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|abbreviation = EvidenceNetwork.ca
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|formation = 2011
|type = Creates original media content on public policy topics for publication in the mainstream media and links journalists with policy experts to provide access to non-partisan, evidence-based information. 
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|purpose = To provide evidence-based research and experts to journalists covering health policy issues.
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|leader_name = Dr. Shannon Sampert (Director and Editor-in-Chief), Kathleen O'Grady, Managing Editor
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|parent_organization = University of Winnipeg
|affiliations = Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, Manitoba Health Research Council, George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation
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'''EvidenceNetwork.ca''' creates media content on public policy topics for publication in the mainstream media and links journalists with policy experts to provide access to non-partisan, evidence-based information.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://evidencenetwork.ca/about|title=About|date=3 December 2017|website=Evidencenetwork.ca|accessdate=14 August 2018}}</ref>  According to their annual reports, they have published hundreds of original articles in every major media outlet in Canada every year since 2011, reprinted over 3700 times across media outlets <ref name="umanitoba.ca">{{cite web|url=http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/about|title=About|date=3 December 2017|website=Umanitoba.ca|accessdate=14 August 2018|archive-date=21 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821040235/http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/about|url-status=dead}}</ref>  All of their content carries a [[Organization:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] license.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/august-2016/linking-academic-research-with-the-public-and-policy-makers/|title=Linking academic research with the public and policy-makers|website=Policyoptions.irpp.org|accessdate=14 August 2018}}</ref>

EvidenceNetwork.ca was created under the direction of Dr. Noralou Roos, the Founding Director of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and co-founded with Dr. Sharon Manson Singer, professor, School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University.<ref name="evidencenetwork.ca">{{Cite web |url=http://evidencenetwork.ca/archives/32562 |title=EvidenceNetwork.ca Media Advisory, 2017 &#124; Evidence Network |access-date=2017-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702054359/http://evidencenetwork.ca/archives/32562 |archive-date=2017-07-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Dr. Shannon Sampert, former Politics and Opinions Editor at the Winnipeg Free Press and academic at the [[Organization:University of Winnipeg|University of Winnipeg]] edited the project from 2017-2018. Kathleen O'Grady Research Associate at Concordia University was the Managing Editor from 2011-2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/story_print.html?id=4840197&sponsor=|title=Montreal Gazette|website=Montreal Gazette|accessdate=14 August 2018}}{{dead link|date=July 2019}}</ref>  EvidenceNetwork.ca ceased operations as of the end of 2019 but the content and the site remains online under the direction of Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement until at least 2024.<ref>http://evidencenetwork.ca/</ref>

The initiative was originally funded with a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Manitoba Health Research Council (MHRC) and the George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation.<ref name="auto">{{cite journal|url=http://www.longwoods.com/content/23134|title=Making Evidence on Health Policy Issues Accessible to the Media|first1=Noralou P.|last1=Roos|first2=Kathleen|last2=O'Grady|first3=Sharon Manson|last3=Singer|first4=Shannon Turczak and Camilla|last4=Tapp|date=4 December 2012|journal=Healthcare Policy|volume=8|issue=2|pages=37–45|pmid=23968614|pmc=3517871|accessdate=14 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chimb.ca/|title=Home Page|website=Chimb.ca|accessdate=14 August 2018}}</ref> Additional support was provided by the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/about |title=About &#124; Evidence Network |publisher=Umanitoba.ca |date= |accessdate=2011-06-10 |archive-date=2011-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922035004/http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/about |url-status=dead }}</ref>  It is currently funded by CFHI with support from individual CIHR institutes.<ref name="evidencenetwork.ca"/>

