A brief description of each resource can be found below:
Canada Health Act, R.S.C. (1985, c. C-6). Retrieved May 24, 2019, from This site provides details about the Canada Health Act. This document establishes criteria and conditions related to insured health services and extended health care services in each province and territory, paid for by the federal government through the Canada Health Transfer
Drolet, M. (2019, May 14). Canadian health care stuck in the '60s, expert says. Retrieved May 23, 2019, from
- This news article describes the need to modernize Canada's health care system, with proposed inclusion of prescription drug coverage.
Quiñonez, C. (2013) Why was dental care excluded from Canadian Medicare? NCOHR Working Paper Series, 1(1). 1-5.
- This journal article describes how the CHA was shaped to exclude dental care based on 5 key influences.
Semple, J. (2019, May 15). Canadians support publicly funded dental care for those without insurance, Ipsos poll finds. Retrieved May 23, 2019, from
- This news article discusses the need for dental coverage for those with a lack of dental insurance.
World Health Organization. (2010, December 07). Strategies and approaches in oral disease prevention and health promotion. Retrieved May 24, 2019, from This site states that many oral diseases including dental caries and periodontal disease are largely preventable and provides strategies and approaches to improve prevention efforts.
Canada Health Act, R.S.C. (1985, c. C-6). Retrieved May 24, 2019, from. Preamble WHEREAS the Parliament of Canada recognizes: —that it is not the intention of the Government of Canada that any of the powers, rights, privileges or authorities vested in Canada or the provinces under the provisions of the Constitution Act, 1867, or any amendments thereto, or otherwise, be by reason of this Act abrogated or derogated from or in any way impaired; —that Canadians, through their system of insured health services, have made outstanding progress in treating sickness and alleviating the consequences of disease and disability among all income groups; —that Canadians can achieve further improvements in their well-being through combining individual lifestyles that emphasize fitness, prevention of disease and health promotion with collective action against the social, environmental and occupational causes of disease, and that they desire a system of health services that will promote physical and mental health and protection against disease; Short Title Interpretation dentist.
Drolet, M. (2019, May 14). Canadian health care stuck in the '60s, expert says. Retrieved May 23, 2019, from. In the first instalment of a Global News series exploring the Canadian health-care system, experts are calling attention to a framework they believe is decades out of date. When Patty De Guia lost her leg to cancer months after giving birth to her third child, she expected Canada’s universal health-care system to give her the tools to recover. It never did — instead leaving her bankrupt, legless and suffering from severe depression. Today, with help from family, friends and strangers, De Guia has a new lease on life to go along with her new prosthetic. But she questions how a system designed to help everyone equally left her to fend for herself. “The system was designed in the ’60s, and it looks like a system that was designed in the ’60s because the predominant forms of health care were doctors and hospitals,” said UBC professor Michael Law, who is also Canada Research Chair in access to medicines.
De Guia learned that first-hand as costs quickly spiralled out of control. Quiñonez, C. (2013) Why was dental care excluded from Canadian Medicare? NCOHR Working Paper Series, 1(1). 1-5. Semple, J. (2019, May 15). Canadians support publicly funded dental care for those without insurance, Ipsos poll finds. Retrieved May 23, 2019, from. In the second instalment of a Global News series exploring the Canadian health-care system, we look at dental care and the costs that come with it.
Around 86 per cent of Canadians would support providing publicly funded dental care to those without insurance coverage, according to an opinion poll conducted by Ipsos for Global News. Around one-third of Canadians are currently not covered by any dental insurance, including Stan Thompson. The Calgarian was mugged in Hamilton, Ont., in 2005 — he was stabbed multiple times, kicked in the head and suffered serious damage to his teeth.
“(My teeth) just became worse and worse to the point where I could actually remove them myself by hand,” he recalls. “There was damage to a lot of teeth and things started going downhill from there.” READ MORE: Part 1 — Canadian health care stuck in the ’60s, expert says The professional comedian didn’t have dental insurance coverage and couldn’t afford to repair the damage. WATCH: Dentist Dr. World Health Organization. (2010, December 07). Strategies and approaches in oral disease prevention and health promotion. Retrieved May 24, 2019, from.