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- Letters
- Submissions
- RNAO members speak out
- Media interviews
- Media conferences
Media releases and Media advisories
Media releases
May 2022
- Deep crisis in nursing demands urgent action by government, employers, educators and associations
- Budget offers a glimmer of hope for challenges facing the nursing profession and Ontarians
April 2022
- RNAO urges Premier Doug Ford not to lift mask mandates in high-risk settings due to end April 27
- Nurses praise federal government commitment to dental care, child care and co-op housing; insufficient increase in health transfers and lack of attention to climate emergency deeply concerning
March 2022
- RNAO applauds federal Liberal/NDP partnership to improve health and wellbeing of Canadians
- Ontario’s decision to drop mask mandate puts politics ahead of science, risking gains made
February 2022
- RNAO releases its 2022 provincial election platform; calls on party leaders to prioritize Ontarians’ health
- Ontario government must maintain key public health measures to address catastrophic surgical backlog: RNAO says
- Nursing report calls to end anti-Black racism and discrimination within the profession
- RNAO to release nursing report tackling anti-Black racism in the profession
January 2022
- RNAO calls out extremist and hateful actions driven by far-right on display in Ottawa
- Prioritize health system pressures ahead of lifting public health measures: RNAO says
- Government's "too little, too late" approach leading to hospital sector collapse, says RNAO
December 2021
- Ontario government surrendering its fight against Omicron: Says RNAO
- Ontario’s doctors and nurses thank those working over holidays to keep everyone safe
- RNAO says government’s new measures essential but not enough to blunt Omicron’s force
- RNAO welcomes plan to move up eligibility dates for third doses. Free rapid tests. Urges additional public health measures to slow down the spread of Omicron.
- Nursing crisis risks patient safety and health of Ontarians: Premier Ford must #RepealBill124 to prevent health-system collapse
- RNAO’s annual Media Awards competition now open
- RNAO issues call to all Ontario MPPs: #StandWithNurses by demanding Bill 124 be repealed
- RNAO welcomes expansion of boosters and says Omicron is the #VaccineInjusticeVariant
November 2021
- 2022 Nursing Now Ontario Awards: Celebrating nursing's best
- Nurses celebrate National Nurse Practitioner Week and call for scope expansion to improve access to the health system
- Gerente General de RNAO recibe Prestigioso Premio de Sigma Internacional por su Trayectoria Professional de Vida
- RNAO CEO Dr. Doris Grinspun receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Sigma International
- Ontario’s economic statement signals government’s concerns with nursing human resources
- RNAO deeply disappointed with Premier Ford’s decision on mandatory vaccination
October 2021
- RNAO is deeply disappointed with government’s reopening plan
- Mandate vaccinations for all health-care and education workers and immediately establish safe zones to protect patients, students and workers
- Ontario nurses call on the prime minister to stop the court battle with First Nations children and their families
- RNAO commends move to mandate vaccination for long-term care staff and urges the same for all other health and education sectors
September 2021
- RNAO calls for the government to shift its focus back to protecting Ontarians through vaccination
- Nurses urge Canadians to vote for a government that will guide the country through the pandemic and oversee a healthy recovery
- RNAO and OMA condemn anti-vaccine protests outside hospitals
- RNAO condemns protests outside health organizations
- RNAO welcomes Premier Ford taking important steps to implement vaccine certificates
August 2021
- Nurses call on voters to vote for a healthy recovery for all
- Ontario’s nurses welcome the province’s announcement and call for a stronger vaccine mandate and action on vaccine certificates
- RNAO welcomes continued public health restrictions and mandated vaccination for some health-care workers: More to be done to protect children and economy, nurses say
- RNAO calls on Ontario and federal governments to implement vaccine passports to help reopen Canada
- Ontario nurses welcome government’s school reopening plan; say additional measures needed to stave off worst effects of fourth wave
July 2021
June 2021
- RNAO supports Premier Ford’s announcement on schools as risk is too high
- RNAO celebrates the best in health-care journalism with its annual Media Awards
May 2021
- Nurses wrap up Nursing Week with a call to government to increase paid sick days and boost minimum wage
- Joint Statement by The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) and Ontario’s Universities on National Nursing Week
- Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission report receives thumbs up from RNAO; Will government act?
April 2021
- On the National Day of Mourning, RNAO issues statement in response to the Auditor General's special report
- RNAO applauds Ottawa's pandemic role and child care proposal, wants faster action on national standards for long-term care and new funding for pharmacare
- RNAO statement on paid sick days
- RNAO says government chooses ideology over science in its response to a rapidly escalating and deadly third wave
- RNAO says latest public health measures will help curb COVID-19 variants, urges greater utilization of nurses in vaccination rollout
- Nurses, other health professionals and the public call on the premier to enact stronger public health measures to control runaway pandemic
- RNAO says government’s “shutdown” announcement doesn’t go far enough to confront third wave of COVID-19
March 2021
- Results of nursing survey point to an alarming exodus from the profession following the pandemic, says RNAO
- Government’s reopening plan threatens the health of Ontarians
- Provincial budget fails to deliver urgent nursing investments to care for Ontarians and to sustain the profession through the pandemic and beyond
- Canada’s parliamentary poet laureate to provide tribute on the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic
February 2021
- Vision for Tomorrow: RNAO’s Nurse Practitioner Task Force report makes recommendations to enhance and expand the role of NPs to improve timely access to quality care
- RNAO statement on the government’s re-opening announcement
January 2021
- Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines Through Community Providers NOW
- RNAO calls on Premier Ford to implement four measures to smother COVID-19
December 2020
- Health Care Associations Express Gratitude to Those Working Today to Keep Us All Safe
- RNAO invites journalists to submit their outstanding reporting for annual Media Awards competition
- Nursing Now Ontario Awards nominations now open
- RNAO says Ontario government, taking belated and delayed action, is failing Ontarians as virus runs rampant and endangers lives and our health-care system
- Long-Term Care staffing plan welcomed, but lack of urgency and legislated action will continue to devastate residents, their loved ones, and staff for years to come
- As New Modelling Confirms ICU Cases Climbing Toward Devastating Levels, Health Organizations Re-issue Plea for Tougher Government Restrictions and Help from Each Ontarian
- With ICU Cases Climbing Toward Potentially Devastating Levels, Health Organizations Plead for Ontarians to Celebrate Holiday Season Safely
- Nurses urge dedicated funding for infection prevention and control to combat wave of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care homes
November 2020
- RNAO says government’s measures too late and insufficient to break the transmission – but we must enact them fully within a COVID-Zero strategy
- Fall 2020 provincial budget once again leaves vulnerable populations to fend for themselves
- RNAO statement in response to the government’s announcement on increasing direct care for long-term care resident to four hours per day
October 2020
- RNAO endorses Bill 13: Time to Care Act and urges government to pass into law promptly
- Providing compassionate nursing care in an age of artificial intelligence
- RNAO relieved that Premier Ford engages late, but essential, action to lessen spread of COVID-19
- RNAO urges stricter measures to combat rapidly rising number of COVID-19 infections
September 2020
- Nurses say throne speech advances A Just Recovery for All
- RNAO joins global movement A Just Recovery for All
July 2020
- LTC staffing study highlights what RNAO has been saying for two decades: Government must immediately mandate hiring to avert second tragedy
- Thousands join call for the Nursing Home Basic Care Guarantee
- RNAO calls on government to immediately reunite families with their loved ones in all long-term care homes in Ontario
- RNAO launches new social media campaign #Maskathon
- RNAO’s 95th Annual General Meeting marks an impactful Year of the Nurse amid COVID-19
June 2020
- RNAO calls for a “Nursing Home Basic Care Guarantee” and provides staffing formula to Minister Fullerton for her July 31 report to legislature
- RNAO releases list of 35 reports and recommendations dating back 20 years documenting the government’s failings of Ontario long-term care sector
May 2020
- RNAO calls for Immediate Action in Response to the Canadian Armed Forces’ LTC report with Minister Fullerton’s July 31 Report to Legislature
- RNAO applauds government's announcement of expert commission to address long-standing systemic shortfalls in long-term care post-COVID
- RNAO saddened by the loss RN Brian Beattie to COVID-19
- Pandemic puts health system to the test: Nurses have answers for shortfalls
April 2020
March 2020
- RNAO response to Ontario economic statement
- RNAO public statement on COVID-19: personal protective equipment (PPE) & ventilators
- A Joint Message to Ontario's Doctors, Nurse Practitioners and Pharmacists
- Statement: RNAO and OMA Stress Personal Protective Equipment for Frontline Workers Is an Urgent Priority
For a full list of our media releases, visit our newsroom.
Media advisories
May 2022
February 2022
December 2021
October 2021
September 2021
June 2021
- RNAO releases new guideline recommendations on 2SLGBTQI+ health equity during Pride weekend
- Protecting Ontarians and leading change: RNAO’s 96th Annual General Meeting celebrates nurses
May 2021
March 2021
- RNAO to release results of its work and wellbeing survey of RNs, NPs and nursing students
- Canada’s parliamentary poet laureate to provide tribute on the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Health organizations ask everyone to mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic with a candlelight vigil
February 2021
November 2020
- Media conference: Another crisis in long-term care
- Cross Country Meeting: Mobilizing Collective Action for Long-Term-Care Reform in Canada
October 2020
September 2020
May 2020
April 2020
March 2020
- RNAO asks everyone to join the #TogetherWeCanDoIt campaign
- RNAO CEO to hold media availability about COVID-19 today in Toronto
For a full list of our media advisories, visit our newsroom.
Letters
RNAO actively engages members of the provincial and federal governments via direct letters on COVID-19 related issues that matter most to nurses.
