McNally Robinson Booksellers &
Purich Publishing

present

Ryan Meili

speaking & signing

A Healthy Society:

How a Focus on Health can Revive Canadian Democracy

Monday November 18, 7:30 pm
Grant Park in the Travel Alcove

Drawing on his experiences as a family physician in the inner city of Saskatoon, Mozambique, and rural Saskatchewan, Dr. Ryan Meili argues that health delivery too often focuses on treatment of immediate causes and ignores more fundamental conditions that lead to poor health. Income, education, employment, housing, the wider environment, and social supports: far more than health care, it is these conditions that make the greatest difference in our health. Brought to life by patient stories, A Healthy Society proposes a new approach to health, and to politics.

Ryan Meili is a family doctor at the West Side Community Clinic in Saskatoon. He heads the Division of Social Accountability for the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine, helping to ensure that Saskatchewan’s future doctors are equipped to meet the health needs of the diverse communities they will serve. Ryan also serves as vice-chair of the national advocacy organization, Canadian Doctors for Medicare and is the founder of Upstream a new organization to equip and inspire citizens to demand a healthy society, and to understand the best ways to get there.