Protect our Province Alberta

Michelle is joined by Dr. Lorian Hardcastle (Associate Professor in Helath Law and Policy at the University of Calgary), Dr. Jon Meddings (Calgary Gastroenterologist, Past Dean of the Cumming School of Medicine), and Chris Gallaway (Executive Director of Friends of Medicare ) to discuss the current and future state of public healthcare in Alberta. Presentation: Presenter: Dr. Jon Meddings The post...

Michelle is joined by Dr. Sam Myhr (Alberta Rural Primary Care Physician) and Dr. Jon Hilner (St. Albert Family Physician) to discuss the family medicine and primary care situation in Alberta. Join us next Tuesday, November 28th at 3:30PM MST for a briefing on the trajectory of Alberta’s publicly delivered healthcare system. Presentation: Presenters: Dr. Sam Myhr and Dr. Jon Hilner The post...

Michelle is joined by Dr. David Keeghan (Edmonton Emergency Physician), Dr. Neeja Bakshi (Edmonton Internal Medicine Physician), Dr. Gosia Gasperowicz (U of C Developmental Biologist), and Dr. Joe Vipond (Calgary Emergency Physician) to discuss the current state of the COVID-19 and the acute health care system in Alberta. Presentation: COVID-19 in Alberta Presenter: Dr. Joe Vipond Presentation: Pr...

Thanks to all that joined us for our very first Twitter Spaces event! We had some technical problems to start with however the podcast version cleans that up. Dr. Gasperowicz discusses how “mild” Omicron has been, BA1 and BA4/5 bivalent vaccines with VaxHunter Janaya Matheson, and we dive into statistics and trends with guest Ziad Fazel. Please note that not all opinions and views of t...

Michelle is joined by Dr. Paul Parks (AMA Emergency Medicine Section President), Dr. Gosia Gasperowicz (U of C Developmental Biologist), and Dr. Joe Vipond (Calgary Emergency Physician) to discuss the current state of the healthcare system in Alberta with commentary on the potential repeal of the Restrictions Exemption Program (REP) in the near future. Dr. Parks discusses outpatient treatments for...

Michelle is joined by: Dr. Lyne Filiatrault (Retired Vancouver Emergency Physician and PoPBC Member) Mario Possamai (Senior Advisor, SARS Commission) Matt Oliver The panel discusses what we learned from SARS-CoV-1 (2003 SARS pandemic) and what we did and didn’t apply going into SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Presentation: SARS: Not your regular shift in the ED Presenter: Dr. Lyne Filiatrault Loading...

Manitoba), and Dr. Christine Peschken (Associate Professor, University of Manitoba) to discuss the COVID-19 situation across the prairie provinces and draw similarities across provincial borders. Dr. Wong provides a detailed view into public health measures in Saskatchewan.

Michelle is joined by Dr. Michael Parkins (Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Disease, University of Calgary) and Dr. Angus Chu (Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary) discuss the ongoing wastewater monitoring research at the University of Calgary and University of Alberta. Dr. Joe Vipond provides an update on the COVID-19 situat...

For our second national panel on COVID-19, Michelle is joined by Dr. Katharine Smart (President, Canadian Medical Association), Dr. Lyne Filiatrault (Retired Emergency Physician and PopBC member), Dr. Anne Bhéreur (Palliative Care and Family Physician and PopQC member), Dr. Noel Gibney (Professor Emeritus, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alber...

cience Policy), Duane Bratt (Mount Royal Professor of Political Science), Dr. Lorian Hardcastle (U of C Associate Professor of Law and Health Policy), and Graham Thomson (Edmonton Political Columnist) join Michelle to discuss the legal and political implications of the COVID-19 crisis in Alberta. Dr. Joe Vipond provides an update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta.

Ventilation experts Robert Bean (Calgary ASHRAE Fellow and Distinguished Lecturer) and Amanda Hu (a Calgary based interdisciplinary maker and contributor to Fresh Air Schools AB) discuss methods to contain and isolate a positive member of your family safely, effectively, and most importantly inexpensively. Ryan Utter (Ottawa MSc Epidemiology student) shares his lived experience with managing a pos...

Dr. Gosia Gasperowicz (U of C Developmental Biologist), Dr. Kate Bisby (Calgary Family Physician), Dr. Neeja Bakshi (Edmonton Internal Medicine), and Dr. Joe Vipond (Calgary Emergency Physician) discuss the rapidly escalating situation with COVID-19 in Alberta. They take questions from the media as well as answer questions from viewers about the lack of transparency, COVID-19 transmission via the...