- Letter: Second request from RNAO to CNO for collection of race-based data (April 28, 2022)
- Letter Minister of Health re Federal Budget to include Grief (April 1, 2022)
- Letter to Minister Duclos National RE: Long-Term Care standards (March 28, 2022)
- Letter to College of Nurses of Ontario Re: Internationally educated nurses (IEN) (Jan. 24, 2022)
- Open letter to Ontario's Premier: Re: A health system on the verge of total collapse (Jan. 5, 2022)
- Letter to MPPs Re. Stand with Nurses. Repeal Bill 124. (Dec. 7, 2021)
- Open Letter to Ontario’s Premier: Crisis in Nursing Human Resources Repeal Bill 124 as a start (Nov. 29, 2021)
- RNAO response to Premier Ford Oct. 15 2021 letter (Oct. 19, 2021)
- Letter to Premier Ford - School reopening plan (July 28, 2021)
- Letter to Premier Ford - Mandatory vaccination for health-care workers (July 20, 2021)
- Letter to Premier Ford - The immediate exemption of nurses and other health-care workers from Bill 124 (May 21, 2021)
- A joint letter to the Ministers about rebuilding Ontario's health workforce (April 28, 2021)
- A joint letter to the premier on paid sick leave (Jan. 14, 2021)
- Ontario's vaccine rollout (Feb. 10, 2021)
- A message to Premier Ford and Minister Fullerton RE: Jan. 8, 2021 directives (Feb. 3, 2021)
- A joint letter on COVID-19 vaccine rollout (Jan. 27, 2021)
- A message for Canada’s First Ministers: RNAO says national standards in long-term care urgently needed (Oct. 14, 2020)
- RNAO & ONA joint letter Re: expanding RPN scope of practice (Sept. 16, 2020)
- School re-opening and planning for the 500 public health nurses in Ontario (Aug. 21, 2020)
Submissions
- RNAO Deputation to Toronto Board of Health (Jan. 17, 2022)
RNAO members speak out
Nurses' voices matter.
That's why RNAO encourages its members to speak out on key nursing and health-related issues in the media.
RNAO members Eram Chhogala, Enxhi Kondi, Lee-Anne Quinn, Ola Abanta Thomas Obewu, Connor Kucharic, and Daria Juüdi-Hope speak to the media on the issue of burn-out among nurses and Bill 124.
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Eram Chhogala
Why ER nurse Eram Chhogala is pleading for Ontarians to ‘be kind’ TVO Today.
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Enxhi Kondi
The ‘bed shortage’ is a facade — our hospital capacity is limited by a lack of nurses, not furniture Toronto Star.
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Lee-Anne Quinn
Peterborough clinic open for people experiencing homelessness Global News.
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Ola Abanta Thomas Obewu
How hospital staffing shortages impact nursing students Breakfast Television
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Connor Kucharic
Even as Ontario nurses leave in droves, Trent University sees double-digit growth in nursing applications The Peterborough Examiner
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Daria Juüdi-Hope
'Putting Band-Aids on gaping wounds': Kingston hospitals hurting amid Ontario health-care crisis The Whig-Standard
Media interviews
RNAO has been mentioned in the following COVID-19 related stories:
November 2022
Nov. 23:
- Kingston Whig-Standard: Renfrew County's acting medical officer of health calls on Ford government to bring in mask mandate
Nov. 22:
Nov. 19:
- CBC News Ottawa: More nurses leaving profession due to treatment and pay, unions say
Nov. 16:
- 900 CHML: RNAO demands immediate mask mandate
Nov. 15:
- CityNews: Flu epidemic officially declared by Public Health Agency of Canada
- CityNews Ottawa: The Sam Laprade Show for Nov. 15, 2022 (Topic: Dr. Moore's announcement and call for mask mandate)
- CTV News: CTV Your Morning (Topic: Paid sick days)
- Blackburn News: Ontario nurses say recommendation is not enough, demands masking mandate
- CityNews: Pandemic fatigue, divisive politics pose likely hurdles to return to masking: experts
- CHCH: Ontario government facing mounting pressure to mandate masks
- CP24: RNAO president says Ontario needs a mask mandate
- The Eganville Leader: Cushman calls for mask mandate
- AM600 - Shere Punjab: Dr. Jasbir Romana in conversation with Dr. Doris Grinspun CEO of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) (Topic: Flu epidemic)
Nov. 14:
- Toronto Star: Dr. Kieran Moore recommends masks in indoor settings as pediatric hospitals see surge of sick children
- Radio Voces Latinas: ¿Estás de acuerdo con el uso de mascarilla en lugares públicos?
Nov. 13:
Nov. 11:
- Farmers Forum: Nurses quit, emergency departments close down
Nov. 10:
Nov. 9:
Nov. 8:
- CTV News: Feds face call to step up funding
Nov. 7:
- QP Briefing: Nurses want health ministers to come up with a plan to ‘stop the bleed’ of health workers
Nov. 3:
October 2022
Oct. 25:
- Niagara This Week: A house of angry lions: Caregiver capacity and the near collapse of health care as we know it
- Medscape: Violence Takes Toll on Canadian Healthcare Workersthaa
Oct. 21:
Oct. 12:
Oct. 10:
- Guelph Mercury: Ontario nurses association calls on Guelph mayoral candidates to support decriminalizing drug possession
Oct. 9:
Oct. 6:
Oct. 5:
- Sudbury Star: RNAO calls for mayoral candidates in Sudbury to support decriminalization of simple drug possession
- Zoomer Radio: Province hiring another 225 nurse practitioners in long-term care
- CBC News: Be prepared for 'much longer than normal wait times' in ER, SickKids warns parents
- Blackburn News: Registered Nurses of Ontario want decriminalization of simple drug possession
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News October 05, 2022
- The Chatham Daily News: RNAO calls on Ontario mayoral candidates to support decriminalizing simple drug possession
Oct. 4:
- blogTO: There's a new push to get drugs decriminalized for personal use in Toronto
- CityNews Ottawa: RNAO urging mayoral candidates to seek to decriminalize simple drug possession for personal use
- InSauga: Ontario nurses advocate for drug decriminalization in Mississauga and Brampton as overdose deaths increase 133%
- tbnewswatch.com: Nurses ask mayoral candidates to support decriminalizing drug possession
- 580 CFRA: Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Tues. October 4th, 2022
- AM800 CKLW: Support for decriminalization of simple drug possession
- CP24: RNAO wants to decriminalize simple drug possession
- Canada Today: There’s a new push to decriminalize drugs for personal use in Toronto
Oct. 3:
- Radio Voces Latinas: Enfermeras inmigrantes en la salud pública de Ontario | Dra. Doris Grinspun
Oct. 2:
- Inside Ottawa Valley: Arnprior, Renfrew nurses turn to private agencies for pay increases
September 2022
Sept. 29:
- Sarnia This Week: Nurse burnout significant in Sarnia: RNAO
- Globe and Mail: Wait times for children needing surgery in Canada putting them at risk of lifelong consequences
Sept. 28:
- CBC The National: A hospital’s juggling act caring for patients with not enough staff
Sept. 27:
Sept. 16:
- Sarnia Observer: Nurse burnout significant in Sarnia: RNAO
- Toronto Star: We calculated the number of Ontario’s ER closures this summer. Here’s what we found
Sept. 13:
Sept. 8:
- AM 900 CHML (Global News): Ont. gives OK to colleges to expedite international nurse registration
Sept. 7:
- Globe and Mail: Ontario allows nursing college to expedite international nurse registration
- City News Ottawa: The Sam Laprade Show for Sept. 7, 2022 (Topic: CNO to expedite IENs applications)
- CTV News Channel: Nurses to be partially registered
Sept. 6:
- CBC News: Funding for more nurse practitioners in long-term care draws praise in northwestern Ontario
Sept. 3:
- Globe and Mail: Doug Ford vows to fast-track accreditation of foreign-trained nurses to ease Ontario’s hospital crisis
Sept. 1:
August 2022
Aug. 31:
- CTV News: Ontario drops isolation period
- Global News: Health care workers react to province’s latest COVID-19 isolation guidance
Aug. 30:
- CTV News Channel: PM Trudeau meets with Premier Ford
Aug. 29:
- Canadian Occupational Safety: Mental distress rampant among physicians, says report
Aug. 26:
- The London Free Press: Think small-town hospital ER woes are bad now? Wait till fall: Experts
- The Hamilton Spectator: Killing Bill 124 a labour of love
- Edmonton Journal: Opinion: Help fix the nursing shortage by retaining ones we already have
Aug. 23:
- City News: Ottawa appoints new chief nursing officer
- AM 640: Canada has brought back the Chief Nursing Officer
Aug. 22:
- CBC The National: Premiers call for major changes after health-care summit
- CBC Toronto: CBC Toronto News August 22, 2022 (Topic: Premier Ford's meeting with Maritime premiers)
Aug. 21:
- CHCH News: CHCH Evening News at 6 - Aug. 21, 2022 (Topic: Premier Ford's meeting with Nova Scotia premier)
Aug. 19:
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa Now for Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 (Topic: Ontario government's health-care plan)
- The Wyatt Sharpe Show: RNAO CEO says Ontario should repeal Bill 124 to address nursing shortages
Aug. 18:
- Toronto Sun: Sacked nurse desperate to return amid shortage
- CTV News Channel: Fixing Ont. health-care system
- QP Briefing: Ford government unveils sweeping health-care changes in response to hospital crisis
- CHCH News: Ontario introduces plan to stabilize health-care system
- CTV News Channel: Ontario nurses thrilled to see more nurses hired
- AM 800 CKLW: RNAO reacts to Ontario government's stay open plan
- CP24: Grinspun supports plan, wants it quicker
- Blackburn News: Province pledges more help on the way to stabilize healthcare system
- CP24: Here's reaction to Ontario's health-care system changes
- Newmarket Today: Ontario to fund more private clinic surgeries in bid to stabilize health-care system
- Toronto Star: Doug Ford’s Tories unveil health-care changes to free up hospitals, but stress ‘Ontarians will always access health care with their OHIP card’
Aug. 17:
- AM 900 CHML (Global News): Rising use of temp nurses in Ontario will bankrupt healthcare
Aug. 16:
Aug. 15:
Aug. 11:
Aug. 10:
- The IFP: Health-care workers deserve our praise
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario health minister doesn’t rule out some privatization of health care
- CityNews Ottawa: Ontario health minister won't rule out privatization as option to help ER crisis
- AM 800: RNAO urges the government to reverse course and maintain strict public health measures
- Zoomer Radio: How data can help fight the healthcare crisis
- Kawartha 411: Ross Memorial Hospital Has Approximately 50 Vacant Nursing Positions To Be Filled
- Western Standard: Ontario hospitals continue worker vaccine mandates amid severe staff shortages
Aug. 9:
- OMNI News: Aug 09, 2022 (ON)
- CBC News: Ontario throne speech criticized for lack of health-care solutions
- ICI Radio-Canada: Discours du trône : « pas de solutions faciles » pour la main-d’œuvre en santé
- Peterborough Examiner: ‘No easy solutions’ to Ontario’s health-care and inflation challenges, Ford government warns
