Call to Action - Help our Healthcare Heroes Now!
February 7, 2023 - Prime Minister of Canada announces funding for the creation of a Centre of Excellence on Health Workforce Data
Sign on to Call for Action
Watch the Background Videos to the Call to Action
Read the Health Workforce in Canada Fact Sheet
Read the HHR Infographic-Final ENFR
A call to action for better planning, better care and better work through better data
Canada’s health workers have been here for all of us throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. It is time for us to be there for them. We call on the Government of Canada to support health workers by making significant and immediate investments to enhance the data infrastructure that provinces, territories, regions and training programs need to better plan for and support the health workforce.
We the following researchers, educators, associations, health care unions and network members, are united in expressing our gratitude to Canada’s health workers. We are also gravely concerned about their health and the future of health care in Canada.
Although COVID-19 has heightened our concerns, many health workforce planning issues predate the pandemic. COVID-19 has sharply exposed a lack of clear answers to the most basic questions about Canada’s health workers. What do we know about them? How well do they reflect the diversity of Canada, in terms of Indigenous or racial identity and language of service? What do we know about the scope of their work? How do and can they work together? How can they be recruited, trained and retained where they are most needed? In some critical sectors, such as home care, long-term care and mental health care, we don’t even know how many workers there are.
Pre-pandemic, we knew the health workforce was overstretched and that there was growing concern about accessing timely care close to home. Long wait times are largely caused by shortages of health workers.
The pandemic has exacerbated critical staffing shortages causing excessive workloads; these are a direct result of inadequate planning. Health workers are carrying an enormous mental health burden, for which we risk unprecedented attrition from the health workforce. This will inevitably lead to less access to safe, high- quality care and increased wait times for patients.
Until barriers to effective health workforce planning are addressed through better and more accessible health workforce data, we can expect inadequate planning for population needs now and into the future, inefficient deployment of health workers, persistent maldistribution of services, and a perpetuation of current inequities.
We can do better.
The time is now for Canada to take the lead in supporting provinces, territories, regions and training programs with enhanced and inclusive data and decision-making tools. These tools are needed to make informed staffing decisions, to optimize contributions of the available workforce, and to enable safer workplaces.
Without essential health workforce data, we will continue to make decisions in the dark, with incomplete, misleading and non-standardized information that is disconnected from the real-world experience of those at the point of care.
Urgent Call to Action
We call on the federal government to play a stronger leadership role by establishing a dedicated coordinating body to address critical health workforce data gaps. Reflecting international leading practices, this could be a health workforce agency, akin to the Public Health Agency of Canada. This should significantly enhance existing health workforce data infrastructure to standardize data collection and analysis across workers, sectors and jurisdictions, with links to relevant patient information, healthcare utilization and outcome data, for more fit-for-purpose planning at the provincial, territorial, regional and training program levels. In the interim, we call on the federal government to provide targeted funding to the provinces and territories to begin to immediately address critical shortages. |
Improved health system planning through better health workforce data can make a world of difference for health workers and the Canadian public.
Please add your name to our Call for Action at https://forms.gle/se7fFVsWKGgnuGQFA
Signatories
On behalf of an organization (in alphabetical order)
Organization | Name | Position |
Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada | Geneviève Moineau | President and CEO |
Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada | Janet Cooper | |
Association of Nova Scotia Midwives | CJ Blennerhassett | President |
Association of Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC | ||
Association of Ontario Midwives | ||
Association Québécoise des infirmères et infirmiers | Natalie Stake-Doucet | Présidente |
Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba | ||
Bayshore Healthcare | Zoe Vernham | Director Healthcare Innovation |
Black Medical Student Association of Canada | Meredith Rémy | Director of Communications |
Black Physicians of Canada | Modupe Tunde-Byass | President |
British Columbia Nurses Union | Aman Grewal | Vice-President |
Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists | Irving Gold | Chief Executive Officer |
Canadian Association of Midwives | Alixandra Bacon | President |
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy | Hélène Sabourin | Chief Executive Officer |
Canadian Association of Optometrists | François Couillard | Executive Director |
Canadian Association of Rural and Remote Nurses | Executive Members | |
Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing | Cynthia Baker | Executive Director |
Canadian Association of Social Workers | Joan Davis-Whelan | President |
Canadian Black Nurses Alliance (CBNA) | ||
Canadian Chiropractic Association (CCA) | Alison Dantas | CEO |
Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association | Carrie Foster | President-Elect |
Canadian Dental Assistants' Association | Stephanie Kavanagh | Executive Director |
Canadian Dental Hygienists Association | Ondina Love | Chief Executive Officer |
Canadian Doctors of Medicare | Melanie Bechard | Chair |
Canadian Federation of Medical Students | ||
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions | Linda Silas | President |
Canadian Health Coalition | Pauline Worsfold | Chair |
Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative | Sharla King | Chair |
Canadian Massage Therapist Alliance | Michael Feraday | Executive Director |
Canadian Medical Association | Katherine Smart | President |
Canadian Medical Protective Association | Lisa Calder | CEO |
Canadian Nurses Association | Mike Villeneuve | Chief Executive Officer |
Canadian Nursing Informatics Association | Glynda Rees | President |
Canadian Phlebotomy Technicians Group Inc | Sharif Khan | Director |
Canadian Physiotherapy Association | John-Paul Cody-Cox | Chief Executive Officer |
Canadian Psychological Association | Karen Cohen | Chief Executive Officer |
Canadian Society of Medical Laboratory Science | Christine Nielsen | Chief Executive Officer |
Canadian Society of Physician Leaders | John Van Aerde | Executive Medical Director |
College of Family Physicians of Canada | Francine Lemire | Chief Executive Officer |
Dietitians of Canada | Nathalie Savoie | Chief Executive Officer |
Embrace Health Foundation | Arlene Lusterio | CEO |
HealthCareCAN | Paul-Emile Cloutier | President & CEO |
Indigenous Primary Health Care Council | Caroline Lidstone-Jones | CEO |
International Council of Nurses | Lisa Little | 1st VO |
Internationally Trained Physicians of Ontario (ITPO) | ||
LEADS Global | Graham Dickson | Principal |
Manitoba Nurses Union | Darlene Jackson | President |
New Brunswick Nurses Union | Paula Doucet | President |
Northern Ontario School of Medicine | ||
Nova Scotia Nurses Union | Janet Hazelton | President |
Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada | Lenora Brace | President |
Nurse Practitioner Association of Manitoba | Cindy Fehr | CEO |
Ontario Anestheiologists, A section of the OMA | ||
Ontario Black Nurses' Network | Shelly Philip LaForest | Executive Director |
Ontario Medical Association | Allan O'Dette | CEO |
Ontario Nurses Association | Vicki McKenna | President |
Pan Canadian Association of Nurses of African Descent | ||
Pediatric Chairs of Canada | Emily Gruenwoldt | Executive Director |
PEI Nurses Union | Barbara Brookins | President |
Registered Nurses Union of Newfoundland and Labrador | Yvette Coffey | President |
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada | Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce | Chief Executive Officer |
Saskatchewan Federation of Labour | Lori Johb | President |
Saskatchewan Health Coaltion | Karen Wasylenko | Chair |
Saskatchewan Nursing Informatics Association | Pamela Farthing | President |
