Times Colonist columns up to 7 October 2018
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- 14 Nov 2014 “Health care a small part of true health”
- 17 Dec 2014 – What makes us healthy? Hint: It’s not health care
- 24 Dec 2014 – Singing together is good for our health
- 31 Dec 2014 – A health resolution for the B.C. government
- 7 Jan 2015 – – We simply can’t afford the costs of poverty
- 14 Jan 2015 – BC should guarantee right to food security
- 21 Jan 2015 – Our health depends upon a healthy planet
- 28 Jan 2015 – GDP is not a useful measure of well-being
- 4 Feb 2015 – There’s more to progress than the GDP
- 11 Feb 2015 – To die a healthy death is not an oxymoron
- 19 Feb – Designers can influence health, well-being
- 25 Feb – Be grateful for the pleasures of the flush
- 4 Mar – Climate change poses severe health risks
- 11 March – Public transit is good for public health
- 18 March – Reducing transport would improve health
- 25 March – Portion size: The elephant in the room
- 1 April – Putting the health in health care
- 8 April – Self-care most neglected part of health system
- 15 April – ‘Whole government’ health approach needed
- 22 April – Bringing nature to people improves health
· 29 April – Children need nature; nature needs children
- 6 May – Arts, nature and well-being are all connected
- 13 May – Beauty needs to be part of health equality
- 20 May – Note for politicians: First, do no harm
- 27 May – Good health requires different economics
- 3 June – Taxes are the price we pay for civilization
- 10 June – Dance your way into a healthy old age
- http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/trevor-hancock-dance-your-way-into-a-healthy-old-age-1.1963320
- 17 June – Resilience and the health of First Nations
- 24 June – We are too risk-averse for our own good
- 2 July – How healthy are universities and colleges?
- 8 July – Making our universities and colleges healthy
- 15 July – More should be done to improve male health
- 22 July – Planetary health is the 21st-century challenge
- 29 July – Accelerating changes are bad for health
- 5 August – Sustainable development benefits our health
- 12 August – Hope for our health lies in local initiatives
- 19 August – How about health as an election issue?
- 26 August – Human well-being should come first
- 2 September – Policies should focus on basic needs
- 9 September – Good health requires environmental security
- 16 September – Taxation should maximize human wellbeing
- 23 September – Agriculture policy should include health
- 30 September – The ‘Great War’ on drugs: Time for a re-think
- 7 October – We should lift the siege on public health
- 14 October – Push parties for health, human development
- 21 October – Beyond voting, democracy is good for health
- 28 October – How we keep Canada healthy is a great story
- 4 November – Measuring what matters in BC
- 11 November – Let’s make some noise about all that noise
- 18 November – Hospitals should be model healthy settings
- 25 November – Can our hospitals be healing environments?
- 2 December – Health-care facilities reduce harm to planet
- 9 December – Few Canadian hospitals are ‘baby-friendly’
- 16 December – The turning of the year, coming of the light
- 23 December – Peace on Earth — and especially at home
- 30 December – Equity, sustainability needed for health
2016
- 6 January – Let’s put healthy food on conference table
- 13 January – Our health system should fund dental care
- http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/trevor-hancock-our-health-system-should-fund-dental-care-1.2149542
- 20 January – Ministers: Turn the health system on its head
- 27 January – Profit should not come before public health
- 3 February – Village in Borneo taught healthy-city lessons
- 11 February – Humans are officially an urban species
- 17 February – Making healthy cities takes holistic approach
- http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/trevor-hancock-making-healthy-cities-takes-holistic-approach-1.2174424
- 24 February – Weak and muddled thinking on MSP premium
- http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/trevor-hancock-weak-and-muddled-thinking-on-msp-premium-1.2182718
- 2 March 2016 – Good health depends upon empowerment
- 9 March 2016 – Empowerment for health as simple as ABCD
- 16 March 2016 – Lessons from Brazil about empowerment
- 23 March 2016 – Poor, white, angry and unhealthy
- 30 March 2016 – We have time to learn from history
- 6 April 2016 – Speed injures and it kills, Minister Stone
- 13 April 2016 – We must say no to old-paradigm solutions
- 20 April 2016 – Gambling brings social, economic inequality
- 27 April 2016 – Manifesto is leaping into a healthier future
- 4 May 2016 – Trans-Pacific agreement bad for our health
- 11 May 2016 – Healthy death and palliative-care physicians
- 18 May 2016 – Opioid deaths are a massive ethical failure
- 25 May 2016 – Retiring at age 65 might not be best for you
- 1 June 2016 – Is retirement a healthy choice? That depends
- 8 June 2016 – Early retirement can lead to an earlier death
- 15 June 2016 – Medical error is a public-health emergency
- 22 June 2016 – Loss of biodiversity is a public-health emergency
- 29 June 2016 – Assess health impact of our energy systems
- 6 July 2016 – Poverty serious detriment to public health
- 13 July 2016 – Food policy must address the issue of meat
- 20 July 2016 – Many factors contribute to community’s health
- 27 July 2016 – Healthy-community visions show tranquility
- 3 August 2016 – Sailing safely through the winds of change
- 10 August 2016 – Imagining Victoria as a ‘one-planet’ region
- 17 August 2016 – Bouncing forward to a healthier, just future
- 24 August 2016 – Pipeline expansion must be rejected for health reasons
- 31 August 2016 – NO COLUMN
- 7 September 2016 – We need to protect our health-care system
- 14 September 2016 – Health-care system doesn’t work as a system
- 21 September – Make nurse practitioners a campaign pledge
- 28 September 2016 – Reverence for nature is linked to our health
- 5 October 2016 – Governments fail the climate math test
- 12 October 2016 – Public needs independent health officers
- 19 October 2016 – What happened to an ounce of prevention?