- Canadian Press: Ford throne speech says more can be done on health staffing; offers no new solutions
Aug. 8:
- iPolitics: ‘The entire country is in trouble’: Health-care advocates demand action from Ottawa
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa Now for Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 (Topic: Nursing shortage)
- CTV News: Ontario hospitals plan to uphold COVID-19 vaccine policies amid 'crisis' staffing shortages
Aug. 6:
- CHCH: CHCH Evening News at 6 - Aug. 6, 2022
- CBC News: Mom raises red flag over staff shortage at Kingston hospital
- Toronto Star: Ford cheaps out on health care
Aug. 5:
Aug. 4:
- CTV News: Ontario directs regulator to register internationally trained nurses more quickly
- CTV News Ottawa: Major immigration backlog in Canada leaving thousands of trained health-care professionals on the sidelines
- The Evan Solomon Show: Ontario health-care system on life support
- Radio Voces Latinas: Escasez de personal en hospitales de Ontario
- CTV News: Jagmeet Singh calls on Trudeau to address staffing shortages, ER closures
- Global News: Ontario Health Minister expects plan to increase international healthcare professionals in 2 weeks
- CTV News Channel: Nursing shortages across Ontario
- QP Briefing: Registered nurses’ association head hopeful after ‘productive meeting’ With LTC minister
Aug. 3:
- CTV News Channel: Staffing shortages strain on Ontario hospitals
- Zoomer Radio: Ontario's health-care crisis
- Inside Ottawa Valley: ‘We’re burnt out’: How COVID-19 exposed and worsened weaknesses in Ontario health care, according to those on the front lines
- CP24: Bill 124 needs to be repealed now
- Globe and Mail: Ontario Premier Doug Ford vows to fast-track accreditation of foreign-trained nurses to ease Ontario’s hospital crisis
Aug. 2:
- CBC News: Pressure mounts for health minister to act as Ontario hospitals scale back operations amid staff shortages
- CTV News: Jones comments on hospital staffing crisis
- AM 640: 25 Ontario hospitals scaled back operations due to staff shortages
- City News Ottawa: The Sam Laprade Show for August 2, 2022 (Hour 2)
- CP24: Call for more to be done on nursing shortage
- CP24: Toronto General Hospital under critical care bed alert amid staff shortages
- AM 800: ICU nurse says staffing shortages at hospitals are getting worse
- CTV News Channel: Staffing shortages grip Ontario hospitals
July 2022
July 30:
July 29:
- Radio-Canada: Bulletin de nouvelles du vendredi 29 juillet 2022
- CBC Radio: CBC News: The World at Six with Susan Bonner
- CBC The National: Staff shortages force 14 Ontario hospitals to reduce capacity
- 580 CFRA: Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Fri. July 29th, 2022
July 28:
- Global News: As Ontario ERs buckle, nurse groups want international applicants’ licenses expedited
- Radio-Canada: Comment accélérer la reconnaissance des diplômes des infirmières immigrantes?
- CP24: ICU at Bowmanville Hospital temporarily closed as nurses union warns of long weekend staffing issues
July 27:
- 640 AM Toronto: Thousands of internationally educated nurses on the sidelines as ERs on the brink of closure in Ontario
July 26:
July 23:
July 22:
- ICI Radio-Canada: La pénurie de main-d’œuvre dans les hôpitaux s’aggrave
July 21:
- CTV Kitchener: Kitchener hospital force to close operating room
- Strathroy Age Dispatch: 'Long, hard summer' looms in hospital ERs for exhausted staff, forced-to-wait patients
July 20:
- CityNews Ottawa: PODCAST: The Sam Laprade Show for July 20, 2022
- CityNews Ottawa: COVID situation will not improve without solutions
July 19:
- The Safety Mag: Hospital staff subjected to increasing violence: Report
- Toronto Star: Lack of mask mandate, Bill 124, drive nurses away, harm healthcare
July 17:
July 13:
- Global News: Gender pay gap narrowing in Canada’s health sector. Will COVID reverse that progress?
- CBC Radio: The Registered Nurses Association have a specific request
- City News: Ontario opens fourth doses to all adults, but Moore says some may want to wait
- Queen's Park Observer: "Music to my ears": Nurses optimistic after Jones meeting
- Globe and Mail: Re: Burnt-out Canadian nurses are shipping out for better working conditions and pay
July 12:
July 11:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News July 11, 2022
- City News: Danger of health-care staffing shortages
July 10:
July 8:
- Sudbury.com: Ontario hospitals warn of more ER closures through the summer
- Ottawa Citizen: 'Long, hard summer' for Ontario hospitals amid shutdowns, staffing shortages and growing concern
July 7:
July 4:
- City News Ottawa: PODCAST: The Rob Snow Show for July 4, 2022
- City News Ottawa: CEO of Registered Nurses Association of Ontario says fast solutions needed to deal with staff shortages
July 3:
- CBC The National: Staffing crunches temporarily shutter Ontario emergency departments
June 2022
June 30:
June 29:
- Hamilton Spectator: Bedsores, broken rib, pneumonia, C. difficile: Experts say dramatic decline of Joseph Brant patient is a symptom of a crisis in health care
- Línea Uno: Linea Uno Radio - Doris Grinspun
June 24:
- The Agenda with Steve Paikin (TVO): A collapse of Ontario's health-care system?
June 23:
- CBC News: Health-care workers call for access to 4th doses of COVID-19 vaccine but Ontario offers no timeline
June 20:
- The Voice of Pelham: Writing award for contributor Helen Tran
June 11:
- CTV News: Mask mandates lift across the province
- Sudbury Star: Staffing shortages delaying chemotherapy treatment in Sudbury, nurses say
June 10:
- Radio Voces Latinas: Dra. Doris Grinspun / Directora de Directora Ejecutiva de la Asociación de Enfermeras Registradas de Ontario (RNAO)
June 9:
- The Globe and Mail: Most remaining mask mandates in Ontario set to end this weekend
- Toronto Star: Mask mandates to stay in York Region hospitals
June 8:
June 6:
- QP Briefing: Public sector finds hope as Ford doesn’t rule out axing Bill 124
- The Wellington Advertiser: Arnott details Wellington-Halton Hills priorities in letter to Ford
June 5:
- City News Ottawa: Nurses' union 'disappointed' with Ontario election results, vows to continue fighting Bill 124
June 3:
- 1310 News (City News Ottawa): Hour 1 of The Sam Laprade Show for June 3, 2022
June 2:
- The Globe and Mail: Seeing to Seniors
- Zoomer TV: theZoomer: Ontario Election 2022
May 2022
May 29:
May 24:
- NEWSTALK1010: Ontario Votes (begins at 40:35)
May 20:
- AM900 CHML (Good Morning Hamilton with Scott Radley for Rick Zamperin): The new wave of Monkeypox has made its way to Canada...Ontario's nurse shortage
May 16:
- Global News Toronto: ‘Have you talked to a nurse lately?’: Health care at heart of Ontario election debate
- Canadian Occupational Safety (thesafetymag.com): 3 in 4 Canadian nurses burnt out during third wave
May 13:
- AM900 CHML (Good Morning Hamilton with Rick Zamperin): Morgan Hoffarth – President, RNAO on new report delving into the pandemic’s impact on nurses
- CHHA 1610 AM - Radio Voces Latinas (In Spanish): CHHA 1610 AM - Radio Voces Latinas - Doctora Doris Grinspun | Semana de la enfermería en Canadá
May 12:
- City News Kitchener: The Mike Farwell Show (begins at 20:29)
- CBC News - Ontario Today : Why is healthcare key for you in this election? (begins at 28:40)
- CP24: 'We're in trouble': RNAO on state of nursing
- AM800 - iheartradio.ca: The Shift - A new Report Highlights the Instability in the Nursing Profession that could Shake its very Foundation
- Durham Radio News: RNAO reporting higher workloads, stresses among nurses during third pandemic wave
- Global News: Over 75% of Canadian nurses burnt out, RNAO survey finds
- Daily Hive: Many Canadian nurses are burnt out and ready to quit: survey
- Toronto Sun: Overworked and underpaid during COVID, nurses quitting in droves
- Humber News: International Nurses Day highlights the struggles of nurses in Ontario
- Ottawa Sun: The rise of nurses as a political, and vocal, force
May 9:
- City News Ottawa: The Sam Laprade Show(begins at 20:42)
May 5:
May 4:
- CityNews Ottawa: Tackling province's nursing crisis should be top priority for Ontario's next leader: RNAO
- CityNews Ottawa: PODCAST: The Rob Snow Show (begins at 20:26)
April 2022
April 26:
- AM900 CHML (Good Morning Hamilton with Rick Zamperin):
Those unvaccinated against COVID-19 increase the risk of infection among the vaccinated: study
April 25:
- CTV News Toronto: Ontario families already bracing for fall COVID-19 wave as some rules extended, others loosen
April 24:
- Toronto Star: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario’s mask mandate extension in high-risk settings being met with mixed reactions
- City News: Ontario's mask mandate extension in high-risk settings being met with mixed reactions
April 23:
- CHCH: CHCH Evening News at 6 (begins at 12:09)
April 17:
- CTV News Northern Ontario: Ontario health professionals plead for continued masking mandates in high-risk settings
April 16:
April 14:
- Sudbury.com: Impact of pandemic and staff shortages hitting hard at Health Sciences North in Sudbury
- OMNI Cantonese: Ontario Registered Nurses Association calls for mandatory mask order
April 13:
- Humber News: Removal of mandate causes rift between those who want mask on, mask off
- NewmarketToday.ca: School mask mandate ruled out, despite Public Health Ontario caution about kids and COVID
April 11:
April 10:
March 2022
March 30:
- City News Ottawa: Hour 1 of The Sam Laprade Show for March 30, 2022 (begins at 11:52)
- Narcity: Ontario Doctor Claims 6th COVID-19 Wave Is Here & This Is Why You Probably Shouldn't Panic
- OMNI Television: Province pushes legislation to attract overseas-trained health-care workers
March 29:
- CTV News Channel: Ontario has entered the sixth COVID-19 wave, doctors say
- Toronto Star: Ontario launches new plan to prepare for health emergencies, including new bill
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario unveils new ‘stay open’ strategy as COVID-19 cases rise
- CP24: Ford plans to recruit more health workers
- CanIndia: Proposed legislation can speed up recognition of internationally-trained doctors and nurses in Ontario
March 25:
March 23:
- CTV News Channel: Canadian medics in Poland help Ukrainian refugees
- insauga: ‘Oral care is health care’; Nurses’ association in Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton and Ontario hails Liberal-NDP agreement
March 21:
- London Free Press: At Ukraine's border, a London nurse helps care for weary refugees
- Windorite: Know an awesome nurse? Nominate them for an award
March 20:
- CHCH News: CHCH Evening News at 6 (begins at 10:09)
March 19:
March 18:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News March 18, 2022 (begins at 15:14)
- CTV News Channel: Refugees continue to flee Ukraine
- Toronto Sun: Most Ontario masking requirements go but confusion continues
March 15:
- Radio Canada: Édition du Lundi 14 Mars 2022 (begins 16:04)
March 13:
March 11:
March 10:
- AM800: The Shift - Is it too early to get rid of masks?