Saskatchewan Union of Nurses | Tracy Zambory | President |
Service Employees Union International (SEIU) Healthcare | Sharleen Stewart | President |
Société Santé en francais | Eve Laframboise | |
Speech-Language & Audiology Canada | Dawn Wilson | Chief Executive Officer |
United Food and Commercial Workers, Locals 175 & 633 | Shawn Haggerty | President |
United Nurses of Alberta | Heather Smith | President |
Workforce Edge Advisory Services | Shawn C. Drake | Chair |
World Education Services | Shamira Madhany | Managing Director |
On behalf of an individual (in alphabetical order)
Name | Position | Organization |
Susan Abercromby | Psychotherapist | |
Ibrahim Abughori | PhD Student | University of British Columbia |
Tracey L. Adams | Professor | The University of Western Ontario |
Monica Aggarwal | Assistant Professor | University of Toronto |
Karyn Agyepong | Registered Nurse | |
Nabeelah Ahmed | Data Analyst | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
Houssem Eddine Ben Almed | Post-doctoral Fellow | University of Ottawa |
Ahmednur Ali | PhD Candidate | McMaster University |
Debra Andersen | Site Manager | Bethany Sylvan Lake |
Ruolz Ariste | Adjunct Professor | Laval University |
Cheryl Armistead | RN, MScN, Faculty Lecturer | McGill University |
Hugh Armstrong | Carleton University | |
Pat Armstrong | ||
Sylvie Arseneau | PhD, CCCm CTA, Professeure | Université de Moncton |
Jelena Atanackovic | Senior Research Associate | University of Ottawa & CHWN |
Katie Aubrecht | CRC Health Equity and Social Justice, Assistant Professor | StFX University |
Cristelle Audet | PhD, RP | |
Pamela Austman | Registered Nurse | |
Michael Balas | Medical Student | University of Toronto |
Lesley Barron | General Surgeon | |
Chris Baumeister | Registered Nurse | |
Pamela Baxter | Associate Professor | McMaster University |
Sheila Bear | ||
Jacinthe Beauchamp | PhD, Professeure Associée | Centre de formation médicale du NB |
Jean-Luc Bédard | Professeur agrégé | Université TÉLUQ & CHWN |
Cecilia Benoit | Professor & Scientist | University of Victoria, CHWN Member |
Heike Berger | Registered Midwife | Midwifes Grey Bruce |
Vandna Bhatia | Assistant Professor | Carleton University |
Beverley Biggs | Primary Care Social Worker | |
Aline Bogossian | Assistant Professor | Université de Montréal, École de travail social |
Lady Bolongaita | RN, PhD Graduand | University of Toronto |
Susan Bondy | University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health | |
Allyson Booth | Registered Midwife | |
Roxane Borgès Da Silva | Associate Professor | School of Public Health, University of Montréal |
Barb Boucher | Registered Nurse | |
Dax Bourcier | MD MSc | IWK-Health Centre |
Ivy Bourgeault | Professor & Research Chair | University of Ottawa and CHWN lead |
Myriam Breau | Université de Moncton | |
Dina Brooks | Vice Dean | McMaster University |
Sylvain Brousseau | Inf. PhD Professeur | UQO |
Paula Brunning | ||
Stirling Bryan | Professor | UBC |
Venise Bryan | Assistant Professor | Athabasca University |
Denise Bryant-Lukosius | Associate Professor | School of Nursing and Alba DiCenso Chair in Advanced Practice Nursing, McMaster University |
Judy Buchanan | ||
Jacqueline Buckley | CD, CCC | |
Amanda Burri | Registered Psychotherapist | Private Practice |
Barbara Byers | C.M. | |
Eric Cadesky | MD CM | CCFP FCFP |
Erin Cameron | Associate Professor | Northern Ontario School of Medicine |
Paula Cashin-Kennedy | Radiologist | |
Caroline Chamberland Rowe | Phd (c) Health Systems Management | University of Ottawa & CHWN Co-Lead |
Ming-Ka Chang | Pediatrician and Clinician Educator | |
Leigh Chapman | Registered Nurse | |
Janice Chisholm | Professor and Head | Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University |
Patrick Chiu | RN, PhD Candidate | University of Alberta |
Katie Churchill | Rehabilitative Care Alliance | |
Kathleen Clements | Principal | Clements Consulting |
Melissa Corrente | Research Associate | University of Ottawa |
Marjorie Griffin Cohen | Professor Emeritus | Simon Fraser University |
Kayla Coté | ||
Ronaye Coulson | Certified Clinical Counsellor | |
Krista Connell | Retired | |
Gail Creaser | Lecturer | Dalhousie University |
Rob Crisp | Former Director Studen Health | University of Victoria |
Natasha Cromwell | Registered Nurse | New Brunswick (Horizon Health Network) |
Valorie Crooks | Professor & Canada Research Chair | Simon Fraser University |
