The call for an evidence-based integrated funding and service delivery system for newcomers.

As immigration continues to drive Canada's growth, the newcomer serving sector remains pivotal in facilitating newcomers' integration into communities. However, this sector grapples with ongoing challenges, exacerbated by the federal government's priority to increase immigration levels, thereby complicating the settlement landscape. This article examines the funding and service delivery difficulties organizations encounter.

Mental health and policing: Picking up the pieces in a broken system.

A key theme of this article is the need to view the intersection of public safety and public health through a new lens to break down the traditional information silos of the many agencies that serve vulnerable populations and the impact of inadequate community-based mental health services that contribute to the increasing number of calls to police in responding to people in or approaching a mental health crisis. The manifestation of this crisis in the community is that the police are too often the first port in the storm. This article suggests the system is broken and needs fixing.

Predicting and testing a silo-free delivery system.

Given the scale and complexity of the challenge of addressing the aging population, increasing demand for complex and integrated care, this article sets out potential opportunities to predict a future without silos, based on international learnings. Examining another country's health and delivery systems, it is interesting to see the similarities and differences, so we offer some reflections applicable to Canada. These models are breaking down the silos.

Using simulation modelling to test the impact of future demand for end-of-life care.

Health systems globally are exploring new models of care to address the increasing demand for palliative, hospice, and end-of-life care. Yet few tools exist at the population level to explore "what if" scenarios and test, in a "cost avoidance environment," the impact of these new care models on policy, workforce, technology, and funding. This article introduces the application of scenario-based "what if" thinking and discrete event simulation in strategic planning for a not-for-profit hospice organization.