Shift: Conversations on Changing Canadian Health Care

About Shift: Conversations on Changing Canadian Health Care

Welcome to Shift! A podcast dedicated to exploring ideas, projects, practices, and policies that are reshaping the future of health care in Canada. Each episode delves into the dynamic world of health care innovation, featuring insightful discussions with leaders, thinkers, policymakers, researchers, and direct care practitioners who are driving change and finding solutions to enhance health and health care. My mission is to illuminate the challenges and celebrate the ideas that are changing Canadian health care. From ground-breaking technologies and policy reform to grassroots initiatives and patient-centric approaches, we aim to uncover the stories behind the progress. Join me as we navigate the complexities of health care transformation, inspire meaningful conversations, and foster a community committed to improving health outcomes for all Canadians. Whether you're a health care professional, policymaker, or simply curious about the future of health care, Shift provides the insights and inspiration change makers need to stay informed and engaged.

Publisher

KDA Consulting

Category

government · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jan 2026

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   How Scotland Built a National Approach to Health System Change

   Kyla talks with Dr. Clare Morrison, Director of Engagement and Change at Healthcare Improvement Scotland, and Diana Hekerem, Associate Director of Transformational Change, about the Scottish Approach to Change — a national framework for change that launched across Scotland's health and social care system in November 2025. Built around five enablers and eight steps, and deliberately never abbreviated to protect its meaning (and to dodge an unfortunate acronym), the approach was shaped by years...

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   BONUS: What Do You Really REALLY Want from Health Care?

   In 2009, a keynote from Don Berwick changed the course of my career. Seventeen years later, with privatization pressures, looming strikes and dual practice in Alberta, his question feels more urgent than ever: What do we really, really want from our health care system, and what are we willing to give up to get it? In this episode, I share why that speech has been coming back to me recently, and why I keep thinking about the tragedy of the commons: individuals making reasonable choices for the...

3. 

   29 Sept 2026

   A Mental Health Program Built by Farmers for Farmers

   Kyla sits down with Dr. Michelle Pavloff, a registered nurse and researcher at the University of Saskatchewan, to talk about how she built a mental health network for Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers almost entirely from the ground up. Michelle's path started in a rural emergency room, where she was often the only nurse in the building, and where she began to notice that farm culture — distinct from both rural and urban culture — wasn't being served by either. When she set out to research fa...

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