- Durham Radio News: Dropping Ontario’s mask mandate is premature, ill-conceived and puts politics ahead of science: RNAO
- Narcity: Some Ontario Schools & Hospitals Don't Want Mask Mandates To End Yet & Are Speaking Out
- 97.7 Max FM: Not Everyone Agrees With Decision To Lift Mask Mandate
March 9:
- CBC News: Ontario NDP to reveal jobs plan for foreign-trained doctors, nurses
- CHCH News: Mask mandates at Ontario schools to be lifted on March 21
- LTC Chronicles: Nursing crisis - Dr. Doris Grinspun CEO of the RNAO
- The Eyeopener: Ryerson student receives inaugural SickKids award for Indigenous and Black nursing students
- 900 CHML: Preventing the invasion of Ukraine from escalating, New name enters race for leadership of the Conservative party, Mask mandate has an end date & Ontario's nurse retention incent (begins at 1:01:35)
March 8:
- CHCH: Your Road Ahead: The impact COVID has had on healthcare
- CP24: Ford government spending $763 million on retention payments of $5,000 for nurses
- The Waiting Room Revolution: S4: Episode 31: Dr. Doris Grinspun
- 900 CHML: International women's day: The progress of representation of women in media, politics, and sports. (Begins at 51:22)
March 4:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News March 03, 2022 (begins at 28:07)
March 1:
February 2022
Feb. 28:
- The Pointer: Increased demands for mental health support adds further strain to Peel's underfunded system
Feb. 25:
- CityNews Toronto: Battles faced by black nurses in Canada
- CTV London: Health care advocates gearing up for spring election in Ontario
Feb. 24:
Feb. 23:
Feb. 22:
- The Globe and Mail: Racism is having a devastating impact on the lives of Black nurses
Feb. 20:
- Muskoka 411: RNAO Says Government Must Maintain Key Public Health Measures To Address Catastrophic Surgical Backlog
Feb. 15:
- CityNews Kitchener: RNAO calling end to Ontario vaccine program 'a mistake'
- Durham Radio News: RNAO says it’s too soon to speed up reopening plan and drop proof-of-vaccination system
- Healthy Debate: ‘Lives are at stake’: Burnout, staff shortages raise spectre of harmful events in hospital
Feb.14:
- CityNews Kitchener: Kitchener Today with Brian Bourke - Monday, February 14th, 2022 (begins at 1:03)
- Ottawa Citizen: Ontario to end vaccine passports, lift restrictions 'in spite' of protests
Feb. 13:
- Toronto Star: These nurses have tried to retire four times — but the ‘Two Janes’ are back again to help fight COVID
- Toronto Star: This initiative is opening doors for hundreds of Ontario’s internationally-educated nurses
Feb. 9:
- AM800 CKLW: The Shift - recommendations to combat anti-Black racism in the nursing industry
- CBC Radio: All in a Day with Alan Neal - Tackling racism in the healthcare system
- CBC Radio: Here and Now with Gill Deacon - Ending anti-Black racism and discrimination in nursing
- CBC Radio: Metro Morning with Ismaila Alfa
- CBC Radio: Ontario Morning from CBC Radio (begins at 27:37)
- HR Reporter: Anti-Black racism reports make recommendations for HR
- Newstalk 1010: Nursing association puts forward recommendations to combat anti-Black racism in industry
- World Nurse Collective: The Ontario and global nursing crisis with Dr. Doris Grinspun CEO of RNAO
Feb. 8:
- CBC News: Anti-Black racism 'deeply entrenched' in nursing, says new report calling for immediate action
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News February 08, 2022 (begins at 20:14)
- CBC News: Here and Now Toronto with Gill Deacon
- CP24: Anti-Black racism in nursing
- CTV News: CTV News Toronto at Six for Tuesday, February 8, 2022 (begins at 34: 43)
- Daily Hive News: Nearly 90% of Black nurses in Ontario have experienced racism on the job: report
- Toronto Star: Most Black nurses in Ontario deal with racism. This task force of nurses has a way forward
- Toronto Star: These nurses have tried to retire four times — but the ‘Two Janes’ are back again to help fight COVID
Feb. 5:
- CHCH News: CHCH evening news at 6 | part 1 (begins 3:14)
Feb. 4:
- CityNews Ottawa: Hour 1 of the Sam Laprade Show for February 4, 2022 (begins 31:34)
- Global News: Health-care workers brace for weekend of protests in Toronto
- OMNI Filipino: Registered Nurses Association starts #IENaction to raise awareness over IENs still unable to practice profession
Feb. 3:
- CP24: Health workers concerned about protest?
- CTV News: Comatose Ontario trucker stuck in U.S after stroke because of overwhelmed hospitals
- Global News: Ontario’s Nurses’ Association says their patience with Premier Ford is wearing thin
- Guelph Today: Area long-term care homes to receive additional staffing from pool of internationally educated nurses
- Healthing.ca: Chief Nursing Officer just what the doctor ordered for a health care system in chaos
- Muskoka411: RNAO Calls Out Extremist And Hateful Actions Driven By Far-Right On Display In Ottawa
- OMNI Filipino: Licensed IENs not allowed to work as nurses due to pending immigration statuses
Feb 2:
January 2022
Jan. 31:
- Radio-Canada: Bulletin du Canada du Lundi 31 Janvier 2022
- Radio-Canada: Lettres des PDG d’hôpitaux à Doug Ford : forte réaction des partis d’opposition
- Radio-Canada: Rattrapage du lundi 31 Janvier 2022 (begins at 2:45 mark)
Jan. 28:
Jan. 26:
- CHCH News: HHS vaccine mandate goes into effect, unvaccinated employees could lose their jobs
- Fairchild Television: Nursing shortage
- OMNI Television: Nurses' association criticises provincial government for improving staff flexibility
- Zoomer Radio: Ontario home care staffing shortage and interest rates in Canada (begins at 30:10)
- 900 CMHL: RNAO blasts gov't over treatment of internationally trained nurses, Ont. launches new skilled trades agency, business suing Ont. for cancelling cap-and-trade &BoC
Jan. 25:
- Brampton Guardian: Brampton council calls on Ford government to repeal 2019 legislation capping nursing pay increases
- CBC News: Doug Ford, Christine Elliott agree to meet with nurses to talk about staff shortages
- CBC News: Making internationally trained nurses work as PSWs is 'exploitative,' RNAO tells province
- CityNews Toronto: Internationally educated nurses hope new Ontario program will break down barriers
- CTV Toronto: Ontario's nursing shortage has been an issue for years. Why weren't we prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic?
- iPolitics: Ontario pressured to reward foreign nurses in long-term care
- The Globe and Mail: Toronto hospitals strain as Omicron hits health care workers
- Toronto Star: Long-term-care residents struggle with loneliness, physical and mental decline amid staffing ‘crisis’
Jan. 24:
- CTV Barrie: Union sounds alarm over staffing issues as Orangeville hospital CEO calls claims 'baseless'
- Reuters: Canadian hospitals strain as Omicron hits health workers
Jan. 23:
- CityNews Toronto: How are Ontario's Hospitals coping with a staff shortage?
Jan. 22:
- CBC News: Internationally-trained nurses are entering the battle against COVID-19. But is it too little, too late?
