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CHSPR Seminar | Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada: How is it relevant now?
February 13 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Gregory Marchildon, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
Are there contemporary policy lessons which can be drawn from the history of Medicare? As the author of Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada, Greg Marchildon will explore some of the answers to this question, especially concerning the single-payer and single-tier nature of the design of the Canadian model.
Gregory P. Marchildon is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto and the founding director of the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. A lawyer and economist by training, Marchildon was the Executive Director of the Romanow Commission. His research and writing has focused on comparative health policy and the history of universal health coverage. His latest book, Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada, was published by the University of Toronto Press in 2025.