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Paul Webster

Writer and documentary film director

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    • COVID-19 highlights Canada’s long-term care home crisis

      The Lancet, January 15, 2021
    • 500 Canadian cities declare climate emergencies

      The Lancet, January 1, 2021
    • Nature, Oct 14 2020: Medical research under Trump

      Nature, October 14, 2020
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    • 500 Canadian cities declare climate emergencies

      The Lancet, January 1, 2021
    • Nature, Oct 14 2020: Medical research under Trump

      Nature, October 14, 2020
    • Canadian science under scrutiny – a series of 15 articles

      The Lancet, April 16, 2020
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    • COVID-19 highlights Canada’s long-term care home crisis

      The Lancet, January 15, 2021
    • 500 Canadian cities declare climate emergencies

      The Lancet, January 1, 2021
    • Can Toronto’s last big natural areas be saved?

      Toronto Star, December 19, 2020
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    • Antibiotic Resistance
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    • Medically-Induced Opioid Addiction
    • Nature, Oct 14 2020: Medical research under Trump

      Nature, October 14, 2020
    • Canadian science under scrutiny – a series of 15 articles

      The Lancet, April 16, 2020
    • The Lancet: Canada’s prison mental health crisis

      The Lancet, July 1, 2019
  • Environment
    • 500 Canadian cities declare climate emergencies

      The Lancet, January 1, 2021
    • Can Toronto’s last big natural areas be saved?

      Toronto Star, December 19, 2020
    • A Change in Climate? Ontario’s Superhighway Dilemma

      In the Hills, November 24, 2020
  • International Aid
    • 500 Canadian cities declare climate emergencies

      The Lancet, January 1, 2021
    • Nature Medicine: Biomedical research during the COVID lockdown

      Nature, April 16, 2020
    • Privatizing healthcare, one app at a time

      The Lancet, August 1, 2019
  • Culture
    • Rural Canada’s digital deficit

      In the Hills, September 15, 2020
    • Globe & Mail: Indigenous nationalism, resurgent & insurgent

      The Globe and Mail, July 6, 2019
    • “Mindful eating”: Canada’s new food guide

      The Lancet, February 20, 2019
  • Film
    • Les peuples des volcans: Mexique et Guatemala

      Prospect TV, June 2, 2011
    • Les peuples des Volcans — Kamtchatka, Hawaii et Alaska

      Prospect TV, June 1, 2011
    • Claiming Indigenous Lands: The 2010 Olympic Countdown

      SWR German Public Television, February 8, 2010

  • January 15, 2021 COVID-19 highlights Canada’s long-term care home crisis

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  • January 1, 2021 500 Canadian cities declare climate emergencies

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  • December 19, 2020 Can Toronto’s last big natural areas be saved?

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  • November 24, 2020 A Change in Climate? Ontario’s Superhighway Dilemma

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  • October 14, 2020 Nature, Oct 14 2020: Medical research under Trump

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  • September 15, 2020 Rural Canada’s digital deficit

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  • July 4, 2020 Toronto Star: Will Covid saddle taxpayers with huge corporate debts?

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  • May 22, 2020 National Observer: Is Covid making the rich even richer?

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  • April 16, 2020 Nature Medicine: Biomedical research during the COVID lockdown

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  • March 20, 2020 The Lancet: Canada and COVID – learning from SARS?

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  • July 6, 2019 Globe & Mail: Indigenous nationalism, resurgent & insurgent

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  • July 1, 2019 The Lancet: Canada’s prison mental health crisis

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  • February 22, 2019 Corporate Canada’s Indigenous Agonies – SABEW 2020 Business Awards Honourable Mention

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  • May 9, 2017 National Observer: Nigeria’s war on polio and terrorism

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  • October 28, 2016 Globe & Mail: Canada pushes back against big pharma

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  • July 15, 2016 The Lancet: Healthcare in Iraq “under severe duress”

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  • April 29, 2016 Globe & Mail: To sell Saudi Arabia weapons, Canada bypasses U.S. law

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  • April 20, 2015 Globe & Mail: Canada’s industrial heart moves to Mexico

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  • January 8, 2013 Indonesia’s Islamic Health Solutions

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  • March 2, 2012 Colombia: ‘Where there is gold, there are guns’

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PAUL C. WEBSTER


Recent Publications

BusinessEnvironmentHealthcare in RussiaInternational DevelopmentScience

Science Magazine: Russia Can Save Kyoto if it does the math

Science Magazine
June 22, 2002
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Culture

The Treasure Seeker: Saving Russia’s Hermitage Museum

Saturday Night Magazine
May 5, 2001

The Treasure Seeker Saturday Night

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Culture

Who Stole Canadian History?

