We invited Krystle Wittevrongel, the Director of Research at the Montreal Economic Institute, to join me for a Conversation That Matters about healing our ailing health care system.

We invited Mike Rowlands, the CEO and President at Junxion, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about social purpose and how it focuses businesses to accept responsibility for outputs, outcomes and building a better world by being in business.

We invited Angela Brooks-Wilson to join us for a Conversation That Matters about what we now know about the “sweet spot” of health.

We invited Dr David Harper to join us for a Conversation That Matters about food as medicine.

We invited Dr. Marion Nestle, whom Forbes magazine listed as the number-two most powerful foodie in the world, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about food.

We invited Amani Saini to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the work and mission of Adverse Drug Reaction Canada and its mission to reduce ADRs.

We invited Sarah Roth to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the many research projects underway in British Columbia that will help us defeat cancer.

We invited Troy Clifford, the Provincial President of the Ambulance Paramedics & Emergency Dispatchers of BC, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the relentless toll drug poisoning is having on patients, the system, and paramedics.

We invited Corey Nislow, who did just that, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about giving the gift of life.

We invited Dr Boyd to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the facts and myths of heart disease and women and where we go from here.

We invited Gordon McCauley of the CDRD to join us for a Conversation That Matters about nurturing, fostering, retaining and commercializing our world-class ideas, talent and research in Canada.

We invited Dr Jeremy Burton, the Deputy Director of the Canadian Centre for Human Microbiome and Probiotics, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the exciting research underway in treating your well-being by re-engineering the bacteria in your intestinal tract.

Our medical system is broken. That is according to Dr. Brian Day. He's been advocating for change for more than a decade.

When Dr. Roni Zieger left his role as Google’s Chief Health Strategist, he wanted to create Smart Patients, an online network of what he calls “micro-experts.”

Are you or someone you know living with chronic pain? Have you ever wondered why it takes so long to see an orthopaedic surgeon? Then, why it takes longer still to get a date for surgery?

Dr. Rick Hodes of Addis Ababa is a man on a mission. His goal is to save the lives of children with horribly twisted spines. The degree of deformity is mind boggling. How can the spine be so corrupted? They’re terrified but they know Dr. Hodes, by reputation, as a kind and caring man.

British Columbians have the highest longevity in Canada. That is something Dr. Rhonda Low points out, noting that the key to how long you live is how you live.

Kathy McLaughlin was one or two heartbeats on this side of death – and survived. Her journey is harrowing, it’s gut wrenching, and it stretches your imagination to the brink, leaving you wondering if you could have survived.

Why do men die almost five years earlier than women? Dr. John Oliffe is the driving force behind a University of British Columbia research project looking into that question.

The secret to getting old and being happy and healthy is relatively simple. That is according to Dr. Gifford-Jones, who has been writing health columns for more than 25 years. He has a list of do’s and don'ts which are pretty easy to follow.