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Trevor Hancock: Few Canadian hospitals are "baby-friendly"

In addition to saving lives and reducing illness, breastfeeding saves the health-care system a lot of money.

Trevor Hancock: Time for a re-think about the "Great War" on drugs

The common thread is to recognize that drug use is best dealt with as a public health issue, not a criminal justice issue.

Trevor Hancock: How about health as a federal election issue?

The federal election seems to be focusing largely on issues such as the economy and security.

Trevor Hancock: Hope for our health lies at the local level

So as the adage has it, we need to think globally but act locally.

Trevor Hancock: Sustainable development benefits our health

There is a strong case that in order to be healthy, communities need to be ecologically sustainable.

Trevor Hancock: Unsustainable development is bad for our health

The recent report of the Lancet Commission on Planetary Health is further confirmation that our present system of development is not only ecologically unsustainable, but harmful...

Trevor Hancock: Planetary health is the challenge of the 21st century

There is growing evidence of accelerating global ecological change, and this will have profound impacts on the health and well-being of many alive today.

Trevor Hancock: Let's bridge the men’s health gap

A decade ago at the annual meeting of the Public Health Association of B.C., I gave a talk on health inequalities.