Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
@ritamc.bsky.social
🇨🇦Family doctor & primary care researcher.
Uninvited Settler on traditional & sacred territory (aka Vancouver, BC)
Here to question health policy, share research, and push for real solutions in primary care.
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Uninvited Settler on traditional & sacred territory (aka Vancouver, BC)
Here to question health policy, share research, and push for real solutions in primary care.
Supporting 🏳️⚧️🌈 She/her
Posts my own.
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4min of Catherine O’Hara being fabulous and how telling us how she collaborates.
Yes. You need this.
Watch it now.
@thenfb @SchittsCreek
All of Us Shine by Hart Snider - NFB https://www.nfb.ca/film/catherine-ohara-all-of-us-shine/
Yes. You need this.
Watch it now.
@thenfb @SchittsCreek
All of Us Shine by Hart Snider - NFB https://www.nfb.ca/film/catherine-ohara-all-of-us-shine/
Catherine O’Hara: All of Us Shine
From SCTV and Home Alone to Best in ShowSchitt’s Creek, C...
www.nfb.ca
November 23, 2024 at 11:13 PM
4min of Catherine O’Hara being fabulous and how telling us how she collaborates.
Yes. You need this.
Watch it now.
@thenfb @SchittsCreek
All of Us Shine by Hart Snider - NFB https://www.nfb.ca/film/catherine-ohara-all-of-us-shine/
Yes. You need this.
Watch it now.
@thenfb @SchittsCreek
All of Us Shine by Hart Snider - NFB https://www.nfb.ca/film/catherine-ohara-all-of-us-shine/
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Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Also, personal care:
🧼 Soap
🪥 Toothbrushes & toothpaste
🧴 Shampoo & conditioner
🩲 Menstrual pads & incontinence pads
💄 Makeup
🖐️ Hand sanitizer, towels, deodorant
Seasonal:
🍫 Chocolates and flowers for Valentine’s Day 💐
📍 Please drop off at 302 Columbia St
🧼 Soap
🪥 Toothbrushes & toothpaste
🧴 Shampoo & conditioner
🩲 Menstrual pads & incontinence pads
💄 Makeup
🖐️ Hand sanitizer, towels, deodorant
Seasonal:
🍫 Chocolates and flowers for Valentine’s Day 💐
📍 Please drop off at 302 Columbia St
January 23, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Also, personal care:
🧼 Soap
🪥 Toothbrushes & toothpaste
🧴 Shampoo & conditioner
🩲 Menstrual pads & incontinence pads
💄 Makeup
🖐️ Hand sanitizer, towels, deodorant
Seasonal:
🍫 Chocolates and flowers for Valentine’s Day 💐
📍 Please drop off at 302 Columbia St
🧼 Soap
🪥 Toothbrushes & toothpaste
🧴 Shampoo & conditioner
🩲 Menstrual pads & incontinence pads
💄 Makeup
🖐️ Hand sanitizer, towels, deodorant
Seasonal:
🍫 Chocolates and flowers for Valentine’s Day 💐
📍 Please drop off at 302 Columbia St
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Urgent needs list from the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre:
🩲 Underwear & bras
🧦 Socks
🧥 Winter jackets
🌧️ Rain jackets & ponchos
🧶 Sweaters & hoodies
☂️ Umbrellas
🥾 Boots
🧤 Gloves
🧣 Scarves & toques
👖 Pants & warm tights
🛏️ Warm blankets & sleeping bags
💧 Water-resistant coverings
🩲 Underwear & bras
🧦 Socks
🧥 Winter jackets
🌧️ Rain jackets & ponchos
🧶 Sweaters & hoodies
☂️ Umbrellas
🥾 Boots
🧤 Gloves
🧣 Scarves & toques
👖 Pants & warm tights
🛏️ Warm blankets & sleeping bags
💧 Water-resistant coverings
Donation needs and wishlist | Downtown Eastside Women's Centre
Our sites do not accept these items: household items, furniture, children’s clothing, children’s toys, clothing that is stained, soiled or… Continue reading Donation needs and wishlist
dewc.ca
January 23, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Urgent needs list from the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre:
🩲 Underwear & bras
🧦 Socks
🧥 Winter jackets
🌧️ Rain jackets & ponchos
🧶 Sweaters & hoodies
☂️ Umbrellas
🥾 Boots
🧤 Gloves
🧣 Scarves & toques
👖 Pants & warm tights
🛏️ Warm blankets & sleeping bags
💧 Water-resistant coverings
🩲 Underwear & bras
🧦 Socks
🧥 Winter jackets
🌧️ Rain jackets & ponchos
🧶 Sweaters & hoodies
☂️ Umbrellas
🥾 Boots
🧤 Gloves
🧣 Scarves & toques
👖 Pants & warm tights
🛏️ Warm blankets & sleeping bags
💧 Water-resistant coverings
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Sad to see that ABC once again voted against being a Living Wage certified employer
January 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Sad to see that ABC once again voted against being a Living Wage certified employer
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Last year Covenant House Vancouver served more than 160,000 meals to youth. The Drop-In Centre welcomed over 760 youth, the largest number in its history.
