The CMAJ Governance Review Panel, formed in March 2006 to “review the CMAJ's
governance structure and to provide objective recommendations to further the CMAJ's …

In March of last year, CMAJ's editors and many of its stakeholders feared for the journal's
future. The editor-in-chief had been fired, the Journal Oversight Committee disbanded and a …

As society and health care have evolved, so too has CMAJ. Indeed, the journal is a reflection
of the society in which it is firmly rooted. With its 100-year history and the many successes …

CMAJ addressing the appropriateness of physician staffing of a Quebec emergency
department. 1 The editorial considered implications for patient care and the resultant …

* Two original committee appointees, André Picard (reporter for the Globe and Mail) and
Professor Peter Tugwell (University of Ottawa), did not participate in the formulation of this …

Since the firings at the CMAJ in February, there has been passionate public debate about
editorial independence and the governance of the publication. In March, the Canadian …

The recent change in CMAJ's editorial leadership is troubling and disappointing. John Hoey
and Anne Marie Todkill can be proud of their very forward leadership for the Journal during …

The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) was founded in 1911 and after almost a
century of operation it has grown to become Canada's pre-eminent peer-reviewed medical …

On Feb. 29, 2016, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) disbanded the CMAJ's Journal
Oversight Committee (JOC), dismissed Editor-in-Chief Dr. John Fletcher and set up a task …

Editorial independence in scientific journals has again emerged as a fundamental issue for
discussion as a result of recent events at CMAJ. 1–3 Editorial independence is not a simple …