Ginetta Salvalaggio
@gsalvalaggio.bsky.social
MD, MSc, CCFP(AM). she/her/elle. Professor, #ualberta Family Medicine. Associate Scientific Director, www.ichwp.ca . ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan)
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Proud of this study w/ a dream team of researchers –@ehyshka.bsky.social @hollymathias.bsky.social @etailfeathers01.bsky.social Karen Lithgow & Claire Benny. Will have more to say about it later but it's open access – have a look! www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Using health service data to understand unregulated toxic drug deaths in Alberta (2018–2023): an ecological study, HPCDP: Vol 46(7/8), July/August 2026
We examined associations between drug poisoning deaths and EMS and SCS data to assess if these measures could serve as reliable proxies for fatalities to support evidence-based public health responses...
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“This could end Canadian medicare as we know it.” “That’s the chilling conclusion of a recent report on Alberta’s push to create a privatized, U.S.-style health care system in the province.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box...
‘Pandora’s box’: Danielle Smith and insurance giants unleash attack on healthcare ⋆ The Breach
Danielle Smith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push health privatization in Alberta—and it could spread across Canada
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We Ain’t Dead Yet!!! 🚨New @crackdownpod.bsky.social ep. Overdose deaths are down across North America & the far right wanna take credit. Plus update on what’s next for the pod. www.crackdownpod.com/episodes
Episodes — Crackdown Podcast
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I don’t know how to convince anyone of this, but the hundreds or thousands of words many publications run below the headline aren’t decorative. Often they contain nuance that doesn’t fit into ten words.
I obviously have no opinions on this news but thought the rest of you might have things to say. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government gives public libraries Jan. 1 deadline to comply with new restrictions | CBC News
The province informed public libraries this month that they have until the start of the new year to establish new practices restricting access to library materials containing sexually explicit images ...
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'Less than human': how unhoused people in Atlanta are being treated during the World Cup – video
'Less than human': how unhoused people in Atlanta are being treated during the World Cup – video
“This is what happens when you apply these incredibly violent economic forces to these cities … it's happened at every World Cup I've been to,” explains our chief sports writer, Barney Ronay.
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How to stay safe from the triple threat of wildfires, smoke and extreme heat
How to stay safe from the triple threat of wildfires, smoke and extreme heat
As climate-related hazards become more frequent and severe, protecting our health will require moving beyond warnings toward prevention.
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the BCNDP refused to publish the facts about the prescribed alternatives program, which allowed the disinformation to saturate the policy discussion.
This is what happens when one government one province away sponsors disinformation. People across the country are harmed by its spread.
Doctors for Safer Drug Policy@dsdp.ca · 3w agotinyurl.com/yhr9hf2h The @bcfamilydocs.bsky.social rightfully calls out the political interference in our important area of practice. @davidebybc.bsky.social and the @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social have forced us to choose between doing what is clinically indicated for our patients and their moralizing.
Crime is down and no Canadian politician has presented evidence of a rise in offences while on bail.
Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 3w agoWe’re making big changes to combat crime and keep Canadians safe.
📰 New statement issued by CAJ: RCMP must rescind inappropriate request for media to involve police before publishing news stories. Read the full statement on our website: caj.ca/news
It's kinda crazy how all world leaders seem to have just decided to give up on fighting the climate crisis and let the poor and middle class burn/drown/starve or whatever while they race to see who can make the most profit off that dystopia for the next decade or so
Our team has new qualitative research out in the Journal of Urban Health. The paper describes life in #yeg's central business district for people who use drugs. cc: @gsalvalaggio.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Seeing chatter on bird app about B.C.'s drug deaths declining. It's part of a broader trend seen across Canada and the U.S. -- some reasons why here: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Opioid deaths have declined sharply in Canada. These five factors help explain why
Overdoses, driven to new heights in the 2010s, are not killing as many Canadians as they did a few years ago. Health officials aren’t yet sure whether that’s cause for celebration
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“A new national study suggests Canadians generally view supervised consumption sites as beneficial and do not believe they have negative effects on communities or health systems.” #HarmReduction #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
A study asked what Canadians think of safe injection sites, here’s what they said
A new national study suggests Canadians generally view supervised consumption sites as beneficial and do not believe they have negative effects on communities or health systems.
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We have endured a failed ...ideologically driven...response to the opioid poisoning crisis...thousands have died...zero accountability from health ministers who refused to support harm reduction to its fullest while scaling up treatment and recovery.. Simplistic and amoral policy...
It continues to elude me why on earth a health system would build an involuntary system of “care” BEFORE properly resourcing a voluntary one. Actually TAKING AWAY from that voluntary system, however, is egregious.
Brett McKay@brettmckay.bsky.social · last mo.Publicly, the UCP have said they won't take beds away from voluntary addiction recovery centres in Edmonton to make space for the province's forthcoming forced treatment program. Internal Recovery Alberta docs tell a different story. zurl.co/IRjG4
Research confirms that the more skilled professionals like doctors and software engineers rely on AI, the more their skills degrade. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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ZERO evidence to support this move. ZERO. More privatization likely result in: > inequities > in healthcare spending > inefficiency & admin costs > unnecessary care / procedures < resources / providers in public system Sum: unhinged idea fuelled by blind ideology www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Eligible doctors in Alberta can work in both public, private systems starting this fall | CBC News
In order to be eligible for dual practice, doctors must do a minimum number of hours in the public system first. The province says those hour requirements along with other safeguards will protect the ...
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If a judge who's ex-military can recognize that homeless people have rights, why not Ontario's premier? What Doug Ford should know about encampment residents: pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-ki...
What Doug Ford Should Know About Encampment Residents
If a judge who is ex-military can recognize that homeless people have rights, why not Ontario's premier?
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“The homeless are not Other. They are Us. They are rights bearers no less entitled than any other Canadian citizens to the full benefit and protection of the Charter,” [the ruling] stated. powerful story by @ericwickham.ca
PressProgress@pressprogress.ca · 2mo agoIf a judge who's ex-military can recognize that homeless people have rights, why not Ontario's premier? What Doug Ford should know about encampment residents: pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-ki...
“This legislation does not address any of those root causes; instead, it creates a new coercive system enforced by police and courts, the very institutions where First Nations people face the most entrenched racism and documented discrimination.” Same ⚠️ in #AB! www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic...
‘Systemic failure’ found in Sask. forced addiction treatment legislation: First Nations Health Ombudsperson
The First Nations Health Ombudsperson Office (FNHOO) says it has found “systemic failure” in the province’s new involuntary treatment legislation.
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1/ Right now, a bill called C-22 is moving through Parliament. It would let police pull information on who you talk to, when, and where, all without a warrant. It's at committee this week. 🧵
The Alberta being championed by separatists and their political allies is ahistorical. It is based on myths and misunderstandings and revisionist fantasy. It is a fever dream. And it is a fiction I simply do not recognize as the free and dynamic province I love so fiercely.
this whole thread and THIS RIGHT HERE. people without homes and people who use unregulated drugs are members of the public too
Heather Campbell@thatheatherc.bsky.social · 2mo agoCllr @mykeatkinson.bsky.social wants to make the Free Fare Zone about Calgary's DNA. Free Fare Zone forever. Now Cllr Pantazopoulos is all "public safety forever". You want that John, then you need housing strategies, plans to address a toxic drug supply & harm reduction, and mental health care.