Edward Cruz | Assistant Professor | University of Windsor |
Tamara Daly | Professor of Health Equity | York University |
Jean-Louis Denis | Professor & Canada Research Chair | Université de Montréal-CRCHUM |
Faith Donald | Professor Emerita | Ryerson University |
Becky Donelon | Paramedic Education and Research | |
Raelynn Douglas | Founder | Raesoleil Consulting |
Susan Drouin | Associate Professor | Ingram School of Nursng, McGill University |
Mary-Kathleen Dunn | Policy Analyst | |
Joy Dunphy | RN, Newfoundland & Labrador | |
Cheryl Dyke | MN RN | |
Marie Earl | Assistant Professor, Physiotherapist | Dalhousie University |
Nancy Edgecombe | Retired from Academia and Remote Nursing | |
Laura Eilers | LPN MNU | |
Aderemi Ejiwunmi | MSc, RM Mississauga, Ontario | |
EL Kebir Ghandour | PhD, Scientific Advisor | Health Policy and Services Research |
Dana El-Mughayyar | Clinical Trials Lead | Horizon Health Network |
Kim English | Professor | Trent/Fleming School of Nursing |
Josephine Etowa | Professor | University of Ottawa |
Jennifer Farnham | RB-BScN | Health PEI |
Jennifer Finestone | Registered Psychotherapist | Private Practice |
Lucie Filteau | MD, Vice-President | Canadian Anesthesiologists`Society |
Michael Fitzgerald | ||
Alana Flexman | Clinical Associate Professor | Department of Anesthesia, St-Paul's Hospital/Providence Health Care, University of British Columbia |
Colleen Flood | University Research Chair in Health Law & Policy | University of Ottawa |
Caroline Foster | Couple and Family Therapist (CCPA Member, OTSTCFQ) | Psychotherapist Private Practice |
Jodi Found | Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program; co-director of Education | Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatchewan Collaborative; CNIA; CASN Chair, Digital Health Interest Group |
Angela Freeman | Registered Midwife | |
Tracey Frimpong | Registered Dietitian | |
Susan Fryer-Keene | BScN, Chair GTA Chapter | CCHL |
Laura Funk | Professor of Sociology | University of Manitoba |
Brenda Gamble | Associate Professor | Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University & CHWN |
Rebecca Ganann | Assistant Professor | School of Nursing |
Charlotte Garvin | Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) | Ottawa Counseling and Psychotherapy Center |
Leslie Gaudette | MSc | Epidemiology |
John Gilbert | Professor Emeritus | University of British Columbia & Founding Chair, Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative |
Marie-Andree Girard | Anesthesiologist and Law Doctoral Candidate | |
James Goertzen | Associate Dean | Continuing Education Professional Development, Northern Ontario School of Medicine |
Christine-Anne Goodyer | ||
Cindi Gould | ||
Mike Gould | ||
Sarah Gover | Family Physician & Chair Maternal & Newborn Committee | Society of Rual Physicians of Canada |
Dea Graessli Wise | Faculty | Saskpolytechnic |
Jennifer Grandy | ||
Chris Green | Assistant Professor | University of Manitoba |
Michael E Green | Professor | Depts of Familty Medicine, Public Health Sciences and Policy Studies, Queen's University |
Kelly Gregory | BPH, MSc Candidate | University of Waterloo |
Ron Griffith | Psychologist | Private Practice |
Alisa Grigorovich | ||
Jeremy Grimshaw | Senior Scientist; Professor | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; University of Ottawa |
Sarah Groom | Registered Nurse | |
Neeru Gupta | Associate Professor | University of New Brunswick & CHWN Co-Lead |
Joanne Guimond | Conseillere Thérapeute Agréée | |
Gloria M Gutman | PhD Professor Emerita & President | Gerontology Dept Simon Fraser University & North American chapter International Society for Gerontechnology |
Gayle Halas | Rady Chair in Interprofessional Collaborative Practice | University of Manitoba & CHWN Co-Lead |
Jane Hampson | ||
Sarah Hanafi | Resident Physician | McGill University |
Hanieh | Social Worker | CIUSSS |
Lorraine Hanley | ||
Lorian Hardcastle | Associate Professor | University of Calgary |
Brenda Hardie | Family Physician | Vancouver, BC |
Emma Harrison | Trainor, Quality Specialist - CQI Coach | Hamilton Health Sciences |
Miranda Harvey | Student Counsellor (MC Candidate) | City University in Canada |
Sarah Hewko | Assistant Professor | University of Prince Edward Island |
Lindsay Hedden | Assistant Professor | Simon Fraser University & CHWN Co-Lead |
Kendra Higgs | Canadian Certified Counsellor | CCPA |
Jack Hill | ||
Sheila Holden | ||
