media doctor contact
Project Leader
Alan Cassels ( send email)
Address
423 Stannard Avenue Victoria, BC V8S 3M6 Canada
Phone
Local: (250) 361 3120
International: +1 250 361 3120
project partners
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
http://www.policyalternatives.ca
Independent, non-profit research organization, to promote research on economic and social policy issues from a progressive point of view.
Health News Review.org
http://www.healthnewsreview.org/
Our Media Doctor equivalent in the United States, Health News Review.org is sponsored by the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
Media Doctor Australia
http://www.mediadoctor.org.au
Started in 2004, the Media Doctor project in Australia received more than 25,000 visits in the first year, and continues to attract media attention for its efforts to improve the standards of medical journalism in the mainstream Australian media. Shortly after being launched in 2004, the Media Doctor Australia website was named "Website of the Week" by the British Medical Journal, and in 2005 the site (along with Professor David Henry and Amanda Wilson) was awarded the prestigious Eureka Prize for Critical Thinking.
Media Doctor Hong Kong
http://www.mediadoctor.hk/
Our sister site in Hong Kong, which reviews stories in English and Chinese
project funding
Industry Canada, Office of Consumer Affairs
http://consumer.ic.gc.ca
The Office of Consumer Affairs is Industry Canada's window to consumers in the marketplace. It's aim is a fair and efficient marketplace that supports and advances the interests of Canadians as consumers. It's belief is that effective and informed consumer participation in the marketplace is important to a dynamic, competitive economy.
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