Trustee), Dr. Joe Oliver (Ontario Pediatrician), and Dr. Joe Vipond (Calgary Emergency Physician) discuss safe school reopening strategies as Alberta students prepare to return to the classroom next week. Dr. Vipond provides an update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta.

Dr. Gosia Gasperowicz (U of C developmental biologist), Dr. Kate Bisby (Calgary family physician), Dr. Joe Vipond (Calgary emergency physician), Dr. Wing Li (Neuroscience, Support our Students), and Gil McGowan (President, Alberta Federation of Labour) speak to the Alberta government's announcements today. Dr. Gasperowicz also provides an update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta.

(Edmonton Consulting Psychiatrist), Dr. Malogazata (Gosia) Gasperowicz (U of C Developmental Biologist), Danielle Larivee (RN, VP United Nurses of Alberta), and Dr. Lorian Hardcastle (U of C Associate Professor, Health Law and Policy) in response to the Alberta government's press conference earlier in the afternoon. Dr. Gasperowicz provides modelling for what we should expect in the coming days as...

Dr. Shazma Mithani (Edmonton Emergency Physician) and Dr. Dick Zoutman (Ontario Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Medical Microbiology Physician) make their Protect our Province Alberta debut with Sarah Mackey of the Alberta Vax Hunters for an up to date discussion on holiday safety, Omicron, third doses, airborne transmission, and a live demonstration of a rapid antigen test with Michell...

Dr. Gosia Gasperovicz (Developmental biologist, University of Calgary), Dr. Alyson Kelvin (Virologist and Vaccinologist, University of Saskatchewan), and Dr. Jason Kindrachuk (Assistant Professor, Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba) discuss the new COVID-19 Variant of Concern Omicron and how Alberta should use the precautionary principle to prevent the fifth wave....

Mike Parker, EMS Paramedic and President of the Health Sciences Association of Alberta, speaks to the mounting crisis in our province's EMS system from centralization, ambulance red alerts, and more. Dr. Joe Vipond provides an update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta.

Dr. David Keegan (Calgary Family Physician), Dr. Neeja Bakshi (Internal Medicine Physician), Dr. Mukarram Zaidi (Calgary Family Physician), and Sandra Azocar (Executive Director, Friends of Medicare) discuss the crisis in family medicine in Alberta and the added complications COVID-19 has left. Dr. Joe Vipond provides an update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta.

Dr. Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz (Developmental Biologist), Dr. David Fisman (Physician Epidemiologist), Dr. Kashif Pirzada (Emergency Physician), Dr. Lorian Hardcastle (Associate Professor, U of C Law), and Thomas Lukaszuk (Former Alberta Deputy Premier) discuss strategies to avoid a fifth wave of COVID-19 in Alberta. Dr. Gasperowicz provides an update on COVID-19 in Alberta.

(Pediatrician), Sarah Mackey (Alberta Vax Hunters), and Dr. Wing Li (Support our Students) talk about pediatric vaccine efficacy, safety, and the booking process in preparation for soon arriving Health Canada approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in kids aged 5-11. Dr. Joe Vipond provides a brief update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta.

Alberta), Reanne Booker (PhD(c), MN NP), Tisa Perra, and Lindsey Kemp talk about isolation, cancelled surgeries, and immunosuppressant drugs specifically with the effects of COVID-19 on transplants. Dr. Joe Vipond provides an update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta. The photographs of Lindsay Kemp's tiny human are available at popab.ca.

Dr. Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz (Developmental Biologist, University of Calgary), Dr. David N. Fisman (Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Specialist, University of Toronto), and Dr. Lisa Iannattone (Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Montreal) address herd immunity myths and misconceptions. Dr. Joe Vipond (Calgary Emergency Physician) provides an update on the COVID...

Dr. Melanee Thomas (University of Calgary), Dr. Ubaka Ogbogu (University of Alberta), Dr. Lorian Hardcastle (University of Calgary), and Dr. Lindsay Tedds (University of Calgary) discuss the apparent tensions between politics and law in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Joe Vipond provides an update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta. The post Briefing: Politics, Governance, and Publi...

Dr. Caroline Buzanko (Psychologist in ADHD and Anxiety), Dr. Rena LaFrance (consulting psychiatrist), and Jessy Roos (Owner of Cultivate ) discuss all things mental health. Dr. Joe Vipond provides an update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta. Presentation: COVID & Mental Health Presenting: Dr. Caroline Buzanko If you are struggling, please reach out. call 211 text 'INFO' to 211 visit...