- CityNews: Orangeville hospital using kitchen staff to assist with nursing shortage: union
- Global News Kingston: Kingston RN working to get N95 masks to vulnerable populations
Jan. 21:
- AM800: The Shift - RNAO urges the government to reverse course and maintain strict public health measures
- Country 102: Reopening Plan Is “Irresponsible”: RNAO
- Durham Radio News: RNAO calls Ontario’s reopening plan “premature,” urges province to prioritize health system pressures first
- Global News: Surgery backlogs and lacking data raising concerns over Ontario’s reopening plans
- Narcity: Ontario Nurses Say Ford's Reopening Plan Is 'Premature' & Call For Stricter Measures
- Ottawa Citizen: Help Wanted in Ottawa: Nurses. And more nurses. And still more
- Radio Canada: Bulletins de nouvelles du Vendredi 21 Janvier 2022
Jan. 20:
- CTV News: CTV News Kitchener at 11:30 for Thursday, January 20, 2022
- OMNI Filipino: Ontario nurses react to Ford's decision on lifting COVID19 restrictions
- Toronto Star: Manitoulin Health Centre applauds province’s move to speed foreign-trained nurses into the workforce
- Toronto Sun: Ford reveals step-by-step plan to reopen Ontario
- QP Briefing: Premier Ford announces ‘phased approach’ to start lifting restrictions Jan. 31
Jan. 19:
- CityNews Kitchener: 'A comedy show': RNAO reacts to what it says was another news conference with no news from health minister (begins at 20:50)
- CityNews Kitchener: Kitchener Today with Brian Bourke - Wednesday January 19th, 2022
Jan. 18:
- CP24: Getting a better picture of ICU occupancy
- Sault Online: Millroy: Unvaccinated Care Workers.
- Timmins The Daily Press: Vulnerable need a gov’t vaccine mandate in health care
Jan. 17:
- CBC News: Foreign-trained nurse who left N.B. to work in the U.S. wishes it had been easier to stay
- CBC Toronto: CBC Toronto News January 17, 2022 (begins at 13:44)
- Zoomer Radio: Jan. 17, 2022 - LTC Minister Rod Phillips resigns & your property tax
Jan. 16:
Jan. 15:
Jan. 13:
- Canadian Occupational Safety: Situation for nurses in Ontario "a mess" and "a terrible situation"
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario health care workers scramble for daycare spots
- The Pointer - Ballot Vox: Nurses will make Doug Ford pay at the polls
- Verve Times: Coronavirus: Burnt-Out Nurses Need Supports, Experts Say
Jan. 12:
- CBC Metro Morning: Internationally-trained nurses being sent to Ontario hospitals and long term care homes to help with Omicron surge
- CTV News: Nurses are burning out from the COVID-19 pandemic but supports can help, experts say
Jan. 11:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News January 11, 2022 (begins at 1:52)
- CBC Listen: Ontario fast-tracking internationally trained nurses to fight Omicron (begins at 2:30)
- CP24: Ont. should retain internationally educated nurses
- CTV News: International nurses on the way
- CTV News: Internationally trained nurses in Canada eager to work
- Dailyhive: Ontario working to deploy hundreds of internationally trained nurses
- Radio Canada: Ontario schools will reopen for in-person learning on Monday, premier’s office says
- Toronto Sun: Internationally educated nurses face roadblocks to working in Ontario
- TVO: Ontario’s opposition parties unite around fighting COVID-19
Jan. 10:
- CBC News: Internationally trained nurses unable to help hospitals due to lengthy bureaucratic processes
- CBC News: Ontario schools will reopen for in-person learning on Monday, premier's office says
- Toronto Star: A change in who can offer degrees aimed to stave off Ontario’s nursing crisis. Here’s why it might not be that simple
Jan. 9:
- Blackburn News: Nurses continue to call for the repeal of Bill 124
Jan.7:
- CHCH News: Healthcare workers want it easier for internationally trained nurses to get work here
- Global News: COVID-19: KHSC working to increase bed capacity, anticipating more Omicron hospitalizations
Jan. 6:
- BlogTo: Here's why people are calling on the Ontario government to repeal Bill 124
- CBC News Ottawa: 'More than a crisis': Ottawa hospitals face severe staffing shortages
- City News Ottawa: Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for January 6, 2022 (begins at 11:06)
- Global News: Canada headed for nursing shortage ‘beyond anything we’ve ever experienced’: experts
- Global News: Registered Nurses’ Association warns of difficult times ahead as COVID spreads widely across Ontario
- insauga: Oshawa and Ajax nurses “stressed, fatigued, burned out” – Lakeridge Health physician lead
- Narcity: Ontario Nurses Call On Doug Ford To Move The Province Back To Step 1 Measures
- Toronto Star: Don’t let unvaccinated workers back into Ontario hospitals, association warns
Jan 5:
- Brampton Guardian: CODE ORANGE: Nurse to patient ratios are double what they should be at Brampton Civic
- Canadian Lawyer Magazine: Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario appeals to government to repeal Bill 124
- CTV News: Doris Grinspun on Ontario's Omicron response
- CTV News: Nurses 'abandoned' by Ont. premier, nurses' association CEO says
- insauga: Hamilton-based NDP leader Horwath to push Ford to recall legislate, repeal wage cap affecting nurses
- 580 CFRA: Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Wed. January 5th, 2022 (begins at 17:00)
Jan 4:
- Blackburn News: The Craig Needles Podcast - Episode 18: Kate Graham, Doris Grinspun and Omicron skyrockets in Ontario
- CityNews Toronto: GTA hospitals, paramedic services experiencing critical staff shortages amid COVID surge
- DH News: Ontario's new public health measures came "too late": RNAO
- Durham Radio News: “Too little, too late approach leading to hospital sector collapse”: RNAO
- Guelph Politico: Near unanimous derision for latest COVID response from ON gov
- Toronto Star: Ontario hospitals gear up for growing pressure from Omicron wave
Jan. 3:
- CTV News: Ont. hospitals face staffing issues
- CTV News: 'Pending collapse of our health-care system' | Funding needed in Ont. hospitals, warns nursing group
- Yahoo! Finance: Government's "too little, too late" approach leading to hospital sector collapse, says RNAO
Jan. 1:
2021
Dec. 31:
- CP24: RNAO: Ford govt is not looking after Ontarians
- CTV News: Northern Ontario at Six for Friday, December 31, 2021
- CTV News Northern Ontario: Frustrated and exhausted, Sudbury nurse resigns over mounting workload
- CTV News Ottawa: Outbreak affects care at QCH
- The Globe and Mail: Ending Ontario’s nursing crisis begins with the repeal of Bill 124
- Toronto Star: ‘I can’t even explain to you how hard it is to get up and go to work’: Nurses face Omicron, a worker shortage — and shifting rules
- Zoomer Radio: Registered Nurses Association say Ford government has "surrendered" to COVID-19
Dec. 29:
- Global News: Global National: Dec. 29, 2021 | Unprecedented COVID-19 case numbers could change protocols
Dec. 28:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News December 28, 2021 (begins at 2:08)
- CBC News: Canadians eager to be nurses face stricter entry requirements, fewer training spots
Dec. 27:
Dec. 25:
- CBC News: Vaccines, protests, flashes of normalcy: This is what 2021 looked like in the Toronto area
Dec. 23:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News December 23, 2021 (begins at 4:16)
- CBC The National: Ontario health workers exposed to COVID-19 can come to work under new rules
- Medpage Today: Some Canadian Nurses Asked to Skip Holidays
- Toronto Star: Nurses are leaving the profession in worrying numbers
Dec. 22:
Dec. 20:
- Radio-Canada: Des mesures pour frenier Omicron au Canada
Dec. 19:
- CBC news: Nursing association warns public health measures in Ontario don't go far enough
- City News Ottawa: Ontario's nursing shortages 'critical' as Omicron ramps up: nurses’ association
Dec. 18:
- CTV News: CTV National News with Sandie Rinaldo (begins at 1:53)
- The Pointer: Lack of N-95 masks, Bill 124 choking nurses as Omicron advances; acute car beds in Peel at 100% capacity
Dec. 17:
- City News Ottawa: The Sam Laprade Show - Friday December 17 (begins at 43:55)
- CP24: 'Unlike anything we have ever seen:' Ontario slashes capacity limits in Omicron fight, orders bars and restaurants to close early
- CP24: 'This virus is laughing in our face': RNAO CEO
- QP Briefing: Ontario re-issuing strict gathering, capacity limits over holidays
- 102.1 The Edge: Interview with Dr. Doris Grinspun CEO of RNAO
Dec. 15:
- City News Kitchener: Ontario nurses renew call for repeal of Ford's Bill 124
- CTV News: Ontario faces nursing shortage
- iPolitics: Ontario offering earlier boosters; cutting large venues’ capacities
- Toronto Sun: Modelling predicts COVID surge in Ontario without 'circuit breaker'
Dec. 14:
- Capital Current: Ontario nursing shortage could worsen as many young nurses now say they want out: survey
- CityNews Toronto: Ontario nursing shortage hitting 'crisis point' as COVID-19 pandemic worsens again
- The Craig Needles Podcast: Doris Grinspun, Bill 124 and #FreeThe RATS (begins at 8:00)
- QP Briefing: ‘COVID ain’t going away’: Changes to work, travel and public health to linger indefinitely, doctors predict
Dec. 13:
- CTV News Kitchener: 'There is a crisis in the RN workforce': Local hospitals dealing with staffing shortages
- Toronto Star: Nurses decry behaviour of anti-vaccination folk towards kids, parents
Dec. 12:
- The Pointer: 'They're leaving everyday': Peel's Nurses giving up on profession, especially after PC's wage suppression law
Dec. 10:
Dec. 6:
- Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan: Nurse shortage in Ontario
Dec. 4:
- CBC Ottawa: What Ontario nurses have faced after almost two years of the pandemic
- CBC News Ottawa: There's an exodus of nurses from hospitals, but where are they going?
