Archives: Health & Social Policy

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Marc-Andre Gagnon: Time to improve transparency at Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency

SPPA Associate Professor Marc-André Gagnon's paper highlights how pharmaceutical regulation could inspire the regulation for pesticides. Time to improve transparency at Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency Marc-André Gagnon and Marie-Hélène Bacon Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) November 27, 2023 195 (46) E1583-E1584;... More

Friday, December 8, 2023

Adegboyega Ojo: Building confidence and trust in Ireland’s National Maternity Services Workforce -What matters most and how?

Trustworthy, equitable, and high-quality maternity care requires ongoing development of interpersonal skills within the maternity services professional workforce particularly in caring for younger women (under 29 years) and those with a disability SPPA's Adegboyega Ojo is lead author on Building confidence and trust in Ireland's National Maternity... More

Friday, December 8, 2023

Vivian Hoffmann’s paper examines food-safety technology uptake by semi-subsistence farmers

Most farmers in Africa produce food both for their own consumption and for sale. We find that randomized a price incentive for safer food amplifies farmers’ intrinsic motivation to produce healthy food for their families, increasing adoption of an agricultural input that reduces risk of contamination with a cancer-causing fungal toxin. SPPA... More

Monday, November 13, 2023

Mary Bartram: “The Kids Aren’t All Right” is a call to action — and action is what our children deserve.

SPPA Adjunct Professor Mary Bartram  publishes an op-ed with Kwame McKenzie (University of Toronto)  “The Kids Aren’t All Right” is a call to action — and action is what our children deserve     in the Toronto Star, Nov 9, 2023. Too many kids aren’t all right. If we care about their futures, and our own,... More

Friday, August 18, 2023

SPPA Adjunct Research Professor Mary Bartram co-authors new paper on suicidal ideation, cannabis, and alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic

"Prevalence and factors associated with suicidal ideation, cannabis, and alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan: findings from a joint-effect modeling" by  Daniel Adeyinka, Nuelle Novik, Gabriela Novotna (University of Saskatchewan);  Mary Bartram (Carleton University & Mental Health Commission of Canada), Robert Gabrys... More

Monday, July 24, 2023

Vivian Hofmann: Self-selection versus population-based sampling for evaluation of an agronomy training program in Uganda

By Vivian Hoffmann  Miki Khan Doan, Tomoko Harigaya Published online: 16 Jul 2023 Journal of Development Effectiveness https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2023.2236080 This is a methodological piece that describes a mechanism that allowed farmers to self-select into the study sample for a randomized controlled trial of agronomic training based on... More

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Vivian Hoffmann wins Best Article in Agricultural Economics

Congratulations to Associate Professor  Vivian Hoffmann along with co-author Sarah Wairimu Kariuki who have won " Best Article in Agricultural Economics 2022"  by the International Association of Agricultural Economics (IAAE) for their article  "Can information drive demand for safer food? Impact of brand-specific recommendations and test... More

Monday, June 12, 2023

Seeking Social Democracy

SPPA Distinguished Research Professor Frances Abele collaborated with Ed Broadbent, Jonathan Sas and Luke Savage on Broadbent's new book, Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for Equality.  ECW Press will release the book on October 10,... More

Friday, May 19, 2023

Kristen Pue & Anna Kopec examine democracy promotion by Canadian homeless shelters

Kristen Pue and Anna Kopec's paper “Do Service-providing Nonprofits Contribute to Democratic Inclusion?: Analyzing Democracy Promotion by Canadian Homeless Shelters” was published in the Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 14(1), 1-29 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.29173/cjnser615 Abstract Nonprofits are key social... More

Friday, May 19, 2023

Alison Smith & Anna Kopec: Mapping Homelessness Research in Canada

Alison Smith (University of Toronto) and SPPA  Associate Professor Anna Kopec have published the paper “Mapping Homelessness Research in Canada” in the American Review of Canadian Studies, 53(1), 42-62 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02722011.2023.2170155 Abstract What is known about homelessness in Canada? In this article, we present... More

Friday, May 19, 2023

Anna Kopec: Critical Junctures as Complex Processes: Examining Mechanisms of Policy Change and Path Dependence in the Canadian Pandemic Response to Homelessness

Anna Kopec's paper “Critical Junctures as Complex Processes: Examining Mechanisms of Policy Change and Path Dependence in the Canadian Pandemic Response to Homelessness” was published in the Journal of Public Policy, 1-21 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X23000053 Abstract Policy change is not an instantaneous or linear process. In... More

Friday, May 5, 2023

Mehdi Ammi: $500,000 New Frontiers in Research Fund on Modelling Pandemics

Associate Professor Mehdi Ammi is a co-principal investigator on a new $500,000 New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) focused on improving the modelling of COVID-19 pandemic and its recovery, and more generally uncertainty quantification for pandemics. This interdisciplinary, high-risk/high-reward and fast-breaking research project is led by... More

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