The past, present and future of race and colonialism in medicine
Ellen J. Amster, AMS Healthcare Hannah Chair. May 24, 2022 This article was first published in the CMAJ on May 24, 2022. The original article can be accessed here. Western medicine has begun a reckoning with its inconvenient pasts, from dethroning medical heroes to an increasing awareness of how doctors have treated colonized and enslaved…
Read MoreMandatory COVID-19 vaccination in schools this fall? Ontario’s 1982 legislation spurred organized opposition
This blog was written by AMS Healthcare History of Medicine and Healthcare Program 2020 project grant recipient Catherine Carstairs and her colleagues from the University of Guelph. It very nicely supports the AMS Healthcare concept that History of Medicine research can and does act as a source of lessons that shape or inform the Canadian…
Read MoreDr. Darrel Manitowabi
“As a Hannah Chair, I will work to promote the discussion of the inherent, constitutional, Treaty and international rights of all Indigenous Peoples and communities; and the protection of traditional knowledge and medicines from appropriation.”
Read MoreFedir Razumenko
“AMS has helped me explore the history of Canadian cooperative clinical cancer trials to trace the evolution of health research ethics. My project has the potential to influence public discourse and inform policy decisions around the challenges related to the integration of clinical research into cancer care.”
Read MoreHannah Studentships
Hannah studentships support undergraduates or MA students who want to learn techniques of historical research. It’s designed to encourage your continuing and serious study of medical history.
Read MoreAMS Project Grant
This funding supports small-budget proposals for research projects in the history of medicine and allied disciplines, such as science and technology studies, sociology, anthropology, and classics. Your project must strive to advance the history of health, healthcare and disease, or the education of health professionals. We’re partial to projects that consider the Canadian context, and…
Read MoreAMS Healthcare Postdoctoral Fellowship
This grant is for Canadian citizens or permanent residents who are candidates embarking on full-time post-doctoral studies. It supports emerging scholars as they begin or complete projects featuring the study, analysis, and interpretation of past practices, philosophies, and/or epistemologies related to human health, healthcare, and/or disease or the education of health professionals. If this describes…
Read MoreAMS Doctoral Research Award
Are you writing a dissertation full-time on a history of medicine or healthcare topic in the humanities or social sciences? This is broadly defined as the study of past practices and epistemologies related to human health, healthcare, and disease. To be eligible, you must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident with ABD status by…
Read MoreCan history improve big-bang health reform?
Learn how professional historians can help policy makers make better decisions when they’re reforming universal healthcare programs. The author also shares the skills and competencies that professional historians need to meaningfully contribute to developing better health systems and policies.
Read MoreLearning from Australia to expand Canadian medicare
This paper discusses four areas where Canada might learn from Australia in order to expand its medicare program. You’ll also learn about aspects of the Australian healthcare system that Canada should avoid.
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