Canadian Health Information Podcast

Since the first COVID-19 case in Canada was reported on January 25, 2020, Canadians’ lives have been affected on many fronts. There are still many unknowns factoring into what the future may look like, so we’ve brought in an expert to help Canadians understand some of what may lie on the other side of the pandemic: the chair of CIHI’s board of directors, Dr. Vivek Goel.

The global Covid-19 pandemic has been extremely taxing on many people’s mental health. In some cases, this has led to thoughts of self-harm and suicide. On this episode, we speak with two mental health care workers who help provide insight on the ongoing crisis and give us a glimpse behind the curtain at the lives of the responders on the other side of the phone lines.

Frontline healthcare workers in Canada have been disproportionally impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic – with a high number of cases and deaths. Respiratory Therapist Andrea Sikora and Dr. Kim Spencer share how the pandemic has affected their personal and professional lives and how they’ve coped through this extremely challenging time.

Dr. Alex Mihailidis, one of the top scientists at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, dedicated his life to developing technology to help people. When a scary accident landed him in his own facility for months, he learned some key lessons that changed his perspective forever.

While COVID-19 has knocked the opioid crisis out of the headlines, the factors that led to it are still in play. Even worse, many have been amplified. We speak with Josée Joliat, a public health nurse at Public Health Sudbury, and Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, the medical health officer at Vancouver Coastal Health, to get their perspectives on what pandemic measures and restrictions have meant in their communities. Vous préférez les balados français? Voyez le Balado d’information sur la santé au Canada.

Long-term care homes account for the highest rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Canada. The pandemic has revealed deeply concerning issues with the state of these facilities. Host Alex Maheux speaks with Dr. Samir Sinha, director of geriatrics at Sinai Health, about the root causes of these issues and how they are being addressed. Vous préférez les balados français? Voyez le Balado d’information sur la santé au Canada.

The Canadian Health Information Podcast (CHIP) offers in-depth conversations about Canada's health systems featuring people and data you can trust. We speak to the people behind the health policy and data, Canada’s health systems as well as those on the front lines and discuss the work being done to keep Canadians healthy.