Select a health article of at least 500 words from a popular Canadian newspaper (e-g-,
Globe and Mail, National Post), magazine (e-g-, Chatelaine, Macleans, Canadian
Living), or Internet souce (e-g-, health-related companies)- The article should be one
that is intended for the general public with a publication date within the past 5 years
of today’s date and focus on Canadian content- The article must relate to one of the
health issues covered in Units 1-6- For example, you might select an article about a
program to improve wellness, or one that discusses sexuality, pregnancy and
childbirth, nutrition, active living, or weight-

Try to find an article that you are able to critique- For example, articles found on
government websites may be difficult to assess for accuacy or gaps in information-
Do not use articles from scientific jounals or issued by the government for this
assignment- Choose you article carefully; assignments that are based on articles that
do not meet the criteria outlined here may be retuned unmarked-

Note: You must attach or include a copy of the article with you assignment-

Research the health issue discussed in you selected article to develop some
expertise in this area- Review Hales and Lauzon (2015) and couse materials (Foster
Davison, 2015) as well as other resouces (e-g-, government reports, scientific jounal
articles) beyond these couse materials- Some areas to examine include descriptions
of the issue, recent trends, people most commonly affected by the issue, and how the
issue impacts the Canadian health and/or social systems.

Prepare a 1,500- to 2,000-word (double-spaced, 12 point font, 1 inch margins) essay
written as a critique that aduesses the following criteria:

discussing the health implications of the issue and explaining why it is of concern in
Canada-

relating the article to the information presented in the couse materials (e-g-, Hales and
Lauzon (2015) and online Study Guide) and describing how it fits within the context of
this couse. Comparisons made to the couse materials should include where there are
consistencies and differences in information-

highlighting the strengths and limitations of the article-