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In February 2009, Paul received the Tier 1 Journalism Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

The redlining of harm reduction programs

“Ottawa’s new approach is to criminalize what should still be seen as a health issue,” says Cathy McIsaac, executive director of Direction 180, a methadone clinic in Halifax, Nova Scotia. “You can’t even use the term harm reduction anymore when applying for federal funding. The taps have been turned off.”
Canadian Medical Association Journal, November 24, 2011

GLOBAL HEALTH: AN EVERYDAY HOLCOAUST OF PREVENTABLE DEATHS A 23-part series. To see these articles, follow this link.

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE MOVING FROM SOUTH ASIA TO EUROPE TO NORTH AMERICA: A Globalizing Health Crisis To see articles from this 12-part series, please follow this link

	Two documentary films about the ring of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean, from prospecttv
	La Ceinture de Feu du Pacifique-2 From: prospecttv | 2 juin, 2011 La ceinture de feu du Pacifique - Kamtchatka, Hawaii et Alaska un film de Jürgen Hansen et Paul Webster Montage: Frédéric Frankel	La Ceinture de Feu du Pacifique-3 From: prospecttv | 2 juin, 2011 La Ceinture de Feu du Pacifique - Mexique et Guatemala un film de Jürgen Hansen et Paul Webster Montage: Frédéric Frankel

Electronic health records: an asset or a whole lot of hype?

According to an executive with the American healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente, electronic health records can dramatically improve quality of care and patient outcomes. But the principal investigator of a series of major Canadian studies says there’s little or no evidence that health outcomes are improved by the use of electronic health records.
Canadian Medical Association Journal January 25, 2010

Local control over Aboriginal health care improves outcomes, study indicates

As officials scramble to explain why Canadian Aboriginal people are especially vulnerable to pandemic (H1N1) 2009, health scientists in Manitoba and British Columbia have compiled striking evidence that First Nations control of health care leads to better health.
Canadian Medical Association Journal, October 15, 2009

The Killing Fields

New research reveals that a widely used class of agricultural pesticides is the likely culprit behind the deaths of hundreds of millions of birds. Worse still: Canada continues to market neurotoxic chemicals with the full knowledge of their impact
ON Nature Magazine, Autumn 2009

Fixed

How the Government of Canada pitted scientists from Simon Fraser University against colleagues at the University of British Columbia in its campaign to shut INSITE, Vancouver’s safe injection site.
Vancouver Magazine, January 2009

Setting the Forest Alight

To study the role of forest fires in climate change, researchers torch forests in Canada and Russia.
Science, September 28, 2007

Canadian soldiers and doctors face torture allegations

In the mid-1990s, Canadian troops stationed in Somalia were found guilty of torturing and murdering detainees. Now Canadian soldiers and doctors are under investigation again, this time for human rights abuses following recent operations in Afghanistan.
The Lancet, April 28, 2007

Canadian petrochemical plants blamed for gender imbalance

Residents of Canada’s Aamjiwnaang reserve have long blamed their health problems on the petrochemical plants that crowd the landscape. But scant evidence supported their claims—until now.
The Lancet, February 11, 2006

US big businesses struggle to cope with health-care costs

General Motors president Rick Wagoner caused controversy when he blamed the US health-care system for his company’s near-bankrupt status. But health care and the US and Canadian automotive industry’s economic decisions are increasingly interlinked.
The Lancet, January 14, 2006

The Sounds of Silence

How do you build a soundproof opera house in one of Toronto’s noisiest districts?
Canadian Geographic, January 2006

No Can Do?

Six decades and tens of billions of dollars later, it’s make or break time for the Canadian nuclear program.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January 2006

Time to evaluate why high-volume hospitals have better surgical outcomes

Two studies from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) linking hospitals that perform larger volumes of surgery to better patient outcomes are prompting another round of soul-searching over the need for centralization of certain services.
Canadian Medical Association Journal, July 19, 2005

Minority health care remains a problem for Canada’s leaders

Doubling federal funding for health is a key pledge of the Canadian government’s ambitious plan to strengthen health care. The strategy should appease critics who blame underfunding of health services for recent outbreaks. But will the reforms help those most in need?
The Lancet, April 30, 2005 

Health in the Arctic Circle

High levels of toxic contaminants have been recorded in several Arctic regions. But the full health effects of exposure to these chemicals are only just emerging. Meet the scientists studying the Arctic Circle who have found evidence that ill-health among Inuit communities is growing.
The Lancet, February 26, 2005

How long must we wait?

How long should wait times be for most medical procedures? The answers are surprisingly elusive.
The Globe and Mail, December 10, 2005

Study Finds Heavy Contamination Across Vast Russian Arctic

The first comprehensive look at persistent toxic substances (PTS) across the Russian Arctic reinforces what studies in other Arctic nations have revealed: that indigenous peoples in this northern swath of the world are inordinately exposed to pesticides, industrial compounds, and heavy metals, with uncertain health effects.
Science, December 10, 2004

Everyday Poisons

Are fire retardants actually a toxic hazard? Slowly—tragically, too slowly—politicians are starting to heed the mounting evidence to support claims that the flame-retardant chemicals swirling invisibly through people's homes can cause neurological damage in children and impair hormone production in adults.
The Walrus, November 2004

A Looming Tragedy

When it comes to HIV in Russia, the numbers -- and the disputes surrounding them -- say it all. Officially, the country's health ministry reports that 268,000 Russians have HIV. But the head of the ministry's HIV department admits the real figure could be double that, while the top HIV scientist in the country believes it should be quadrupled.
Maclean’s,  March 29, 2004

Haunted by Red October

Technical and political hurdles have slowed Russia’s efforts to dismntly dozens of decommissioned submarines before they fall apart or their nuclear fuel is stolen.
Science, 12 September 2003

HIV/AIDS explosion in Russia triggers research boom

With Russia’s HIV infection epidemic now thought to be exploding faster than anywhere else in the world the hunt for clues about the epidemic’s causes, and how to curb it, has become a major focus for a growing number of Russian medical researchers, often working with international collaborators.
The Lancet, Feature article from Moscow, Russia, June 21, 2003

For Precarious Populations, Pollutants Present New Perils

The biggest ever study of Arctic pollutants paints a picture of an ecosystem under siege—with potentially grave consequences for denizens of Earth’s northernmost reaches.
Science, March 14, 2003

The Wild, Wild East

The zapovedniks are Russia’s secret marvel, a patchwork of nature unspoiled by human intervention. But not for much longer, if eco-tourism plans proceed.
The Ecologist, February 2003

Minatom: The Grab for Trash

U.S-origin spent nuclear fuel – otherwise known as nuclear waste – has been piling up around the world waiting for a country willing to take it. Russian nuclear agency MINATOM wants it.
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, October 2002

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