Kim Hollihan | Canadian Counselling and Psychotheraphy Association | CEO |
Kathryn Hollis | Pharmacist and Director CHEOWorks & Operations Support | CHEO |
Janyse Hrynkow | MA CCC Psychotherapist /Critical Incident | |
Natasha Hubbard Murdoch | Interprofessional Care Researcher | Saskatchewan Polytechnic |
Emilie Hudson | PhD Student | McGill University |
Sophie Huot | Psychotherapist | |
Damilola Iduye | Dalhousie University | |
Jennifer Jackson | RN,PhD, Assistant Professor | University of Calgary |
Sharleen Jahner | Secretary | Canadian Association of Rural and Remote Nurses |
Sandra Jalonen | ||
Jessica Johnson | Registered Psychotherapist | Stradwick Clinic |
Alan Katz | Professor and Director | University of Manitoba & Manitoba Centre for Health Policy |
Allan Katz | Principal | Health System Planning and Consulting Services, Inc. |
Satinder Kaur | Advanced Practice Nurse | |
Kin Kelly | Associate Clinical Professor | University of Alberta |
E. Kevin Kelloway | Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health Psychology | Saint Mary's University |
Dennis Kendel | Health Policy Consultant | Self-Employed |
Hiba Khatkhat | Registered Psychotherapist | Hiba Khatkhat Multicultural Counselling |
Amy Kirubakaran | MLT | B.Sc. |
Jennifer Kitts | Vice-President, Advocacy and Policy | Canadian Medical Association |
Megan Klammer | MPH BScN RN, Director of Special Projects - Underserved | Island Health, BC |
Manal Kleib | Assistant Professor | School of Nursing, University of Alberta |
Janna Klostermann | Carleton University | |
Karl Koziura | Shift Coordinator-Masters Student | Interior Health Authority (BC) & Masters of Science: Executive Nurse Leadership and Health Policy at Walden University Candidate |
Wanda Krywiak | RN/NC | Canadian Blood Services |
Ron Labonte | Distinguished University Research Chair | University of Ottawa |
Robert Lalancette | ||
Alika Lafontaine | Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine | University of Alberta |
Margrieta Langins | Health Services Management Centre | School of Social Policy |
Amanda Laprade | Addiction Counselor | Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services |
Francine Laurencelle | Senior Instructor | University of Manitoba |
Julie Ann Lawrence | Nurse Practitioner | London Health Sciences Centre |
Martin Lauzier | Professeur Titulaire | Université du Québec en Outaouais |
Joseph Leblanc | ||
Kathy Leblanc | Registered Nurse | Public Health NB |
Leanne Leclaire | Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy | University of Manitoba |
Debra Lefebvre | Podcaster, 2RN1MD | Brockville General Hospital & Limestone City Mental Health |
Kate Leslie | Assistant Professor | Athabasca University & CHWN |
Louis Levesque | Counselling Therapist | Service de Counselling Meunier-Levesque |
Andrew Liston | ||
Chantal Longobardi | ||
Joam Lopez | RN | HSC |
Michelle Lui | MLT Educator | College of New Caledonia |
Amy Ma | Patient Leader | |
Danielle Macdonald | PhD RN, Assistant Professor | Queen`s University |
Johnathan MacDonald | Canadian Forces Health Services | |
Andrew MacDougall | Executive Director | Health PEI |
Joanne Maclaren | RN, BSN, MN, CHE, Nursing Director | |
Martha MacLeod | Professor | University of Northern British Columbia |
Kathleen MacMillan | PhD | FAAN, FCAN, Retired Nurse |
Mohua Malik | Therapist | Fraser Health |
Stan Marchuk | Nurse Practionner and Adjunct Professor | |
Renata Mares | Public Health Consultant | |
Emily Gard Marshall | Family Medicine | Dalhousie University |
Bernadette Martin | UAlberta Rehab Med | |
Donna Martin | Professor, RN | University of Manitoba |
Gina Martin | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Disciplines | Athabasca University |
Maria Mathews | Professor | Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University |
Leatitia Mbassegue | Chair of English Communications | BMSAC |
Colin John Lindsay McCartney | Professor and Chair | Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa |
Karen McCoy | RN | Bargaining Unit President - CHEO |
Rita McCracken | MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Family Practice | UBC |
Craig McDonald | M. Ed., RCT, Clinical Therapist | |
Allan McDougall | Qualitative Research | Canadian Medical Protective Association |
Dolores McKeen | Professor & Chief Dept of Anesthesia | IWK Health Centre |
Lori McKenzie | Registered Nurse | |
Eileen McMahon | ||