Youth have access to showers, laundry, clothes, mental health support, activities, and other services all thanks to CHV donors.
Youth have access to showers, laundry, clothes, mental health support, activities, and other services all thanks to CHV donors.
Covenant House Vancouver Thanks the Community
It has been a busy year at Covenant House Vancouver (CHV), and they wanted to reach outand thank everyone for their support and kindness.
miss604.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Last year Covenant House Vancouver served more than 160,000 meals to youth. The Drop-In Centre welcomed over 760 youth, the largest number in its history.
Youth have access to showers, laundry, clothes, mental health support, activities, and other services all thanks to CHV donors.
Youth have access to showers, laundry, clothes, mental health support, activities, and other services all thanks to CHV donors.
Attachment ‡ Access
To a family doctor or NP.
we need better measures of how well the primary care system is serving people in 🇨🇦
This new article https:// www.cmaj.ca/content/198/2/E53
Thanks to my colleagues, @meredithvanstone.bsky.social @lindsayhedden.bsky.social
To a family doctor or NP.
we need better measures of how well the primary care system is serving people in 🇨🇦
This new article https:// www.cmaj.ca/content/198/2/E53
Thanks to my colleagues, @meredithvanstone.bsky.social @lindsayhedden.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Attachment ‡ Access
To a family doctor or NP.
we need better measures of how well the primary care system is serving people in 🇨🇦
This new article https:// www.cmaj.ca/content/198/2/E53
Thanks to my colleagues, @meredithvanstone.bsky.social @lindsayhedden.bsky.social
To a family doctor or NP.
we need better measures of how well the primary care system is serving people in 🇨🇦
This new article https:// www.cmaj.ca/content/198/2/E53
Thanks to my colleagues, @meredithvanstone.bsky.social @lindsayhedden.bsky.social
Primary care 101: why the Family Doctor shortage in Canada isn’t just about the number of doctors.
Thread.
Thread.
January 18, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Primary care 101: why the Family Doctor shortage in Canada isn’t just about the number of doctors.
Thread.
Thread.
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$2,500 full body scan said he was healthy. Then he had a stroke wapo.st/3ZfYSw5
Reality: "there is no documented evidence that total body screening is cost-efficient or effective in prolonging life" & potentially harmful (American College of Radiology)
Sum: evidence-free & exploitive money grab.
Reality: "there is no documented evidence that total body screening is cost-efficient or effective in prolonging life" & potentially harmful (American College of Radiology)
Sum: evidence-free & exploitive money grab.
A $2,500 full body scan said he was healthy. Then he had a catastrophic stroke.
Prenuvo promotes full body MRI scans to detect hazardous conditions early. But medical associations say they may cause unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security.
wapo.st
January 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
$2,500 full body scan said he was healthy. Then he had a stroke wapo.st/3ZfYSw5
Reality: "there is no documented evidence that total body screening is cost-efficient or effective in prolonging life" & potentially harmful (American College of Radiology)
Sum: evidence-free & exploitive money grab.
Reality: "there is no documented evidence that total body screening is cost-efficient or effective in prolonging life" & potentially harmful (American College of Radiology)
Sum: evidence-free & exploitive money grab.
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Seeing a lot of "do not let children anywhere near e-bikes" in my child welfare and injury prevention circles. The issue here though is car dependency. These kids doing impulsive things with them aren't kids who've been on an analog bike since birth, have solid road skills, and now have e-assist. 1/
January 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Seeing a lot of "do not let children anywhere near e-bikes" in my child welfare and injury prevention circles. The issue here though is car dependency. These kids doing impulsive things with them aren't kids who've been on an analog bike since birth, have solid road skills, and now have e-assist. 1/
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A few things:
1. Read the room.
2. Crime is at historic lows in Canada.
3. Police do not prevent crime.
4. Funding for education, mental health, drug treatment, housing, youth programs, and other social programs reduces crime.
5. Canadians did not vote for this.
#cdnpoli
1. Read the room.
2. Crime is at historic lows in Canada.
3. Police do not prevent crime.
4. Funding for education, mental health, drug treatment, housing, youth programs, and other social programs reduces crime.
5. Canadians did not vote for this.
#cdnpoli
We’re combatting crime — bringing in tougher penalties for violent offenders and hiring more officers to help keep your community safe.
January 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
A few things:
1. Read the room.
2. Crime is at historic lows in Canada.
3. Police do not prevent crime.
4. Funding for education, mental health, drug treatment, housing, youth programs, and other social programs reduces crime.
5. Canadians did not vote for this.
#cdnpoli
1. Read the room.
2. Crime is at historic lows in Canada.
3. Police do not prevent crime.
4. Funding for education, mental health, drug treatment, housing, youth programs, and other social programs reduces crime.
