Forty-Five Years of the CJHP: Never Closed, Always Renovating.

As a fashion consumer or “clotheshorse”, I have sometimes been disappointed to encounter a sign reading “Closed for Renovation”. As consumers of the CJHP, our readers should not be subjected to such an experience. This year, as we celebrate our 45th anniversary of continuous publication, we are preparing for next year’s application to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) for MEDLINE indexing. Through this process, I’ve realized the extent to which CJHP provides value to readers in Canada and throughout the world, as part of their individual and institutional self-improvement journeys. Similarly, CJHP has made many improvements over the past 10 years (since the Journal last applied to the NLM), some of which are highlighted below.