Kim McMillan | Assistant Professor | School of Nursing, University of Ottawa |
Shauna Michaud | Psychotherapist qualifying | |
Barb Mildon | CNA Past President and CEO | Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes |
Kate Miller | Assistant Professor, Dept of Family Medicine | McMaster University |
Heather Mills | Registered Nurse | |
Renee Misfeldt | Scientific Director | Work Wellness Institute |
Sandra Moll | PhD, OT Reg (ON), Associate Professor | School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University |
Wesley Moore | Registered Psychotherapist | |
Lisa Morgan | Adjunct Professor | University of Ottawa |
Rosemary Morgan | Associate Scientist | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Publuc Health |
Steve Morgan | Professor | University of British Columbia |
Nick Moroz | ||
Danielle de Moissac | Professor | Université de Saint-Boniface |
Kaitlyn Munn | School Counsellor | CCPA NB Board Member |
Alex Munter | President and CEO | CHEO (Children`s Hospital of Eastern Ontario/Ottawa Children`s Treatment Centre |
Sue Murphy | Head, Department of Physical Therapy | University of British Columbia |
Lesley Myles | Director of Opterations | Carewest |
Sophia Myles | MERLIN Postdoctoral Fellow | Northern Ontario School of Medicine |
Alison Nachtegaele | Registered Nurse | Saskatchewan |
Maisam Najafizada | Assistant Professor | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
Dave Neary | Registered Psychotherapist C.R.P.O | |
Elena Neiterman | University of Waterloo | |
Nadeane Nelson | ||
Sarah Newbery | Assistan Dean | Physician Workforce Strategy, NOSM |
Stephanie Ngo | ||
Jason Nickerson | Respiratory Therapist and Investigator; Adjunct Professor | Bruyere Research Institute; University of Ottawa for Health Law, Policy and Ethics |
Wendy Nicklin | Healthcare Consultant | |
Behdin Nowrouxi-Kia | Assistant Professor | Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto |
Sophie Nunnelly | Associate Director | University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics |
Kathleen O'Grady | Research Associate | Concordia University |
Lisa O'Grady | Registered Psychotherapist | MHASO |
Julianah Oguntala | Ontario Regional Director | Black Medical Students' Association of Canada |
Brieanne Olibris | University of Ottawa | |
Mia Omara | Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) | Lotus-Psychotherapy |
Beverly Orser | Professor and Chair | Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto |
Kyla Oshanek | Registered Dental Hygienist | |
Gigi Osler | Assistant Professor | University of Manitoba |
Jane M. Oxenbury | ||
Nathalie Pambrun | Advocacy for the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives | |
P. Alison Paprica | ||
Sophia Park | Clinical Associate Professor | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia |
Martha Paynter | Dalhousie University | |
Lisa Pawlowski | Registered Nurse-Emergency | Trillium Health Partners-M Site |
Annie Perreault | Psychologue (Quebec) | |
Meghan Perrin | ||
Deborah Petrie | Registered Nurse | Prairie Mountain Health |
Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University |
Mitch Podworny | RNBN | Winnipeg Regional Health Authority |
Lorraine Poirier | RN | Manitoba |
Marie-Eve Poitras | Registered Nurse and Professor/Researcher | |
Nathaniel Pollock | Research Associate | Labrador Institute, Memorial University |
Paul Preston | Physician | |
Claire Provencher | Psychologue en pratique privée | |
Kaylynn Purdy | Resident Doctor | University of Alberta, MSc Health Policy- Stanford University |
Adria Quigley | Postdoctoral Fellow | McGill University Health Centre |
Mateen Raazi | Provincial Head Anesthesiology | University of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Health Authority |
Helen Ramirez | ||
Mike Ravenek | Health Sciences Manager | Northern Ontario School of Medicine |
Mateen Raazi | Provincial Head Anesthesiology | Saskatchewan |
Danyaal Raza | Family Physician & Assistant Professor | University of Toronto |
Emily Read | ||
Ann Rhéaume | Professor | Université de Moncton |
Julie Richardson | Professor, Assistant Dean | School Rehabilitation Science McMaster University |
Nicole Roach | Registered Midwife | Association of Ontario Midwives |
Andria Robin | Registered Psychotherapist | |
Sue Robinson | Registered Counselling Therapist | |
Charlene Esteban Ronquillo | Assistant Professor | Ryerson University |
Emily Rowland | Nursing Student and PhD Candidate | Dalla Lana School of Public Health |