== Background ==
EvidenceNetwork.ca was established to address the complex debates leading up to the 2014 renegotiation of the Canada Health Accord, and after, to highlight evidence on health policy issues across the country. The Director, Dr, Roos, says, "Health policy issues are increasingly complex and are too often taken over by politics and ideology. We thought the best way to serve the Canadian public would be to create an accessible and reliable resource where journalists can quickly find independent experts and evidence on issues as they arise."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/third-party-brokers |title=Third Party Brokers &#124; Evidence Network |publisher=Umanitoba.ca |date= |accessdate=2011-06-10 |archive-date=2011-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921041401/http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/third-party-brokers |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Lauren McKeon |url=http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=6378 |title=The Canadian Journalism Project |publisher=J-Source.ca |date=2011-04-12 |accessdate=2011-06-10 |archive-date=2012-08-02 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802222946/http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=6378 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The site provides [[Medicine:Evidence-based medicine|evidence-based]] information on controversial health policy issues for journalists such as the sustainability of the health care system, the impact of the aging population,{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} the rising costs of drugs, accessibility and appropriateness of care, pharmaceutical policy, obesity, [[Social:Mental health|mental health]], and the role of the private sector.  There is also a section on the comparison between Canadian and international models of healthcare.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/international-health-systems |title=International Health Systems &#124; Evidence Network |access-date=2014-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319034755/http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/international-health-systems |archive-date=2014-03-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The site offers background papers and provides a comprehensive list of experts from across the country that journalists can contact quickly as they report on breaking health policy stories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/experts |title=Experts &#124; Evidence Network |publisher=Umanitoba.ca |date= |accessdate=2011-06-10 |archive-date=2011-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921034936/http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/experts |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://j-source.ca/article/health-care-primers-journalists|title=Health-care primers for journalists - JSource|date=22 January 2015|website=J-source.ca|accessdate=14 August 2018|archive-date=28 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828090546/http://www.j-source.ca/article/health-care-primers-journalists|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The British Medical Journal's ''Evidence-Based Medicine'' highlighted the work of the network as an example for how to facilitate "the science and art of combining opinion and evidence."<ref name="auto1">{{cite journal |doi=10.1136/eb-2012-100996 |pmid=23143923 |pmc=3786663 |title=Opinion editorials: The science and art of combining evidence with opinion |journal=Evidence Based Medicine |volume=18 |issue=5 |pages=161–164 |year=2013 |last1=Marchildon |first1=Gregory P |last2=Verma |first2=Jennifer Y |last3=Roos |first3=Noralou }}</ref>  ''University Affairs'' says of the initiative, "The project aims to break the traditional pattern of academics writing for other academics in journals that aren’t read by the mainstream press, or of professors avoiding the media, leaving a select few to appear again and again."<ref name="universityaffairs.ca">{{Cite web |url=http://www.universityaffairs.ca/dancing-with-the-media.aspx |title=Dancing with the media &#124; University Affairs |access-date=2014-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012210058/http://www.universityaffairs.ca/dancing-with-the-media.aspx |archive-date=2013-10-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''J-Source,'' a professional publication for the Canadian media says of the network, "it's an ambitious initiative to get the latest and best findings in health sciences and policy research into the broader public conversation by engaging the media."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://j-source.ca/article/absence-evidence-evidence-absence-health-policy|title=Absence of evidence is evidence of absence in health policy - JSource|date=14 July 2013|website=J-source.ca|accessdate=14 August 2018|archive-date=28 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828090653/http://www.j-source.ca/article/absence-evidence-evidence-absence-health-policy|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In an article for ''Healthcare Policy'', Dr. Roos et al. state that the project "seeks to improve the Canadian healthcare system and, ultimately, the health of Canadians by ensuring that our best health policy evidence is understood by journalists and accurately communicated to Canadians and policy makers."<ref name="auto"/>

EvidenceNetwork.ca was established in consultation with experienced media advisors, health and health policy researchers and third party evidence brokers including the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, the [[Organization:Canadian Institute for Health Information|Canadian Institute for Health Information]] and the Health Council of Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cahspr.ca/en/news/evidencenetworkca-new-%E2%80%9Cgo-to%E2%80%9D-resource-health-policy-issues-canadian-journalists|title=EvidenceNetwork.ca: the new "go-to" resource on health policy issues for Canadian journalists|publisher=Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR)|date=4 Apr 2011|accessdate=2011-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322165659/https://cahspr.ca/en/news/evidencenetworkca-new-%E2%80%9Cgo-to%E2%80%9D-resource-health-policy-issues-canadian-journalists|archive-date=22 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/dancing-with-the-media/|title=Dancing with the media - University Affairs|website=Universityaffairs.ca|accessdate=14 August 2018}}</ref>