Dec. 2:
- CBC News Ottawa: CBC News Ottawa December 2, 2021 (begins at 33:15)
- CityNews Ottawa: The Sam Laprade Show - Thursday December 2 (begins at 34:14)
- Waterloo Chronicle: Ontario to start 50+ booster bookings
- Windsor Star: The Divide, Part 2: COVID-19 has caused a healthcare battle in more ways than one
Nov. 30:
- Kitchener Today with Brian Bourke: Tuesday November 30th, 2021 (begins at 20:07)
Nov. 29:
- BlogTo: Toronto plans to decriminalize drugs for personal use and here's how this will work
- CP24 Tonight: Nurses angry over under-spending
Nov. 28:
- Toronto Star: ‘We’re on the brink of collapse.’ What eight Ontario nurses have to say on the state of a profession in crisis
Nov. 26:
- Humber News: Ontario nurses push back against Bill 124
- Toronto Star: A woman accused of impersonating a nurse — even giving injections — in Ottawa is now facing a similar allegation in B.C.
Nov. 24:
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Inside The Story: Canadian kids begin getting first shots of COVID vaccine
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Latinos Magazine: Originaria de Chile, ella es la CEO de RNAO (Asociación de Enfermeras Registradas de Ontario)
Nov. 22:
- Unpublished Cafe: Mandatory vaccinations for health care workers
Nov. 20:
Nov. 19:
- Global News 900 CHML: Pfizer vaccine approved for kids, Ont. nurses share pandemic struggles, New Life for Coppely Building, Salvation Army Christmas kettle campaign underway (begins at 6:20)
Nov. 17:
- Toronto Star: Ontario’s nurses are getting a raw deal on pay. They deserve better
- Toronto Sun: Make it mandatory
Nov. 16:
- City News Toronto: What is Bill 124 and how is it affecting Ontario's nurses, public-sector workers?
Nov. 15:
- Zoomer radio: Why Ontario nurses are protesting Bill 124 (begins 36:18)
Nov. 14:
- City News Toronto: 'It's insulting and nurses are done': Ontario nurses rally against Bill 124
- CP24: Ontario nurses demonstrate against 1% wage hike
- CTV Toronto: Ontario nurses rally in Toronto against Bill 124
- Toronto 99: ‘It’s insulting and nurses are done’: Ontario nurses rally against Bill 124 John Marchesan
- Toronto Star: Nurses take aim at Ford in Nathan Phillips protest, calling wage-cap bill a ‘slap in the face’
Nov. 12:
Nov. 11:
- The Hamilton Spectator: Joseph Brant Hospital fires 13 as mandatory COVID shots take effect
Nov. 10:
- TBnewswatch.com: Ontario pauses lifting of capacity limits
Nov. 9:
Nov. 8:
- City News Ottawa: The Sam Laprade Show - Monday November 8 (begins at 11:20)
- healthing.ca: SHIFT: Debating vaccine mandates make our sacrifices feel in vain
Nov. 7:
- CBC Toronto: Ontario won't impose vaccine mandates for health-care workers
- Sudbury.com: Ontario's Registered Nurses not pleased with Doug Ford's 'lack of courage' on vaccine mandate
Nov. 5:
- Niagara Falls Review: Ontario and Quebec bow to anti-vax hospital workers
- The London Free Press: Sims: What happens when election fever confronts COVID advice
Nov. 4:
- Canadian Occupational Safety: Ford refuses to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for health care workers
- Global News: Shock, disappointment after Ford says no to mandate vaccine for Ontario hospital staff
- Narcity: Ontario Is Not Going To Make COVID-19 Vaccines Mandatory For Hospital Workers
- Newstalk 610 CKTB: RNAO reaction to Ontario not mandating COVID-19 vaccines for hospital workers
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario pledges more nurses, long-term care beds and support for highways in economic update
- QP Briefing: FES 2021: Stakeholder reactions to the government’s mini-budget
- Zoomer Radio: Ontario not imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates for hospital workers (begins at 11: 08)
- 580 CRFA: Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. November 4th, 2021 (begins at 21:55)
Nov. 3:
- CBC News: CBC News Toronto News November 3, 2021 (begins at 1:18)
- CBC News: Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world Nov. 3
- CityNews Toronto: Ford won't mandate vaccines for frontline hospital staff
- CP24: Not mandating vaccine for HCW 'wrong decision'
- Global News: Reaction to Ontario expanding COVID-19 booster eligibility
- iPolitics: Doug Ford won’t require hospital workers to be vaccinated
- MSN.com: Ontario will not mandate COVID-19 vaccines for hospital workers
- The Chronicle Journal: Ford says no to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for hospital workers
- Toronto Star: Doug Ford’s shaky math, twisted logic block hospital vaccine mandates, and prolong the pandemic
- QP Briefing: Ontario expanding booster shots to adults 70 and older, health-care workers
Nov. 2:
- Maclean's: Ontario nursing schools are seeing an increase in applicants during the pandemic
- The Canadian Jewish News: From the Yom Kippur War to the war on COVID: Ontario's head nurse pleads with Canadians to stay cautious
Oct. 31:
Oct. 28:
- Healthy Debate: Hospitals ‘bleeding out’ as nursing shortage intensifies
Oct. 27:
- City News Ottawa: Hour 2 of The Sam Laprade Show for October 27, 2021 (begins at 21:14)
- Zoomer Radio: LTC Inspectors & BC's Booster campaign (begins at 20:11)
Oct. 26:
- CP24: Are long-term care changes enough?
- SooToday: Too fast and too soon: Ontario nurses group says hasty reopening not worth the risk
- The Globe and Mail: Premier Ford says he understands why some parents won’t want young children vaccinated against COVID-19
Oct. 25:
- City News: Monday Oct 25th, 2021 (begins at 21:07)
- The Medium: Prospective nursing students to expect greater education and post-graduate opportunities
Oct. 24:
- CHCH: More Saskatchewan ICU patients to arrive in Ontario this week
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Public rally against Bill 124 underscores nurses' dissatisfaction
Oct. 23:
Oct. 22:
- CP24: Ontario restaurants, gyms to return to full capacity on Oct. 25; all other COVID-19 restrictions to end by March 2022
- ipolitics: Ontario keeping mandatory masks, ditching most capacity limits
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario lays out long-term plan to lift all COVID-19 restrictions by end of March
Oct. 21:
Oct. 20:
Oct. 19:
Oct. 18:
Oct. 17:
- CTV Ottawa: CTV News Ottawa at Six for Saturday, October 16, 2021 (begins at 3:53)
Oct. 16:
Oct. 15:
- CBC News Toronto: CBC News Toronto, October 15, 2021
- CBC Radio Ontario Today: How is the nursing shortage affecting you?
- CP24: Ford asks hospital administrators for input on potential vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
- Globe and Mail: Doug Ford weighs effects of mandatory vaccines for health care workers as Ontario launches new COVID-19 app
- Toronto Star: Should COVID-19 vaccinations be mandatory for all hospital workers? Doug Ford is asking
Oct. 14:
- CityNews Ottawa: The Sam Laprade Show - Thursday October 14 (begins at 53:35)
- CityNews Ottawa: Registered Nurses Association hoping Ontario's COVID-19 'gamble' doesn't spark fifth wave
- SooToday: Andrea Horwath says 'action plan' needed to recruit, retain health-care workers
Oct. 13:
- CTV News Kitchener: More than 250 local hospital staff on unpaid leave
- Global News: Hamilton’s hospitals report hundreds of staffers in doubt with vaccine mandates looming
- Global News Radio 900 CHML: U.S. to reopen land boarders, Healthcare staff shortages, Breast cancer awareness month: Decline in mammograms, Afghan family stuck in Ukraine, Max (begins at 7:19)
Oct. 10:
- CHCH: Healthcare workers union fearful of staff shortages worsening as vaccine mandate approaches
- CityNews: Hospital worker burnout threatens workforce
- Toronto Star: Ontario health sector braces for worse staff shortages as vaccine mandates come due
Oct. 7:
- Brantford The Expositor: Strong COVID-19 vaccination uptake, some apparent holdouts, at Bluewater Health
- Zoomer Radio: Oct. 7, 2021 - LTC Minister Rod Phillips joins Fight Back
Oct. 6:
- Sudbury.com: Health Sciences North working at 100% capacity to tackle surgery backlog while trying to attract more nurses
- Welland Tribune: Niagara diabetics join call for Ontario to fund medical device they say is life-saving
Oct. 4:
Oct. 2:
Oct. 1:
- Globe and Mail: Ontario mandates vaccinations for long-term care staff
- ICI Ontario: Vaccination du personnel de la santé
- London Free Press: Palliative patient's plea: Stop sending unvaccinated care workers to my home
- Toronto.com: Ontario makes COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for workers in long-term care
- Toronto.com: Vaccination to become mandatory for Ontario long-term-care staff
- Toronto Sun: Ontario mandates vaccinations for long-term care staff
Sept. 29:
- Toronto Star: Deadlines loom for hundreds of unvaccinated hospital workers if they want to keep their jobs
- Zoomer Radio: COVID-19 vaccine mandates in our healthcare system
Sept. 27:
- CBC News: Forced to sit out during pandemic, nurse calls for changes to Ontario's registration process (in French begins at 7:00 mark)
