Healthcare For Real works collaboratively with Canadian organizations dedicated to making the health care system better through curiosity and clarity.
Our Kids' Health (OKH) Network
Our Kids' Health (OKH) Network is a social media-based health initiative dedicated to providing free, evidence-based, accessible, and culturally congruent parenting resources for BIPOC communities through community-based participatory methods. Currently, OKH channels serve 10 cultural-linguistic groups: Arabic, Black, Cantonese, Filipino, Hispanic, Inuit, Mandarin, Punjabi, Tamil, and Ukrainian, in partnership with various organizations, community groups and health experts. Through high levels of global engagement, OKH fosters positive health and parenting practices, empowers caregivers in making informed health decisions for their families, and builds supportive online parenting communities.
CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)
CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) is a peer-reviewed general medical journal that publishes original research, commentaries, analyses and reviews, clinical practice updates and thought-provoking editorials. CMAJ has had substantial impact on health care and the practice of medicine in Canada and around the world.
MediaSmarts
MediaSmarts is Canada’s bilingual centre for digital media literacy. A registered charity, MediaSmarts has been conducting research, developing resources and advancing digital media literacy since 1996.
Healthy Debate
Healthy Debate publishes journalism about health care in Canada by the people whose lives it touches the most, from physicians, patients and caregivers to health journalists, academics and advocates. Their unique focus on giving a platform to health care insiders allows them to provide detailed coverage of the inner workings—and dysfunctions—of this important sphere of Canadian society. Free to read. Free to republish.
ScienceUpFirst
ScienceUpFirst, an initiative of the Canadian Association of Science Centres, uses scientifically backed strategies to help stop the spread of online misinformation by pre-bunking and de-bunking misinformation, helping audiences navigate a complex information landscape, and building public digital literacy capacity across Canada.