== Commentaries ==
The network of more than 80 scholars dedicated to evidence-based health research and policy direction also regularly publishes commentaries (OpEds) and articles in the mainstream media.  The network has published more than 1200 commentaries and articles in the Canadian press since its inception, and has made all of the articles available for free re-use and dissemination by putting a [[Organization:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] license on the material.<ref name="umanitoba.ca"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/s_Evidence-Based-Medicine.pdf|title=Opinion editorials: the science and art of combining evidence with opinion|author1=Gregory P Marchildon|author2=Jennifer Y Verma|author3=Noralou Roos|website=Umanitoba.ca|accessdate=14 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071831/http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/s_Evidence-Based-Medicine.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/our-commentaries|title=Our Commentaries|date=27 March 2012|website=Umanitoba.ca|accessdate=14 August 2018|archive-date=21 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821100436/http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/our-commentaries|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> In 2012, the organization published a compendium of their Creative Commons content in an ebook, ''Canadian Health Policy in the News: Why Evidence Matters.''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/canadian-health-policy-in/id580382329?mt=11|title=Canadian Health Policy in the News by Noralou Roos, Sharon Manson Singer, Kathleen O'Grady, Camilla Tapp & Shannon Turczak on iBooks|website=iBooks|accessdate=14 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Canadian-Health-Policy-in-the-News.pdf|title=Canadian Health Policy in the News : Why Evidence Matters|website=Umanitoba.ca|accessdate=14 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064527/http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Canadian-Health-Policy-in-the-News.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/121521987/Canadian-Health-Policy-in-the-News-Why-Evidence-Matters|title=Canadian Health Policy in the News: Why Evidence Matters - Health Policy - Population Ageing|website=Scribd|accessdate=14 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Canadian_Health_Policy_in_the_News_Why_Evidence_Ma?id=TKs6x-O5MY4C&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImJvb2stVEtzNngtTzVNWTRDIl0|title=Canadian Health Policy in the News: Why Evidence Matters|first=Noralou Roos, Sharon Manson Singer, Kathleen O'Grady, Shannon Turczak, Camilla|last=Tapp|date=14 August 2018|publisher=EvidenceNetwork.ca|isbn=9780991697106|accessdate=14 August 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> In 2014, they released a second free ebook collection of commentaries, ''Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy.''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/archives/17545 |title=Download our new free ebook! Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy &#124; Evidence Network |access-date=2014-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318214834/http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/archives/17545 |archive-date=2014-03-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/making-evidence-matter-in/id830101398?ls=1&mt=11|title=Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy by Noralou Roos, Kathleen O'Grady, Shannon Turczak, Camilla Tapp & Lindsay Jolivet on iBooks|website=iBooks|accessdate=14 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Making-Evidence-Matter-Canadian-Health-ebook/dp/B00IOV8N2E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1393636241&sr=8-2&keywords=making+evidence+matter|title=Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy eBook: Noralou Roos, Kathleen O'Grady, Shannon Turczak, Camilla Tapp, Lindsay Jolivet: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store|via=Amazon.ca|date=26 February 2014|publisher=EvidenceNetwork.ca|accessdate=14 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=xEbyAgAAQBAJ|title=Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy|first1=Noralou|last1=Roos|first2=Kathleen|last2=O'Grady|first3=Shannon|last3=Turczak|first4=Camilla|last4=Tapp|first5=Lindsay|last5=Jolivet|date=28 February 2014|publisher=EvidenceNetwork.ca|isbn=9780991697113|accessdate=14 August 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xEbyAgAAQBAJ|title=Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy|first1=Noralou|last1=Roos|first2=Kathleen|last2=O'Grady|first3=Shannon|last3=Turczak|first4=Camilla|last4=Tapp|first5=Lindsay|last5=Jolivet|date=28 February 2014|publisher=EvidenceNetwork.ca|isbn=9780991697113|accessdate=14 August 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref>

[[File:Canadian Health Policy in the News.jpg|thumb|Book cover for the free Creative Commons book (2013) by EvidenceNetwork.ca, available at: http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/archives/8941 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319033027/http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/archives/8941 |date=2014-03-19 }}]]
[[File:Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy, book cover.jpg|thumb|Book Cover for the free Creative Commons book (2014) by EvidenceNetwork.ca, available at: http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/archives/17545 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318214834/http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/archives/17545 |date=2014-03-18 }}]]