- CTV News Kitchener: Unvaccinated hospital workers going on leave
- IcI Ontario: Téléjournal Ontario du Lundi 27 Septembre
- 580 CFRA: Dr. Doris Grinspun
Sept. 26:
- Toronto Star: An Ontario nursing shortage has been predicted for years. Now, it’s turned into a ‘mega crisis’
Sept. 24:
- CBC News: 'Many' suspended hospital workers getting COVID-19 vaccine, Windsor Regional Hospital says
- Global News Radio 640 Toronto: Dr. Doris Grinspun & Dianne Martin on nursing shortage in Ontario
- QP Briefing: Government increases capacity limits at stadiums and theatres
Sept. 23:
- CBC Windsor: CBC Windsor News September 23, 2021 (begins at 0:51)
Sept. 22:
- The Local: The gigification of health care
Sept. 21:
- BlogTo: Doug Ford assures people in Ontario that vaccine passports are only temporary
- OurWindsor.ca: IN QUOTES: Ontario political, cultural leaders react to the federal election outcome
- QP Briefing: Stakeholders and politicians react to #Elxn44
Sept. 18:
- CHCH News: CHCH Evening News at 6 | Part 1 (begins at 16:13)
Sept. 16:
- Canadian Occupational Safety: Healthcare workers' unions want angry anti-vax rallies outside hospitals to stop
Sept. 15:
Sept. 14:
- Brantford Expositor: Healthcare System holds nursing job fair
- Cambridge Times: Concerns raised over enforcement of vax certs
- CBC News Ottawa: Ottawa health-care workers feel insulted, frustrated at hospital protests
- CBC Radio (Ontario Morning): Ontario Morning - Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - Part 2 (begins at 7:27)
- Gleaner News: Anti Vaxx @ TGH
- Global News Radio 900 CHML: Canceled surgeries due to the unvaccinated, the election is too close to call, COVID-19 outbreaks in schools, protests in hospitals, and is potato milk the next food trend? (begins at 29:13)
- Toronto Star: CKHA staff has Oct. 17 double-vaxx deadline
- QP Briefing: Concerns raised about vaccine passport loopholes, enforcement
Sept. 13:
- Blackburn News: A trio of associations concerned about pickets around hospitals
- Caledon Enterprise: Protesters gather at hospitals across the country
- CBC News Ottawa: CBC News Ottawa September 13, 2021 (begins at 20:25)
- CBC News Toronto: CBC Toronto News September 13, 2021 (begins at 1:04)
- CP24: Protestors gather outside downtown hospitals
- CP24: Protests 'disgraceful': Doctor and nurse groups
- CTV News: Anti-vaccine protesters gather outside Toronto General Hospital as part of nationwide action
- CTV News: Anti-vaccine protests underway in Toronto
- Durham Radio News: Hospital says protests against pandemic measures ‘demoralizing’ for health-care staff
- Global News: Ontario NDP calling for COVID-19 safety zone legislature to protect people at health-care facilities, small business
- National Post: Politicians, health workers denounce 'reckless' COVID-measure protests outside hospitals
- Simcoe.com: Planned protest outside of RVH in Barrie today
- Toronto Star: Dozens of protesters target Toronto hospital to protest vaccine mandates after ‘silent vigil’ in Queen’s Park
- Toronto Star: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reporting 600 new cases of COVID-19, 4 deaths; Alberta doctors ask government to restrict unvaccinated people from indoor spaces as ICU admissions hit all-time high
- The Globe and Mail: Politicians, health-care organizations issue warnings ahead of expected protests at hospitals across Canada
- The Globe and Mail: Singh, Trudeau vow crackdown on hospital protests as parties denounce demonstrations
- Toronto Star: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reporting 600 new cases of COVID-19; Hospital protests expected across Canada; 3 schools in Toronto have confirmed cases
- Zoomer Radio: Toronto police prepared to arrest anti-vax protestors at hospitals
- 570 News: Kitchener Today with Brian Bourke Monday September 13th, 2021 (begins at 21:07)
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa at work with Leslie Roberts - Hour 2 - Sept. 13th, 2021 (begins at 16:00)
- 980 CFPL: ‘Mindless mobs’: London, Ont. mayor condemns hospital protests during COVID-19 briefing
Sept. 12:
- City News Toronto: Political leaders condemn planned hospitals protests
- Toronto Sun: Discredited protest group invites anti-vax chaos outside Canada's hospitals
Sept. 9
Sept. 8
- Brantford The Expositor: Stricter vax requirements announced for Bluewater Health care team
- Sudbury.com: Police providing security at some vaccine clinics in case of interference from anti-vaxxers
- Sudbury.com: Registered Nurses Assoc. speaks out against anti-vax protests near hospitals and clinics
- The Observer: Bluewater Health announces stricter vaccination policy
Sept. 7
- BlogTo: Nurses' association slams anti-vax protests targeting Toronto hospitals
- CityNews Ottawa: Hour 3 of the Rob Snow Show for September 7, 2021 (begins at 30:50)
Sept. 6
- Buzz News Post: Rallies against mandatory COVID-19 shots more a ‘means of organizing’ than about vaccines, says RNAO’s CEO | CBC News
- CBC London: Rallies against mandatory COVID-19 shots more a 'means of organizing' than about vaccines, says RNAO's CEO
Sept. 4
- CHCH News: CHCH Evening News at 6 | Part 1 (begins at 3:24)
Sept. 3
- Canadian Occupational Safety: Ontario to require proof of vaccination in select workplaces
- TVO: Ontario’s health-care system needs to take action on worker burnout
Sept. 2
- Blackburn News Sarnia: RNAO says more needs to be added to vaccine passport program
- City News Ottawa: The Sam Laprade Show - Thursday September 2 (begins at 32:30)
- London Free Press: Sims: Ford's flimsy vaccine certificate shows his lack of awareness
Sept. 1
- CBC Ottawa - Radio Canada: Woman charged with fraudulently practicing nursing in Ottawa
- Toronto Star: Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine passport system will start Sept. 22
- QP Briefing: Health, business stakeholders say vaccine certificate welcome, but late and full of holes
- 570 News: Kitchener Today with Brian Bourke: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 (begins at 91:36)
Aug. 31
Aug. 30
- Barrie 360: Hundreds of Ontario ER Docs demand Ford Government Boost Nurses' Pay
- CBC News: Nursing shortage means some medically fragile children won't be going to school, parents told
- CBC Toronto News: CBC Toronto News August 30, 2021
- CTV Toronto: Over 300 Ontario physicians sign open letter to Ford demanding pay increases for nurses
- QP Briefing: Opposition parties call for time-limited, accessible vaccine certificate ASAP
Aug. 29
Aug. 27
- CityNews: Ford responds after Trudeau calls on province to 'step up' and introduce vaccine passport
- CityNews Ottawa: Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for August 27, 2021 (starts at 1:25)
- Toronto Star: COVID-19 vaccination passports coming to Ontario ‘within weeks’ in attempt to avoid further lockdowns
- Toronto Star: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario is getting a vaccination passport system; Moderna vaccine is approved for kids 12-17; Toronto schools to get home test kits
Aug. 26
- CP24: LTC Operators' vaccine mandate a 'great move'
- Simcoe.com: It's time for an Ontario vaccine passport, York Region's top doctor says
- Simcoe.com: ‘We take this directive very seriously’: Will vaccines be made mandatory for staff at Stevenson Memorial Hospital?
- QP Briefing: Medical officers of health lead ‘policy mutiny’ in absence of provincial action
Aug. 24
- CBC Toronto: CBC Toronto News August 24, 2021 (begins at 2:18)
- Everything Zoomer: COVID-19 Tracker: B.C. Vaccine Passport Coming for Residents and Visitors; Ontario Science Table Withholding “Grim” Modelling, Says Ex-Member
Aug. 23
- Ottawa Citizen: Doctors, nurses, teachers call for mandatory vaccination policies to protect the vulnerable
- The Globe and Mail: B.C. to introduce COVID-19 vaccine passport for recreational activities, access to non-essential businesses
Aug. 20
- Global News: SickKids, 2 other Ontario children’s hospitals implement mandatory COVID-19 vaccine for staff
- Lexology: Ontario COVID-19 vaccination policy update for high risk settings: Key considerations for hospitals and healthcare organizations
Aug. 19
- CityNews Toronto: Trio of children's hospitals in Ontario mandate COVID-19 vaccines for staff
- CTV Toronto: COVID-19 case numbers in healthcare workers drop
- CTV News Ottawa: CHEO Doctors, Nurses, Staff and Volunteers Must Be Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19
- Muskoka411: Ontario Nurses Welcome Province’s Announcement And Call For A Stronger Vaccine Mandate
- Toronto Star: Halton Hills mayor calls for COVID-19 vaccine passports with letter to Doug Ford and Justin Trudeau
- 680 News: CIHI Numbers on Health-Care Workers who have contracted COVID-19
Aug.18
- Canadian HR Reporter: Ontario mandates vaccines for high-risk settings
- Canadian HR Reporter: What does ‘mandatory vaccine’ really mean?
