The Missing Message From The Movie Fed-Up
While and after seeing the movie Fed Up last month, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something awfully important was missing... Read More
Feel-Good Video of the Year: Lovely Girl With Autism Sings Fireworks With Katie Perry
This video made my year! There is nothing more heartwarming than learning about children on the Autism Spectrum crushing societal... Read More
The Landfill Harmonic
This is a marvelous example of how creative, empowering, and resilient we humans can be. Living in some of the... Read More
Active Kids, Healthy Kids – Canadian Pediatric Society’s New Physician Education Campaign
This month, the Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) launched a new program aimed at educating primary care physicians around how to... Read More
Dr. Flanders on CBC The Fifth Estate’s Season Premiere, The Secrets of Sugar
Over the past few weeks, I had the privilege to work with CBC’s The Fifth Estate team on their 2013/14... Read More
Breastfeeding in Public is a Human Right – Marvelous Poem/Performance
The experience of being discriminated against for breastfeeding in public is so magnificently captured by this poem/performance by Holly McNish.... Read More
This Ad Has a Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See
This Ad Has a Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See Brilliant! Simple and innovative use of technology to... Read More
How Fashion Mags Can Photoshop Our Perceptions of Beauty
Yesterday, Julie M Green Blogged this piece (on Erica Ehm’s yummymummyclub.ca) about a former Australian Vogue editor who unveiled, in her new... Read More
The Pinnacle Of Good Sportsmanship
This made my year! Redefining the meaning of ‘win’ in high school sports. Enjoy…
The Birth of a Word – How Children Learn Language, With a Mass Media Twist
This TedTalk is incredible! MIT Researcher, Deb Roy, video and audio taped virtually every moment – 90,000 hours worth –... Read More
The Amazing Transformation of a Guy Who Didn’t Give Up!
The moral of this story is… If you are struggling with your weight and general health, Don’t Give Up On... Read More
The Importance of Secure Attachment in Infancy
This is a wonderful 5-minute video that explains the foundations of attachment theory and its psychological, social, medical, and economic... Read More
The Real Bears – A Pretty Bold Anti-Sugar Public Service Announcement
Though it has not exactly been shown to be particularly effective, scare tactics to impart change can take on some... Read More
Fake Food, Childood Obesity, Real Problems
Enjoy watching this interview with David Ludwig, MD, PhD, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children’s Hospital,... Read More
We Doctors Make Mistakes – We Must Own It, Talk About It, Learn From It
This is a refreshingly honest and powerful attack on an important part of modern physician culture: our expectations of doctors... Read More
Acquisition of Music (aka Language) in Children – Victor Wooten’s Take
There are so many fabulous ways to think of and appreciate how children acquire language in early development. This wonderful... Read More
How The Food Industry Impacts Our Health, Our Economy, Our Future
An absolutely masterful lecture by Robyn O’Brien on the impact of “Big Food” on all aspects of our lives. Insightful.... Read More
The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Stress
The single most important thing you can do for your stress. This visual lecture, by Mike Evans is absolutely fantastic!!... Read More