A sample of the network's published commentaries includes:

*"Four points about the pending challenge against medicare" by Colleen Flood and Kathleen O'Grady<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/four-points-about-the-pending-challenge-against-medicare/article24042310/|title=Four points about the pending challenge against medicare|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=21 April 2015|accessdate=14 August 2018}}</ref>
*"We need to talk about poverty and health" by Carolyn Shimmin<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/04/15/we-need-to-talk-about-poverty-and-health.html|title=Opinion - We need to talk about poverty and health|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=15 April 2015|accessdate=14 August 2018}}</ref>
*"Age-friendly communities create a healthier society for everyone" by Verena Menec<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/10/03/verena-menec-age-friendly-communities-create-a-healthier-society-for-everyone/--social-assistance-reform-can-lead-to-better-health-for-all | work=iPolitics.ca | title=Age-friendly communities create a healthier society for everyone | date=2012-10-03 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/age-friendly-communities-tackle-same-old-problems-173650601.html | work=Winnipeg Free Press | title=Age-friendly communities tackle same old problems | date= 2012-10-11}}</ref>
*"Social assistance reform can lead to better health for all" by Gary Bloch<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guelphmercury.com/opinion/columns/article/822585--social-assistance-reform-can-lead-to-better-health-for-all | location=Guelph | work=Guelph Mercury | title=Social assistance reform can lead to better health for all | date=2012-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/gary-bloch/income-inequality-and-health_b_2003259.html | title=Social assistance reform can lead to better health for all | work=Huffington Post | date=2012-10-22}}</ref>
*"Patent protection for drugs should come at a price" by Marc-Andre Gagnon<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/patent-protection-for-drugs-should-come-at-a-price-167652895.html | location=Winnipeg | work=Winnipeg Free Press | title=Patent protection for drugs should come at a price | date=2012-08-28}}</ref>
*"More health care does not mean better health" by Robert Brown<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/more-health-care-doesnt-mean-better-health/article4518757/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | title=More health care does not mean better health | date=2012-09-05 | access-date=2017-08-27 | archive-date=2012-09-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908053228/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/more-health-care-doesnt-mean-better-health/article4518757/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*"Childhood hunger is a Canadian public health crisis" by Elizabeth Lee Ford Jones<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/childhood-hunger-is-a-canadian-public-health-crisis/article2430182/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | title=Childhood hunger is a Canadian public health crisis | date=2012-06-18 | access-date=2017-08-27 | archive-date=2012-05-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519230942/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/childhood-hunger-is-a-canadian-public-health-crisis/article2430182/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*"Canada Health Transfer changes: The devil is in the details" by Livio Di Matteo<ref>https://windsorstar.com/health/Introduce+fairness+into+federal+health+transfers/6596686/story.html {{dead link|date=August 2018}}</ref>
*"The kids aren't all right" by Elizabeth Lee Ford Jones<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1048901--the-kids-aren-t-all-right | location=Toronto | work=The Star | title=The kids aren't all right | date=2011-09-03}}</ref>
*"The case against healthcare user fees" by Raisa Deber and Noralou Roos<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/08/17/noralou-roos-and-raisa-deber-the-case-against-health-care-user-fees/ |title=Noralou Roos and Raisa Deber: The case against health-care user fees &#124; Full Comment &#124; National Post |access-date=2011-09-06 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708033931/http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/08/17/noralou-roos-and-raisa-deber-the-case-against-health-care-user-fees/ |archive-date=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*"Seniors are not a threat to health care" by Noralou Roos and Nicholas Hirst<ref>{{cite web|author1=Noralou Roos |author2=Nicholas Hirst Commentary |url=http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1402617 |title=telegraphjournal.com - Seniors are not a threat to health care &#124; Noralou Roos and Nicholas Hirst - Breaking News, New Brunswick, Canada |publisher=Telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com |date=2011-05-02 |accessdate=2011-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Roos |first=Noralou |url=https://windsorstar.com/health/Seniors+threaten+health+care+sustainability/4768773/story.html |title=Seniors don't threaten health care sustainability |publisher=Windsorstar.com |date=2011-05-12 |accessdate=2011-06-10 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/noralou-roos/health-canada_b_869388.html |title=Noralou Roos: Silver Tsunami to Break the Health System's Bank? |publisher=Huffingtonpost.ca |date=2011-01-06 |accessdate=2011-06-10}}</ref>