5. Canadians did not vote for this.
#cdnpoli
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In a nutshell.
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM
In a nutshell.
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
This post by JA Westenberg is so good. And it's forcing me to look again at my own site, PressThink.
"The Case for Blogging in the Ruins." www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for...
"Most blogs are abandoned after three posts," she writes. The ones that persist have these things in common:
"The Case for Blogging in the Ruins." www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for...
"Most blogs are abandoned after three posts," she writes. The ones that persist have these things in common:
January 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This post by JA Westenberg is so good. And it's forcing me to look again at my own site, PressThink.
"The Case for Blogging in the Ruins." www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for...
"Most blogs are abandoned after three posts," she writes. The ones that persist have these things in common:
"The Case for Blogging in the Ruins." www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for...
"Most blogs are abandoned after three posts," she writes. The ones that persist have these things in common:
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
With headlines like this, it’s probably a good time to support independent journalism!
Here’s mine, if you’re so inclined:
rachelgilmore.substack.com
patreon.com/RachelGilmore
Here’s mine, if you’re so inclined:
rachelgilmore.substack.com
patreon.com/RachelGilmore
January 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
With headlines like this, it’s probably a good time to support independent journalism!
Here’s mine, if you’re so inclined:
rachelgilmore.substack.com
patreon.com/RachelGilmore
Here’s mine, if you’re so inclined:
rachelgilmore.substack.com
patreon.com/RachelGilmore
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
This month's @megaphonemagazine.com features a media guide for journalists who cover the Downtown Eastside, created by people who have lived experience with poverty, homelessness, substance use, physical disabilities and other intersecting marginalizations.
▶️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
▶️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
January 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
This month's @megaphonemagazine.com features a media guide for journalists who cover the Downtown Eastside, created by people who have lived experience with poverty, homelessness, substance use, physical disabilities and other intersecting marginalizations.
▶️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
▶️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Evil.
"Without continued PEPFAR programmes, models predict that by 2030, an additional 1 million children will become infected with HIV, 0·5 million additional children will die of AIDS, & 2·8 million children will additionally become orphaned by AIDS."
Study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"Without continued PEPFAR programmes, models predict that by 2030, an additional 1 million children will become infected with HIV, 0·5 million additional children will die of AIDS, & 2·8 million children will additionally become orphaned by AIDS."
Study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Protecting Africa's children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes
PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), a landmark US foreign health
policy, is recognised for saving 26 million lives from HIV. PEPFAR investments have
also had life-saving impacts for c...
www.thelancet.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Evil.
"Without continued PEPFAR programmes, models predict that by 2030, an additional 1 million children will become infected with HIV, 0·5 million additional children will die of AIDS, & 2·8 million children will additionally become orphaned by AIDS."
Study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"Without continued PEPFAR programmes, models predict that by 2030, an additional 1 million children will become infected with HIV, 0·5 million additional children will die of AIDS, & 2·8 million children will additionally become orphaned by AIDS."
Study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦
Story from CTV.
There are also TV cameras here from CBC and CityTV
There are also TV cameras here from CBC and CityTV
‘Once in a lifetime’: Crowds gather in Vancouver to look at bird never before seen in Canada
Birders are flocking to Vancouver’s Sunset Beach Park this weekend to take in an incredibly rare sight—the first time on record a particular species of bird has ever been seen in Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Story from CTV.
There are also TV cameras here from CBC and CityTV
There are also TV cameras here from CBC and CityTV
canadian winter
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December 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
canadian winter
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1. Big, five-figure day. Maybe the second-busiest day we've ever had? Shortly to bed but thought I'd pop on here to say THANKS to those of you who keep showing up to buy books, or to drop off booze, or gingerbread, or - as yesterday! - to bring your NEW KITTEN in to be admired. Thanks, everyone!
December 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
1. Big, five-figure day. Maybe the second-busiest day we've ever had? Shortly to bed but thought I'd pop on here to say THANKS to those of you who keep showing up to buy books, or to drop off booze, or gingerbread, or - as yesterday! - to bring your NEW KITTEN in to be admired. Thanks, everyone!
interesting opportunity to comment on health care media
Join us February 10, 2026 in Ottawa or online for the launch our 2026 Health & Media Tracking Survey results with the Empire Club of Canada. We’ll examine the growing influence of health misinformation and the actions needed to respond.
Register here 👇
bit.ly/4oQmQsi
#HMTS2026
Register here 👇
bit.ly/4oQmQsi
#HMTS2026
December 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
interesting opportunity to comment on health care media
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stal̕əw̓asəm can be understood as “a space where you can view the river.” The English name is Riverview. While an English translation of the bridge name is provided, learning and using the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ name is encouraged.
stal̕əw̓asəm: Pronunciation
YouTube video by TI Corp
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December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
stal̕əw̓asəm can be understood as “a space where you can view the river.” The English name is Riverview. While an English translation of the bridge name is provided, learning and using the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ name is encouraged.