Think Upstream Project
Thinking upstream means looking at the social determinants of health
Think Upstream is a project of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives National Office. We’re working with a growing network of people who recognize that social, ecological, and economic conditions shape people’s health and the wellbeing of our communities. We call these the social determinants of health.
Your newsroom for social determinants of health
- Budgeting for well-being
- Public health and health equity
- A poverty reduction plan
- The determinants of health
- An inclusive economy
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The case of affluenza
I’m beginning to think there are two kinds of people in life: Marie Kondo devotees and those who say “Marie who?”
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The truth about taxes
In Ontario, where I live, news of devastating provincial funding cuts keeps pouring in.
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If you fall, who will catch you?
Emotions ran high in Hamilton last week as the community celebrated participants who took a leap of faith to join Ontario’s first-ever basic income pilot…
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Is your city designed for women?
Last September someone invited women to tweet about what they would do if men had a curfew.
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Think Upstream Radio: Why early learning investments matter
Eight years ago I partnered with several foundations to cross the country asking Canadians, via focus groups facilitated by Environics Research, what they think about…
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Time to shift the bell curve toward health
At each end of the curve are the small number of people who are either extremely tall or short. This pattern is found throughout nature…
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Measuring success in the federal budget
Everyone in this country probably knows what the latest federal budget is predicted to do to the public debt and deficit. You’ve heard about it,…
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Public health beyond the anthropocene
Our health outcomes depend on seeing the connection between Canadians and the land.
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Honk if you’re stuck and stressed
It’s like this every weekday morning on my street. In my mind’s eye I imagine it’s the same person, each and every morning, who has…
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The quest for universal pharmacare
It looks like the snake oil salesman is about to gallop away with a tidy pharmaceutical profit once again.
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Four of top 10 global health threats are environmental
The first threat is air pollution and climate change. The WHO reports that nine out of ten people around the world breathe polluted air every…
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2019: Trends to watch this year
Income inequality isn’t resolving itself in Canada. On the first working day of this year the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released its annual…
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