Adam Kassam

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• Opinion | Vaccinating the ‘movable middle’ is key to fighting the Delta variantOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 31, 2021
• Opinion | Doctors’ focus on ‘missing patients’ is just first step in leading the pandemic recoveryOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 3, 2021
• Opinion | Community doctors key to successful vaccination rolloutOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2021
• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, asymptomatic carriers)Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 15, 2020
• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, asymptomatic carriers)Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 15, 2020
• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, asymptomatic carriers)Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 15, 2020
• Opinion: Ontario’s lack of diversity data for COVID-19 is an embarrassmentOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 14, 2020
• Health-care workers’ lives and freedoms should be protectedOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 7, 2020
• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, on who you can visit)Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 1, 2020
• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, on who you can visit)Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 1, 2020
• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, what not to use soap on)Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 31, 2020
• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, what not to use soap on)Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 31, 2020
• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, what not to use soap on)Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 31, 2020
• Governments must come clean on protective equipmentOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 30, 2020
• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, the flu shot)Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 23, 2020
• Kassam: Your COVID-19 questions answered (today, the flu shot)Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 23, 2020
• Kassam: Soldiers need armour, COVID-19 doctors need protective equipment. NowOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 22, 2020
• Kassam: Soldiers need armour, COVID-19 doctors need protective equipment. NowOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 22, 2020
• Kassam: Soldiers need armour, COVID-19 doctors need protective equipment. NowOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 22, 2020
• COVID-19: Your questions answered (today – wearing gloves)Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 17, 2020
• Kassam: Social distancing is the key for the next phase of COVID-19Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 12, 2020
• Kassam: Social distancing is the key for the next phase of COVID-19Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 12, 2020
• Alberta doctors won’t be bullied by Jason KenneyOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 26, 2020
• Kassam: Let's use physician expertise to help fix home and long-term careOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 2, 2020
• Kassam: We won’t improve health care by making doctors out to be villainsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 8, 2019
• Opinion: Ontario’s vaping-advertising ban is a first but meagre step amid a growing public-health crisisOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 29, 2019
• Opinion: Specialized psychotherapy for South Asian Canadians is a big first step for precision medicineOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 18, 2019
• Health care should be top of mind this federal election — for both voters and politicians | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 3, 2019
• Kassam and Co.: Health Canada, crack down on 'scienceploitation' but not on scienceOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jul 21, 2019
• Kassam and Co.: Health Canada, crack down on 'scienceploitation' but not on scienceOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 21, 2019
• Kassam and Co.: Health Canada, crack down on 'scienceploitation' but not on scienceOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jul 21, 2019
• Ontario Premier’s Council is getting it right on health care | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 30, 2019
• Physician immigration should be a national conversation | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 9, 2019
• Can Canada learn from the resignation of Finland’s government? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 23, 2019
• Kassam: Global Affairs Canada owes its diplomats answers over Cuba illnessOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 26, 2019
• Basketball Africa league may be a beacon for hopeOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 24, 2019
• Basketball Africa league may be a beacon for hope | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 24, 2019
• Kassam: Canadians should heed Eric Lindros on concussionsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 10, 2019
• Can Devlin’s plan improve health care? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 3, 2019
• Public health agencies should enlist celebrities to counter the anti-vax movement | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 12, 2019
• Kassam: Watch for them! Millennials may well define the 2019 election campaignOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 29, 2018
• Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act is the discourse we need | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 8, 2018
• The Ontario Medical Association doesn’t need more chaos | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 13, 2018
• On health care, Maxime Bernier deserves to be heardOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 24, 2018
• Opinion | Canadian Medical Association should assist with medical educationOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 21, 2018
• Is your DNA for sale?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 14, 2018
• Kassam: Canadian Medical Association shouldn't give cannabis cold shoulderOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 14, 2018
• Kassam: Canadian Medical Association shouldn't give cannabis cold shoulderOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 14, 2018
• Kassam: Canadian Medical Association shouldn't give cannabis cold shoulderOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 14, 2018
• Opinion: Canadian Medical Association shouldn't give cannabis cold shoulderOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Aug 14, 2018
• Opinion | Pharmacare consultations should be transparentOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 28, 2018
• Kassam: What will health care look like under Doug Ford?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 24, 2018
• Are Canadian institutions better at diversity than Harvard?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 21, 2018
• Kassam: The NHL continues to be on the wrong side of history on concussionsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 3, 2018
• Opinion | A prescription for curing Ontario’s Ministry of HealthOpinion · Toronto Star · May 5, 2018
• Kassam: Facebook saga holds privacy lessons for health careOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 17, 2018
• Kassam: Facebook saga holds privacy lessons for health careOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 17, 2018
• Opinion | Ontario election will be won or lost on health careOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 24, 2018
• How artificial intelligence can completely revolutionize Canadian health careOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2018
• Opinion | It’s time for fresh new leadership in health careOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 1, 2018