Jan. 22, 2026 This file photo taken on October 19, 2009 shows A physician with stethoscope in Manassas, Virginia. A new Ontario study found that female and male family doctors don’t work the same way. On average, patients get more time with women GPs — yet those doctors earn less. KAREN BLEIER AFP/Getty Images By Iris GorfinkelContributor Iris Gorfinkel is a family physician and clinical researcher in Toronto. A new Ontario study  is a wake-up call for “equal pay for equal wo

Jan. 20, 2026 Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones attends a news conference at the Michener Institute of Education in Toronto, Dec. 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young By Lhamo Dolkar and Doris Grinspun, Contributors Lhamo Dolkar is a practicing NP and the president of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO). Dr. Doris Grinspun is RNAO’s chief executive officer.   Alberta’s push toward for-profit health care has been making headlines, drawing criticism and p

From optometry and pharmacy to public health and therapeutics, Waterloo alumni are powering Canada’s health care sector   January 16, 2026 By University Relations Did you know your optometrist is likely a University of Waterloo graduate? Or that Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy offers Canada’s only pharmacy co-op program? Waterloo doesn’t just teach — our programs transform our students into allied health professionals who diagnose, treat, rehabilitate and support patients, impr

Ontario Premier Doug Ford proposed expanding the list of “minor ailments” that pharmacists can treat during a press conference at a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy in Etobicoke on Jan. 11, 2023. Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press file photo Dec. 18, 2025 By Iris Gorfinkel, Contributor Iris Gorfinkel is a family physician and clinical researcher in Toronto.   Hardly a year passes that this doesn’t happen: a patient wakes up with a sore throat, but I’m away. It’s Christmas Day and th

Ontario Health Coalition Urgent Briefing December 16, 2025  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pictured speaking at a news conference earlier this year. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press) Alberta's government, led by Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party, passed a new law, Bill 11 The Health Statutes Amendment Act, last week. With its passage the existential threat for public medicare in Canada is here. The new law sets up two-tier medicare and private health insuranc

Dec. 5, 2025 By Iris Gorfinkel, Contributor Iris Gorfinkel is a family physician and clinical researcher in Toronto. Ontario’s auditor general Shelley Spence speaks to media following the release of her annual report at the Ontario legislature on Tuesday. The report “glosses over the main reason why one-in-four Ontarians will have no family doctor by 2026,” writes Dr. Iris Gorfinkel. Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press file photo The auditor general’s latest report on primary care

Tracy Glynn, Canadian Health Coalition November 28, 2025 With unprecedented attacks on Canada’s public health care system, hear from frontline defenders of public health care in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and B.C. who are using various strategies to protect Canada’s universal public health care system. From going to court to filing complaints, mobilizing experts and local activists, these champions of public health care are leading the charge for better Medicare.  Monday, Decem

Ontario Today with Amanda Pfeffer Nov. 26, 2025 The move by Alberta has raised a debate across Canada about whether the expansion of private options can fix long delays and wait lists. Here in Ontario, we’ve seen a growing number of private options even for primary care including subscription-based access to nurse practitioners and private clinics. There are online primary care options through sites like Maple.   In a bid to take on long surgery waitlists in hospitals, the Fo

Moving toward the creation of a National Health Service. Britain was the first western country to offer free at the point of use medical care to the whole population. A fundraising event to support the Waterloo Region Health Coalition. Waterloo Region Health Coalition November 19, 2025 1945 was a pivotal year in British history. The unity that carried Britain through the war allied to the bitter memories of the inter-war years led to a vision of a better society. The spirit o

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If the Ford government fails to improve health-care funding, 7,263 nurses could be cut by 2027-28, further worsening Ontario’s number of nurses per capita.

CUPE Ontario October 14, 2025 Toronto – Yesterday, Ontario Health at Home announced that it was reconsidering the timeline for its four-day-a-week, return-to-office plan — a clear response to the growing pressure from CUPE members who spoke out together. But less than 24 hours later, at 2 p.m. today, the employer issued another memo reversing course and announcing that staff will now be expected to return to the office beginning October 20. This is a complete contradiction

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