Thank You to Our Readers and Contributors

This issue marks the final issue in the first volume of the Canadian Journal of Health Technologies. CADTH would like to thank all of our contributors, readers, and subscribers for engaging with our work over the past 12 months. Accepted abstracts from the annual CADTH Symposium have been published for the first time in a special supplement to the journal, making the conference proceedings more available to the scientific community and other stakeholders. CADTH encourages readers to submit comments and ideas for future issues of the Canadian Journal of Health Technologies to help us advance our role as an effective communication channel for health technology assessment, implementation science, and knowledge mobilization in Canada.

Krešimir Krnjević (1927–2021) and GABAergic inhibition: a lifetime dedication

After over seven decades of neuroscience research, it is now well established that γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. In this paper dedicated to Krešimir Krnjević (1927–2021), a pioneer and leader in neuroscience, we briefly highlight the fundamental contributions he made in identifying GABA as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain and our personal interactions with him. Of note, between 1972 and 1978 Dr. Krnjević was a highly reputed Chief Editor of the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology.

Editorial Introduction to VIBE Special Issue

This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies is a result of the activity surrounding VIBE: Challenging ableism and audism through the arts, a 3-day international symposium exploring the existing and potential contributions of the Deaf/disability arts to aesthetic innovations, research-creation and cultural change in attitudes towards the capacities of the Deaf/disabled. The symposium, which took place at Concordia University from November 30 - December 2, 2018, brought together Deaf/disabled academics, emerging scholars, post-doctoral researchers, activists, artists, and students – and their allies – for vibrant exchanges on the relationship between disability arts research and disability arts practice.

Report: Covering disadvantaged neighbourhoods

Residents of Toronto's poorest neighbourhoods sometimes accuse the media of only reporting bad news. Is this true? And if it is true, does this matter? A new study in the Canadian Journal of Urban Research analyzes the impact local news coverage has on 13 troubled communities where social services are inadequate and poverty is rising.

Report: Covering disadvantaged neighbourhoods

Residents of Toronto's poorest neighbourhoods sometimes accuse the media of only reporting bad news. Is this true? And if it is true, does this matter? A new study in the Canadian Journal of Urban Research analyzes the impact local news coverage has on 13 troubled communities where social services are inadequate and poverty is rising.