Canada’s systems of health funding, medical training and physician compensation need an overhaul – to support vital centres of medical research and complex care.
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PhD Student in Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor, Jarislowsky-Deutsch Chair in Economic & Financial Policy, and Director of the John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Department of Economics, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Ontario
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Smith Professor of Equity and Inclusion in Business, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Student in Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor, Public Administration, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor of Finance, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD student, Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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Associate Dean, Indigenous Health, York University, Canada; Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Special and Inclusive Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Candidate, Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Student in History, Queen's University, Ontario
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Associate Professor and Toller Family Fellow of Finance, Queen's University, Ontario
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Associate Professor of Human-Centered Computing, Queen's University, Ontario