Rationale, design, and methods for Canadian alliance for healthy hearts and minds cohort study (CAHHM) – a Pan Canadian cohort study by Sonia S. Anand, Jack V. Tu, Philip Awadalla, Sandra Black, Catherine Boileau, David Busseuil, Dipika Desai, Jean-Pierre Després, Russell J. de Souza, Trevor Dummer, Sébastien Jacquemont, Bartha Knoppers, Eric Larose, Scott A. Lear, Francois Marcotte, Alan R. Moody, Louise Parker, Paul Poirier, Paula J. Robson, Eric E. Smith, John J. Spinelli, Jean-Claude Tardif, Koon K. Teo, Natasa Tusevljak, Matthias G. Friedrich, on behalf of the CAHHM Study Investigators

“…Abstract Background The Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds (CAHHM) is a pan-Canadian, prospective, multi-ethnic cohort study being conducted in Canada. …”
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Normal sex and age-specific parameters in a multi-ethnic population: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study of the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds cohort by Judy M. Luu, Catherine Gebhard, Chinthanie Ramasundarahettige, Dipika Desai, Karleen Schulze, Francois Marcotte, Philip Awadalla, Philippe Broet, Trevor Dummer, Jason Hicks, Eric Larose, Alan Moody, Eric E. Smith, Jean-Claude Tardif, Tiago Teixeira, Koon K. Teo, Jennifer Vena, Douglas S. Lee, Sonia S. Anand, Matthias G. Friedrich, the CAHHM Study Investigators

“…Using a large cohort of participants without history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or risk factors from the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Heart and Minds, we sought to establish a robust set of reference values for ventricular and atrial parameters using an anatomically correct contouring method, and to determine the influence of age and sex on ventricular parameters. …”
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Book Review of Zachary Crispin. (2017). The Fundamentals of Students’ Unionism. Castlegar, Canada: Selkirk College Students’ Union. by Justin Charles Michael Patrick

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The Future of Community Service-Learning in Canada by Geri Briggs

“…Aspiring toward better futures for CSL in this country, the author offers possible solutions for and approaches to CCE based on her observations, reflections, knowledge, and experience as former Director of the Canadian Alliance for Community Service-Learning (CACSL). …”
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How COVID-19 has impacted access to healthcare and social resources among individuals experiencing homelessness in Canada: a scoping review by Jane A Buxton, Maxine Maretzki, Rachael Geiger

“…We performed a scoping review to identify from the published literature how access to services has changed for Canadian IEH during the pandemic.Data sources OVID Medline, Web of Science, Sociological Abstracts, CINAHL and OVID EmCare databases, and websites for the Salvation Army, Homeless Hub, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, Canadian Network for the Health and Housing of People Experiencing Homelessness and BC Centre for Disease Control.Study design We used the scoping review methodology developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute framework and defined access to healthcare and social services using the 10-component Levesque framework. …”
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Multi-province epidemiological research studies using administrative data in Canada: challenges and opportunities by Amanda Leanne Butler, Mark Smith, Wayne Jones, Carol E Adair, Simone Vigod, Paul Kurdyak, Alain Lesage

“…Context and Model: In 2015, the Graham Boeckh Foundation, in collaboration with the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health, initiated a project to create and report on a small number of mental health and addiction services performance indicators that could be compared across Canadian provinces. …”
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Monitoring of metabolic adverse events of second-generation antipsychotics in a naive paediatric population followed in mental health outpatient and inpatient clinical settings: ME... by Marie-Line Menard, Drigissa Ilies, Pascale Abadie, Thaïna Jean-Baptiste, Rachel Choquette, Anne-Sophie Huet, Leila Ben Amor

“…It is currently established that SGAs may induce metabolic adverse events (AEs) such as weight gain, perturbation of blood lipids or glucose with risk of potential cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The Canadian Alliance for Monitoring Effectiveness and Safety of Antipsychotics in children (CAMESA) has published recommendations for monitoring the metabolic AEs of SGAs. …”
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Development and evaluation of virtual simulation games to increase the confidence and self-efficacy of healthcare learners in vaccine communication, advocacy, and promotion by Emily J. Doucette, Madison M. Fullerton, Margaret Pateman, Alyssa Lip, Sherilyn K. D. Houle, James D. Kellner, Jenine Leal, Shannon E. MacDonald, Deborah McNeil, Jane Tyerman, Marian Luctkar-Flude, Sandra Davidson, Cora Constantinescu

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Seeking shelter: homelessness and COVID-19 by Stefan Baral, Andrew Bond, Andrew Boozary, Eva Bruketa, Nika Elmi, Deirdre Freiheit, S. Monty Ghosh, Marie Eve Goyer, Aaron M. Orkin, Jamie Patel, Tim Richter, Angela Robertson, Christy Sutherland, Tomislav Svoboda, Jeffrey Turnbull, Alexander Wong, Alice Zhu

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Adherence to antipsychotic laboratory monitoring guidelines in children and youth: a population-based study by Tony Antoniou, Tony Antoniou, Tony Antoniou, Tony Antoniou, Tianru Wang, Kathleen Pajer, Kathleen Pajer, William Gardner, William Gardner, Yona Lunsky, Yona Lunsky, Yona Lunsky, Melanie Penner, Melanie Penner, Mina Tadrous, Mina Tadrous, Muhammad Mamdani, Muhammad Mamdani, Muhammad Mamdani, Muhammad Mamdani, Muhammad Mamdani, Muhammad Mamdani, David N. Juurlink, David N. Juurlink, David N. Juurlink, Tara Gomes, Tara Gomes, Tara Gomes, Tara Gomes

“…BackgroundIn 2011, the Canadian Alliance for Monitoring Effectiveness and Safety of Antipsychotics in Children (CAMESA) published guidelines for the metabolic monitoring of antipsychotic-treated children and youth. …”
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