EvidenceNetwork.ca

We thought the best way to serve the Canadian public would be to create an accessible and reliable resource where journalists can quickly find independent experts and evidence on issues as they arise.

[12] The site offers background papers and provides a comprehensive list of experts from across the country that journalists can contact quickly as they report on breaking health policy stories.

[13][14] The British Medical Journal's Evidence-Based Medicine highlighted the work of the network as an example for how to facilitate "the science and art of combining opinion and evidence.

[18][19] The network of more than 80 scholars dedicated to evidence-based health research and policy direction also regularly publishes commentaries (OpEds) and articles in the mainstream media.

[2][20][21][15] In 2012, the organization published a compendium of their Creative Commons content in an ebook, Canadian Health Policy in the News: Why Evidence Matters.

Book cover for the free Creative Commons book (2013) by EvidenceNetwork.ca, available at: http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/archives/8941 Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
Book Cover for the free Creative Commons book (2014) by EvidenceNetwork.ca, available at: http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/archives/17545 Archived 2014-03-18 at the Wayback Machine