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Scott Lear
Publishing · On our record since 2019
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“And finally, we need better health services for all people with mental illness — services that are on par with how we treat cancer and heart disease, given that more people will experience mental illness than either of these two diseases.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: Men need to know it's OK to reach out for helpOpinion · Vancouver Sun · May 14, 2026
- Scott Lear: Loss of 50-metre pool part of Vancouver park board's trend of reducing aquatic facilitiesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 3, 2025
- Scott Lear: B.C. should step up and fund automated external defibrillators in all schools across the provinceOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Mar 5, 2025
- Scott Lear: How to keep your physical and mental health on track during the holidaysOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 21, 2023
- Scott Lear and Lesley Lutes: Health care is failing British Columbians with mental illnessOpinion · Vancouver Sun · May 10, 2022
- Scott Lear: The case for mask and vaccine mandates in B.C.’s colleges and universitiesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 17, 2021
- Scott Lear: B.C. government should focus on good public health messaging, not on blaming young adultsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 1, 2021
- Scott Lear: We should demand more from B.C.’s public health leadersOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 3, 2021
- Scott Lear: It's time for routine COVID-19 testing in our long-term care homesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 2, 2020
- Scott Lear and Lesley D. Lutes: Public health messaging has left young adults out in the cold, but there’s still time to get it rightOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 11, 2020
- Scott Lear and Lesley D. Lutes: Public health messaging has left young adults out in the cold, but there’s still time to get it rightOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 11, 2020
- Scott Lear: Should I eat red meat? Confusing studies diminish trust in nutrition scienceOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 14, 2019
- Scott Lear: How to exercise in the summer without heat exhaustionOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 16, 2019