This Magazine
March 24, 2000

Who Stole Canadian History This Mag March 2000

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PAUL C. WEBSTER

Paul Webster is a freelance writer and documentary film director based in Toronto.

He has reported from more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, the Americas and Eurasia.

Paul's work in film has appeared on the Arte, BBC, CBC, Deutsche Welle, Discovery, National Geographic, Slice, SWR and Vision Television networks.

Among the awards for Paul’s writing listed below, he has also won four national magazine awards.

At the University of Toronto, Paul teaches Canada’s only course in freelance science, medicine and public health writing. To enrol, or for more information, click here.

Awards

Corporate Canada’s Indigenous Agonies – SABEW 2020 Business Awards Honourable Mention

Report on Business Magazine, February 22, 2019
AwardsBusinessDiseases of NeglectEnvironmentIndigenous Business RightsIndigenous Health

“Big Pharma vs Everyone”: Winner — 2017 Sanofi Pasteur Medal for Excellence in Health Research Journalism

Report on Business Magazine, August 17, 2017
Access to Affordable MedicinesAwardsDrug PoliticsGeriatric HealthHealthcare Politics

Untreated prison hepatitis: Winner — 2016 Michener-Deacon Investigative Journalism Fellowship

Canadian Medical Association Journal, June 14, 2016
Access to Affordable MedicinesAwardsDiseases of NeglectDrug PoliticsEpidemics & PandemicsHealthcare in PrisonsHealthcare PoliticsHepatitis NeglectIndigenous Health

Adverse Reactions — 2014 Western Magazine Award Winner

September 26, 2014
Awards

Adverse Reactions: Winner – 2014 Sanofi Pasteur Medal of Excellence in Health Research Journalism

May 22, 2014
Access to Affordable MedicinesAddiction, Depression, Psychosis, SchizophreniaAwardsCanadian Science PolicyDiseases of NeglectDrug PoliticsHealthcare PoliticsMedically-Induced Opioid AddictionScience

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Nature, Oct 14 2020: Medical research under Trump

Nature, October 14, 2020
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Canadian science under scrutiny – a series of 15 articles

The Lancet, April 16, 2020
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Nature Medicine: Biomedical research during the COVID lockdown

Nature, April 16, 2020
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COVID-19 highlights Canada’s long-term care home crisis

The Lancet, January 15, 2021
BusinessEpidemics & PandemicsGeriatric HealthHealthcare PoliticsHealthcare Privatization: A Global Business Campaign

500 Canadian cities declare climate emergencies

The Lancet, January 1, 2021
BusinessCanadian Science PolicyEnvironmentEpidemics & PandemicsGlobal HealthHealthcare PoliticsInternational DevelopmentScience

Nature, Oct 14 2020: Medical research under Trump

Nature, October 14, 2020
Drug PoliticsEpidemics & PandemicsGlobal HealthHealthcare PoliticsScience

Rural Canada’s digital deficit

In the Hills, September 15, 2020
BusinessCultureDigital HealthEnvironmentEpidemics & PandemicsWiFi & Cellphone Safety

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Rural Canada’s digital deficit

In the Hills, September 15, 2020
BusinessCultureDigital HealthEnvironmentEpidemics & PandemicsWiFi & Cellphone Safety

Canadian science under scrutiny – a series of 15 articles

The Lancet, April 16, 2020
Antibiotic ResistanceCanadian Science PolicyDigital HealthDiseases of NeglectDrug PoliticsEpidemics & PandemicsHealthcare PoliticsIndigenous HealthScience

The Lancet: Virtual Healthcare & Covid-19

The Lancet, April 10, 2020
BusinessCanadian Science PolicyDigital HealthDiseases of NeglectEpidemics & PandemicsGeriatric HealthGlobal HealthHealthcare PoliticsHealthcare Privatization: A Global Business CampaignScience
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