISBN 978-0-9916971-9-9).

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· Apple for iPads and other Apple devices

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· PDF (for desktop computers)

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· GoodReads

Why We Need More Canadian Health Policy in the Media is a compilation of the EvidenceNetwork.ca commentaries published in major newspapers in 2015, written by experts in the health policy field. These articles highlight the most recent evidence on a wide range of topics, including our aging population, healthcare costs and spending, mental health, pharmaceutical policy, the social determinants of health and distinctions between the Canadian and American healthcare systems among other topics.

This is the fourth volume in the annual series of eBooks produced by EvidenceNetwork.ca, the first being Canadian Health Policy in the News (2013), followed by Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy (2014) and Navigating the Evidence: Communicating Canadian Health Policy in the Media (2015)

This eBook is available free of charge in a number of different formats, so we encourage you to share it widely, use it as a textbook or share via social media. Happy Reading!

We acknowledge the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Research Manitoba, the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, the George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, CIHR’s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, and their Institute of Population and Public Health, The Canadian Frailty Network, and the University of Manitoba’s Department of Community Health Sciences and Max Rady College of Medicine whose funding supports EvidenceNetwork.ca.

Navigating the Evidence Communicating Canadian Health Policy in the Media

We are pleased to announce the publication of our third eBook, Navigating the Evidence: Communicating Canadian Health Policy in the Media edited by Noralou Roos, Kathleen O’Grady, Shannon Turczak, Camilla Tapp and Lindsay Jolivet (ISBN 978-0-9916971-7-5).

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· Apple for iPads and other Apple devices

· Google Play (for Android devices)

· Google Books

· Kindle

· PDF (for desktop computers)

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· GoodReads



Navigating the Evidence: Communicating Canadian Health Policy in the Media is a compilation of the EvidenceNetwork.ca commentaries published in major newspapers in 2014, written by experts in the health policy field. These Op-Eds highlight the most recent evidence on a wide range of topics, including our aging population, healthcare sustainability, costs and spending, and the impact of the social determinants of health. It also contains essays addressing key concerns around mental health, obesity and pharmaceutical policy, among other topics.

This is the third volume in the annual series of eBooks produced by EvidenceNetwork.ca, the first being Canadian Health Policy in the News (2013), followed by Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy (2014).

Read what David Dodge, economist and Former Governor of the Bank of Canada has to say about Navigating the Evidence.

Read what Robyn Tamblyn, Scientific Director of the Clinical and Health Informatics Research Group and Professor in the Department of Medicine at McGill University commented on Navigating the Evidence.

This eBook is available free of charge in a number of different formats, so we encourage you to share it widely, reprint in your news outlets, use it as a textbook and share via social media.

We acknowledge the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Research Manitoba and the George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, whose funding supports EvidenceNetwork.ca.

Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy



Our second eBook, Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy is edited by Noralou Roos, Kathleen O’Grady, Shannon Turczak, Camilla Tapp and Lindsay Jolivet (ISBN 978-0-9916971-2-0).

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· PDF (4 MB) for desktop computers

· Apple for iPads and other Apple devices

· Kindle

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· GoodReads

· Print-on-demand copies are also available for purchase at Blurb

· Scribd (with embed option)

Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy is a compendium of OpEds published in the media in 2012-2013 by some of Canada’s leading experts in the field, offering a snapshot of the evidence on the issues of the day. It is the second in a series of eBooks produced by EvidenceNetwork.ca, the first being Canadian Health Policy in the News, which achieved 13,000 reads in the first year of release.

This second volume addresses a range of controversial topics, such as whether or not our health system is sustainable and how our healthcare dollars are spent. Other sections address pharmaceutical policy, private-for-profit delivery of care, social determinants of health, aging, mental health and obesity.

This eBook is available free of charge in a number of different formats, so we encourage you to share it widely, reprint in your news outlets, use it as a textbook, and share via social media.

With thanks to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Manitoba Health Research Council whose funding supports EvidenceNetwork.ca.

Canadian Health Policy in the News: Why Evidence Matters

Our first eBook, Canadian Health Policy in the News: Why Evidence Matters is edited by Noralou Roos, Sharon Manson Singer, Kathleen O’Grady, Camilla Tapp and Shannon Turczak (ISBN 978-0-9916971-0-6).

Click here to access your free eBook:

• Apple format for iPads and other Apple devices

• Google Play for Android devices

• Kindle

• PDF (6 MB) for desktop computers

• Scribd (with an option to embed the book on your own website)

• Goodreads.com

• Print-on-demand copies are also available for purchase at Blurb

Canadian Health Policy in the News is a compendium of the commentaries (or OpEds) we have published in major newspapers across the country since the birth of EvidenceNetwork.ca in April 2011 up to October 2012. It is a timely, balanced and non-partisan snapshot of what’s new and controversial concerning our healthcare system and related social programs that affect health and well-being in our country — with evidence at the forefront.

This book is available free-of-charge so that you can share it widely, in your classrooms, amongst your friends and colleagues, on your websites and via social media.

Canadian health policy will always be emerging and unfolding, responding to changing environmental and economic factors, new technologies, publicly held values and differing political landscapes. Canadian Health Policy in the News captures a moment in time and presents the issues that concern Canadians most, grounding our national discourse and debate on healthcare in the best evidence.

With thanks to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Manitoba Health Research Council whose funding supports EvidenceNetwork.ca.