*"What aging tsunami? Why some memes are bad for our health" by Alan Cassels<ref>{{cite web|last=Cassels |first=Alan |url=http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/cassels-06-06-2011 |title=What aging tsunami? Why some memes are bad for our health care system &#124; The Hill Times - Canada's Politics and Government Newsweekly |publisher=Thehilltimes.ca |date=2011-06-06 |accessdate=2011-06-10}}</ref>
*"Time for Canada to improve our health care performance" by Colleen Flood<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/colleen-m-flood/health-canada_b_867652.html |title=Colleen M. Flood: Time for Canada to Improve Our Health Care Performance |publisher=Huffingtonpost.ca |date= 27 May 2011|accessdate=2011-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Flood |first=Colleen M. |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/fpnewsvoices/Canadas-192-billion-health-care-system-under-performing--123548469.html |title=Canada's $192-billion health-care system under performing |publisher=Winnipeg Free Press |date=2010-04-16 |accessdate=2011-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Flood |first=Colleen M. |url=http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Three+steps+improve+health+care+system/4917456/story.html |title=Three steps to improve health care system |publisher=Timescolonist.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-10 |archive-date=2011-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616121401/http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Three+steps+improve+health+care+system/4917456/story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*"Preserving medicare means making changes" by Gregory Marchildon<ref>{{cite news|author=Gregory Marchildon |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/996307--preserving-medicare-means-accepting-changes |title=Preserving medicare means accepting changes |work=thestar.com |date= 2011-05-24|accessdate=2011-06-10 |location=Toronto}}</ref>
*"North American fads, fallacies and foolishness in health care reform" by Theodore Marmor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ted-marmor/health-care-reform_b_870485.html |title=Ted Marmor: North American Fads, Fallacies, and Foolishness in Healthcare Reform |publisher=Huffingtonpost.ca |date=2011-06-03 |accessdate=2011-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Marmor |first=Theodore |url=http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/marmor-05-23-2011 |title=Imaginary 'European solution': European models of health-care reform are not the answer &#124; The Hill Times - Canada's Politics and Government Newsweekly |publisher=The Hill Times |date=2011-05-23 |accessdate=2011-06-10}}</ref>
*"Our surprisingly expensive pharmaceuticals" by Marc-Andre Gagnon<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themarknews.com/articles/4789-our-surprisingly-expensive-pharmaceuticals |title=Our Surprisingly Expensive Pharmaceuticals &#124; The Mark |publisher=Themarknews.com |date=2011-04-21 |accessdate=2011-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426073213/http://www.themarknews.com/articles/4789-our-surprisingly-expensive-pharmaceuticals |archive-date=2011-04-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*"Why the health system is broken" by Marc-Andre Gagnon<ref>{{cite web|author=MARC-ANDRÃ‰ GAGNON|url=https://montrealgazette.com/health/system+broken/4639165/story.html |title=Why the system is broken |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=2011-04-19 |accessdate=2011-06-10}}{{dead link|date=July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=MARC-ANDRÃ‰ GAGNON|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/health/system+broken/4639165/story.html |title=Why the system is broken |publisher=Edmontonjournal.com |date=2011-04-19 |accessdate=2011-06-10}}</ref>
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The Director of the initiative, Dr. Noralou Roos has said in an interview, "There are key discussions going on in health policy, and academics typically have that evidence, and it’s important for those discussions in the media to be informed by evidence as much as possible."<ref name="universityaffairs.ca"/>

==See also==
*Canadian Institutes of Health Research
*[[Organization:Canadian Institute for Health Information|Canadian Institute for Health Information]]
*[[Organization:University of Manitoba|University of Manitoba]]
*Health Council of Canada
*Manitoba Health Research Council
*Manitoba Centre for Health Policy

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.evidencenetwork.ca EvidenceNetwork.ca]

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