Alan Ruddiman | Rural Generalist Physician | Oliver, British Columbia; Co-Chair BC Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues; Director, Rural Coordination Centre of BC |
Derek Rutherford | Associate Professor | Dalhousie University |
Verne Saari | ONA paramedical | |
Bukola Salami | Associate Professor | School of Nursing, University of Alberta |
Tanya Sanders | TRU School of Nursing | |
Firat K Sayin | Assistant Professor | Saint Mary's University |
Cynthia Schoppmann | Registered Psychotherapist | CJS Psychotherapy & Consulting Services |
Olga Scibior | Counselling Therapist in Nova Scotia | |
Natali Senechal | Psychotherapist | NSS Counselling Services Ottawa |
Reetu Sharma Sogani | Public Health | |
Jay Shaw | Assistant Professor | Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto |
Blythe Shepard | PhD, professor, | University of Lethbridge |
Nicola Sherwin-Roller | MA CCC RCAT | Private Practice Therapist |
Tammy Skomorowski | Canadian Certified Counsellor | Solopreneur at True S3lf: Wellness for Mind, Body & Spirit |
Sarah Simkin | Physician | CHWN Health Workforce Planning Co-Lead |
Chantal Singh | Clinical Educator & Registered Nurse | LHSC Children's Hospital |
Steve Slade | Director of Research | College of Family Physicians of Canada |
Anna Socha | RA | Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |
Meagan Spoerri | RN | CHEO |
Kelli Stajduhar | Professor | School of Nursing, University of Victoria |
Jehanne St Coeur | Infirmière | Réseau de santé vitalité |
Jennifer Stephens | FHD Associate Dean Undergraduate Programs | Athabasca University |
Karin Stewart | New Perspectives Psychotherapy | Private Practice |
Linda Storm | MACP Student | Yorkville University |
Javeed Sukhera | Associate Professor | Western University |
Aleesa Sutton | RCC, CCC | Cinnamon Counselling |
Arthur Sweetman | Professor and Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources | School of Economics, McMaster University |
Amy Tan | Palliative Care & Family Physician, Clinical Associate Professor | University of British Columbia |
Elizabeth Tanguay | Director | Ottawa East OHT |
Marta Tataryn | ||
Justin Tennant | ||
Vidhi Thakkar | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Lecturer | CIHR HSIF |
Kellie Thiessen | University of Manitoba | |
Roger Thiessen | ||
Lorraine Thirsk | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Health Disciplines |
Bill Tholl | Author | Former Senior Health Executive |
Scott G Thomas | Professor | University of Toronto and Registered Kinesiologist |
Meaghan Thumath | Clinical Assistant Professor | UBC School of Nursing |
Carla Tilley | RN, MN, PhD, EDD, Professor of Nursing | Vancouver Island University, BC |
Jessica Tombari | ||
Jennifer Tran | Primary Care Advisor | Ontario Health Central Region |
Lee Toner | ||
Andrea Tricco | Director & Scientist Knowledge Synthesis Team | Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute |
Lynne Trottier | ||
Rachelle Trudel | Telecounsellor | LifeWorks |
Peter Tugwell | Professor | University of Ottawa |
Anne-Marie Tynan | Research Program Manager, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions | Unity Health Toronto |
Meredith Vanstone | Associate Professor | McMaster University |
Molly Verrier | Associate Professor Emeritus | Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto |
Deborah Viel | ||
Sandra Venneri | Dietetic Intern | MAN Candidate |
Monic Vokey | ||
Mark Walker | Interim Dean Globalization and Internationalization | University of Ottawa |
Margaret Walton Roberts | Professor | Wilfred Laurier University, Balsillie School of Intl. Affairs |
Karen Watts | Registered Nurse | |
Sharada Weir | OMA | |
Dorothy Wigmore | Occupational Health Specialist | |
Maegan Witherell | Registered Nurse | |
Tracy Wolbaum | Executive Director of Human Resources | Health PEI |
C. Ruth Wilson | Professor Emerita | Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University |
Kathi Wilson | Assistant Professor | Midwifery Education Program, McMaster University |
Tanya Wilson | NBASW | |
Sabrina Wong | RN, PhD, Professor | Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and School of Nursing, UBC |
Brianne Wood | Postdoctoral Fellow | Northern Ontario School of Medicine |
Katherine Zagrodney | Research Associate | University of Ottawa |
Please add your name to our Call for Action at https://forms.gle/se7fFVsWKGgnuGQFA