https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u en-us 2019-02-28 14:50:51 UTC 2023-03-28 08:34:05 UTC hello@padlet.com 348757691 https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336423448 The Father of Medicare]]> 2019-02-28 14:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336423448 348757691 https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336424477 Tommy Douglas' activism revolved around bringing social change in healthcare. His goal was to ensure that every Canadian had the right of free quality medical care regardless of their economic or social situation. This focuses on human rights concerning how everybody has a right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of themselves and their family including medical care. For example, Tommy Douglas wanted to ensure that every Canadian had free health care because of what he saw during the Great Depression. He saw the farmers who suffered during the Great Depression because they couldn't afford medical care for themselves and their families.]]> 2019-02-28 14:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336424477 348757691 https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336450470 Tommy Douglas was born in Falkirk, Scotland on October 20, 1904. When he was six years old, he immigrated to Canada with his family, settling in Winnipeg. In 1924, he went to Brandon College and studied theology and he meets people there who introduces him to ideas of Social Gospel which was a belief where Christianity was above all social religion. During the Great Depression, Tommy Douglas witnessed human suffering first hand. He saw farmers who were unable to afford medical care for themselves and their families. He joined the Saskatchewan Labour party. He did this because he felt like he could do more as a politician. So he began to campaign for free medical care in Canada.]]> 2019-02-28 15:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336450470 348757691 https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336681963 Tommy Douglas was the premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961. He wanted to make sure that every citizen of Canada would have the right to have free medical care so that's what he planned to do once he became the premier of Saskatchewan. In 1931, he established the Independent Labour Party and after two years, he attended the first national convention of the CCF ( Cooperative Commonwealth Federation). His most significant innovation was when the implementation of government funded health insurance. In 1947 the Hospitals Service Plan in Saskatchewan came into effect which gave people with the health cards free medical care.]]> 2019-02-28 23:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336681963 348757691 https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336702879 In the time where Tommy Douglas was the Premier of Saskatchewan, he did many things. One of those things were that he helped implement a system of full health insurance. He also implemented the government funded health insurance in Saskatchewan. One of his most notable implementations was the Saskatchewan Hospital Service Plan which was the first ever hospital insurance plan in Canada. He changed the way medical care was. Before it costed money to get quality medical care but Tommy Douglas fought for free quality medical care for all citizens of Canada.]]> 2019-03-01 01:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336702879 348757691 https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336712214 Lovick, L.d. Tommy Douglas | The Canadian Encyclopedia. 30 July 2013, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tommy-douglas. Accessed on February 28, 2019

Civilization.ca - Making Medicare: The History of Health Care in Canada, 1914-2007. 31 Mar. 2010, https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/medicare/medic01e.html. Accessed On February 28, 2019

“Tommy Douglas.” IMDb, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1426575/bio. Accessed 1 Mar. 2019.]]> 2019-03-01 02:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/348757691/f7w2711bck1u/wish/336712214