The 500 physician assistants in Ontario will soon be regulated by the CPSO. Currently PAs are regulated in only three provinces–Alberta, Manitoba and New Brunswick–and their ranks are growing.
The legacy of residential schools is not just in the intergenerational trauma and impacts on Indigenous families and communities—it is also in the healthcare system.
The Society of Rural Physicians of Canada sent a letter to provincial and territorial health ministers advocating for national licensure for Canadian physicians. Eleven other medical associations signed the letter.
Provinces acted quickly on NACI's recommendations about mixing and matching doses. All provinces are offering a choice, meaning that pharmacists will be fielding many questions.
“I had been researching to see which (vaccine booking systems) would be best for us, and when we got the offer to be part of the pilot for this new software, I said ‘OK.’”
A Cree woman had just given birth to her sixth child in Saskatoon, when she was presented with a consent form for her sterilization. She was screaming that she "didn't want this,'' but it happened anyway.
