Mar. 19: HEALTH SCIENCE PUB – "Taming the Queue, or What's Up With Wait-lists?” Our wildly popular Science Pub Series has returned for an eighth incredible season! Enjoy lectures on scientific topics of general interest in our Arizona Room over fine craft beer and award-winning pub cuisine. The room opens at 5:00 PM. Avoid disappointment and come down early for dinner and a pint before the presentation which begins at 7:00 PM. This month’s lecture will be presented by Dr. Tom McIntosh, Professor, Politics and International Studies at the University of Regina. The ability of the health care system to manage wait lists has again come to the fore in light of recent reports that the wait lists for MRIs has doubled since Saskatchewan introduced its "buy one, get one" private MRI policy in 2016. This talk will focus on why the length of the list is far less worrisome than the length of the wait and will assess the reasons why both are growing. Wait times come in many forms and are less something to be fixed than they are something to be managed on an ongoing basis. This talk will examine how the system might best begin to manage the lists to reduce overall wait times and improve access to a broad continuum of care.