- 27 October 2016 – Cities must be part of UN’s Urban Agenda
- 2 November 2016 – Municipal governments matter most
- 9 November 2016 – An invasive species: Who, me?
- 16 November 2016 – The secret of medicine is masterly inactivity
- 23 November 2016 – Trump’s ‘ignore-ance’ will harm our health
- 30 November 2016 – National inquiry is needed on opioid crisis
- 7 December 2016 – Jobs v the environment – The health angle
- 14 December 2016 – Governments fail to provide necessaries of life
- 21 December 2016 – Good news on the Good Food front
- 28 December 2016 – Health-care reform needed on a grand scale
- 29 December 2016 – Good health lies outside Ministry of Health
2017
- 4 January 2017 – Building healthier communities in BC
- 11 January 2017 – Making money while creating health
- 18 January 2017 – Global issues require local thinking, efforts
- 25 January 2017 – When inequality becomes unacceptable
- 1 February 2017 – Nature is speaking, but are we listening?
- 8 February 2017 – Our descendants need protection from us
- 15 February 2017 – The new public health entrepreneurs
- 23 February 2017 – Primary care is the heart of healthcare
- 1 March 2017 – Healthy corner stores – well, why not?
- 8 March 2017 – Thirteen municipalities, but only one planet
- 15 March 2017 – Toward a BC framework for wellbeing
- 22 March 2017 – Communities support those who are dying
- 29 March 2017 – BC’s pro-poverty policy is sickening and costly
- 5 April 2017 – ‘Mincome’ is pro-health and against poverty
- 12 April 2017 – Child poverty is outrageous and unhealthy
- 19 April 2017 – Reverse 45 years of neglect of health centres
After writing this column without a break for more than two years, I took a break for vacation.
- 7 June 2017 – From endless growth to a steady state
- 14 June 2017 – BC should protect our future wellbeing
- 21 June 2017 – Let’s plan with the seventh generation in mind
- 28 June 2017 – My life in the Anthropocene
- 5 July 2017 – If we want to save lives, control alcohol
- 12 July 2017 – Protect our kids from unhealthy advertising
- 19 July 2017 – We are being marketed to death
- 26 July – What does it mean to be a safe community?
- 2 August 2017 – Public health and the new BC government
- 9 August 2017 – Safe communities prevent ‘accidental’ injuries
- 16 August 2017 – More alcohol means more injury
- 23 August 2017 – Prevent violence with compassion
- 30 August 2017 – Monitoring community well-being is complicated
- 6 September 2017 – Why did Mary die: Dig deep to find causes
- 13 September 2017 – Public health should not be part of health care
- 20 September 2017 – Look upstream to improve mental health
- 27 September 2017 – Good mental health needs good start in life
- 4 October 2017 – Creating mentally healthy communities
- 11 October 2017 – Should we try social prescribing?
- 18 October 2017 – Seeking common vision and common action
- 25 October 2017 – Protecting health in our chemical society
- 1 November 2017 – Pollution and health: A neglected issue
- 8 November 2017 – Pollution is not inevitable cost of prosperity
- 15 November 2017 – Build telecommute centres, not interchanges
- 22 November 2017 – Urban sprawl detrimental to public health
- 29 November 2017 – Many ministries could be Ministry of Health
- 6 Dec 2017 – Other Ministries should focus on health
- 13 December 2017 – The business of government in the 21st century
- 20 December 2017 – Finding hope at the turning of the year
- 27 December 2017 – My Healthy New Year’s wish list
2018
- 3 January 2018 – Connecting to our past and to nature
- 10 January 2018 – Society’s happiness is a serious business
- 17 January 2018 – Misery and health – The diseases of despair
- 24 January 2018 – Pandora’s box and the Canada Pension Plan
- 4 February 2018 – Family doctors deserve more of our respect
- 11 February 2018 – Alberta proclaims its right to pollute
- 18 February 2018 – Doing well, but doing much harm
- 25 February 2018 – Looking upstream at the opioid crisis
- 11 March 2018 – Our health depends on revering, not reviling nature
- 18 March 2018 – Solastalgia: The painful result of reviling of nature
- 25 March 2018 – Does mental health matter most?
- 18 March 2018 – Solastalgia: The painful result of reviling of nature
- 25 March 2018 – Does mental health matter most?
- 1 April 2018 – We need progress on Genuine Progress
- 8 April 2018 – The wonder drugs we really need
- 15 April 2018 – It’s in national, global interest to stop Kinder Morgan pipeline
- 22 April 2018 -Public health is biased, and you should be glad
I TOOK THE MONTH OF MAY OFF
- 3 June 2018 – Let’s shed a couple of planets’ worth of ecological footprint
- 10 June 2018 – Shedding more light on our growing ecological footprint
- 17 June 2018 – Meeting SDGs in Greater Victoria
- 24 June 2018 – Carbon tax is good for our health
- 30 June 2018 – Finding hope for the future
- 8 July 2018 – Population growth only part of our ecological problem
- 15 July 2018 – Public health and urban planning are natural partners
- 22 July 2018 – We can create healthy built environments
- 29 July 2018 – Tools for healthier built environments
- 5 August 2018 – Healthy homes – The basics and beyond
- 12 August 2018 – Making homes truly healthy
- 19 August 2018 – Loneliness a growing public-health concern
- 26 August 2018 – Better living through green chemistry
- 2 September 2018 – Our systems inevitably lead to bad choices
- 9 September 2018 – We don’t pay the full cost of goods and services
- 16 September 2018- Change the values that shape our systems
- 23 September 2018 – Systematic denial harms our health
- 30 September 2018 – One planet questions for candidates
- 7 October 2018 – Political heads buried in the (tar)sand
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