- El Centro Newspaper: La RNAO Pide un pasaporte de vacunación obligatorio
- Ontario Morning from CBC Radio with Julianne Hazlewood: Ontario Morning - Wednesday August 18, 2021 - Part 2 (starts at 2:08)
- CTV Morning Live Ottawa: Thursday, August 19, 2021 (starts at 58:55)
- Global News: COVID-19: LHSC, MLHU react to provincial vaccination policy for health, education workers
- insauga: Mayor of Halton Hills speaks out in favour of vaccine passports
- insauga: Ontario nurses believe Province’s vaccine policies too lenient
Aug. 17
- CBC News: Ontario announces mandatory vaccine plans for health, education workers; 3rd doses for some
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario to offer third COVID-19 dose to high-risk populations
- The London Free Press: Ontario slaps down tight COVID rules for health-care, education workers
- Waterloo Chronicle: Ontario pauses reopening, issues vaccine policies
- QP Briefing: ‘It’s not mandatory for anyone’: Opposition parties pan government’s vaccination policies for high-risk settings
Aug. 16
- CP24: Ford to meet with cabinet to discuss mandatory vaccinations for healthcare and education workers: sources
- Flamborough Review: Hamilton among the hardest hit in pandemic’s fourth wave
- insauga: Mississauga, Brampton mayors welcome federal, provincial action to mitigate COVID-19 fourth wave
- tbnewswatch: Ontario mandates vaccines for health, education workers
- QP Briefing: ‘Everybody’s begging for this’: Calls to mandate vaccines for education workers intensify as vaccine policy for health-care settings expected soon
Aug. 15
- The Chronicle Journal: Berating the unvaccinated won’t save them, or others
Aug. 14
- CHCH News: CHCH Evening News at 6 Part 1 (begins at 3:48)
Aug. 13
- iheartradio: Ontario offering incentives for new PSWs to work in retirement homes
- Ottawa Citizen: Vaccination should be mandatory for home care workers, cancer patient says
- Toronto Star: 'Definite appetite' in Guelph, Dufferin, Wellington for COVID-19 vaccine certificates, top doc says
- Toronto Sun: DEL DUCA: Vaccines should be mandatory for frontline healthcare and education workers
- 680 News: Over 75 per cent of Canadians want vaccine status identification: poll
Aug. 12
- CBC News: 'Drawing a line in the sand': Huron-Perth hospitals ready to make vaccines mandatory
- CBC News: Tory welcomes feds' proof of vaccination plan, calls on Ontario to create similar framework
- FM96: 'Our members are... relieved': Western faculty, TA unions react to COVID-19 vaccination plan
- Mississauga.com: Today’s coronavirus news: Doug Ford urged to create vaccine certification system as COVID cases rise; Ontario Medical Association calls for mandatory vaccinations for teachers
- QP Briefing: Ontario businesses can use federal vaccine passport: premier’s office
Aug. 11
- CBC News: New nurse shines light on trickle-down effect of burnout
- CTV News Kitchener: Region of Waterloo urges province, feds to adopt 'coordinated approach' to vaccine passports
- King Weekly Sentinel: Province ensures safe return to school
- The Record: Waterloo Region council wants clear rules around vaccine passports
- Toronto Star: Vaccine passports a good idea says Dr. Roumeliotis
- Waterloo Chronicle: Get set for a Ford reversal about vaccine passports
- 580 CFRA: Morning Rush: Childcare space in Toronto detected 12 positive COVID cases, marking the largest provincial outbreak of the virus in months
Aug. 10
- CBC News: Ontario sees 321 new COVID-19 cases as long-term care homes call for vaccine mandate for health workers
- CP24: Should Ontario have vaccine mandates?
- CTV News Toronto: Outbreaks in Ontario's child-care system rise as parents look ahead to September
- Financial Post: Hot job! Nurses were the heroes of the pandemic. And now we need more of them
- Global News: Ontario long-term care homes association calls for mandatory vaccines for all health-care workers
- iHeartRadio: Call for slowdown of surgeries as nurses recuperate from pandemic
- Human Resources Director: Give our staff COVID certificates – employers
- insauga: Province says no to vaccine passports in Mississauga and Ontario, top doc says any future restrictions likely to be regional
- National Post: Ontario to focus on reporting hospitalizations, ICU admissions instead of COVID-19 daily case counts
- North Bay Nugget: Number of vaccinated residents nears 70%
- Sudbury.com: Long-term care association joins RNs in calling for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines
- Toronto Star: Guelph MPP says COVID-19 vaccine certificates needed to reduce economic impact of potential fourth wave
- Windsor Star: Local leaders mixed on whether vaccine passports are right path
Aug. 9:
- BlogTo: Experts say 4th wave of COVID-19 has already started in Ontario
- CTV News: Etobicoke daycare hit by COVID-19 outbreak
- Global News: Ontario business groups call for COVID-19 vaccine certificate system to avoid lockdown
- Lintelligencer: Coronavirus: Reopening border risky with 4th wave arriving in Ontario
- Queens Citizen: Pressures for Vaccine Passport in Ontario
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario business groups want to avoid lockdown with vaccine certificate system
- Toronto Star: Doug Ford urged to create a vaccine passport before the fourth wave hits
- Toronto Sun: Nurses to Doug Ford: "Be the hero this province needs now."
- TRNTO: Fourth wave could be here already as Ontario reports 325 new COVID-19 cases
- Windsor Star: Nurses to Doug Ford: "Be the hero this province needs now."
- 680 News: Experts: Reopening border risky with 4th wave arriving in Ontario
Aug. 8:
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Elliot Lake Today: COLUMN: Mantha's office reopens to in-person visitors
Aug 7:
- City News: Pressure continues on Ford government for mandatory vaccine passports
- Windsor Star: Jarvis: Time to lead
- 680 News: Pressure continues on Ford government for mandatory vaccine passports
Aug 6:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News August 06, 2021 (begins at 6:18)
- CTV News Ottawa: Should Ontario Mandate Vaccines?
- Radio-Canada: Des organismes réclament le passeport vaccinal en Ontario
Aug 5:
- Capital Current: Organizations fear Ontario’s investment to reduce surgical wait times will endanger patients because of nursing shortage
- CBC News: NDP's Andrea Horwath backtracks on comments opposing mandatory vaccines for education workers
- Sudbury.com: Horwath walks back comments opposing mandatory vaccinations for education workers
- TBNewswatch: Horwath offers swift reversal on mandatory vaccine comments
- The Globe and Mail: Canada’s health care workers need to be held to a higher standard on vaccines
- The Globe & Mail: Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath backtracks, calls for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for health, education workers
- The Globe & Mail: Quebec to implement COVID-19 vaccine passport system
- Toronto Star: York Region’s unions say Ford’s plan on schools ‘incomplete,’ but Kurji says it's 'sensible'
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Doctors, nurses ask government to support vaccine passports
- 680 News: NDP's Horwath criticized for opposing mandatory education worker COVID-19 shots
Aug. 4:
- NewmarketToday: Southlake's ICU plan draws fire of Ontario NDP health critic, nursing leaders
- Toronto Star: Persuasion with information
- QP Briefing: Education minister says government won’t mandate COVID-19 vaccine in schools ‘at this point’
Aug. 3:
- CBC News: Groups representing doctors, nurses call for mandatory vaccination of health-care workers
- CBC the National: Ontario students head back to the classrooms full-time this fall
- Insauga: Nurses say schools plan for Mississauga, Brampton and Ontario lacks measures to limit effect of COVID-19's fourth wave
- QP Briefing: ‘I really don’t see our schools closing,’ says top doctor as province releases back-to-school guidance
- QP Briefing: In brief: Two more health stakeholders back mandatory vaccinations, and more
- Toronto Star: A return to in-person education is essential. What is the plan for the safe reopening of schools?
- Windsor Star: Windsor Regional Hospital mandates vaccination or regular testing for all staff
- 570 News: Kitchener Today with Brian Bourke: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 (begins at 20: 34)
Aug. 2:
July 29:
- City News Ottawa: Hour 3 of The Rob snow Show for July 29, 2021(starts at 1:30)
- CP24: What should be included in Ontario's school plan?
July 28:
- Blackburn News: Province’s nurses back teachers demands for safe school reopening
- Insauga: Ontario nurses urging Province release plan for students to return to classrooms in September
- National Observer: Ontario will get a school plan next week, Ford says
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario to spend $324-million to handle surgery backlog left by COVID-19 pandemic
- Toronto Star: Back-to-school plan will be released early next week, Ford says
- Toronto Star: Ontario’s back-to-school plan will be revealed early next week, Doug Ford says
- QP Briefing: Back-to-school plan coming next week: premier
- QP Briefing: Ontario’s top doctor issues call for youth to go ‘vax to school’
July 27:
- ONgov: COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A: How does getting vaccinated protect me?
- York Region: Stricter rules for unvaccinated kids, top doc says
July 26:
- CP24: Should vaccines be mandatory in health care?
- Toronto Star: As the pandemic fades, Peel needs nurses more now than ever
July 25:
- CTV News: 'An alarming exodus': Ontario nursing sector slammed with staffing shortage as many rethink careers
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Heads up! It's now a pandemic of the unvaccinated
July 24:
July 23:
- Global News: New University Health Network policy requires staff to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status
- Narcity: Ontario nurses are fighting to make vaccinations mandatory for health-care workers
- NewsmarketToday: Ontario nurses association calls for mandatory vaccinations for all health-care workers
- Sudbury.com: Nurses Association calling for mandatory vaccinations for all health workers in Ontario
- Times News Express: Stress, burnout, ‘chaos’. Why Canada’s at risk of losing its nurses and what health-care insiders say needs to change to keep them
- Toronto Star: ICU nurses threaten to leave Southlake hospital over new staffing model
July 22:
- CBC News: Why mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for health-care workers could help Canada fight a 4th wave
July 21:
- CTV News: Nurses leaving jobs after COVID-19
- insauga: Ontario nurses urging Province make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for health-care workers
- QP Briefing: In brief: RNAO writes to premier about mandatory vaccines, a new youth environment council, and more
- Simcoe.com: Ontario nurses urging Province make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for health-care workers
- Toronto Star: Several countries have made vaccines mandatory for health-care workers. Why not Canada?
- Zoomer Radio: July 21, 2021-Annamie Paul & National Summits on Antisemitism and Islamophobia this week
July 19:
- CanadaTalks Sirius XM 167: Doris Grinspun joins Arlene Bynon
- Canadian HR Reporter: Doctor, nurses call for health-care workers to have COVID vaccine
- CHCH: Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario calling for mandatory vaccinations among health care workers
- QP Briefing: Civil liberties group open to some form of mandatory vaccinations, while one major union rules them out
July 17:
- Ottawa Citizen: COVID-19: Customers line up as Ontario enters Step 3; Ottawa has -1 new cases; province reports 159
- Ottawa Sun: YOU SAID IT: No hope for Tories?
- The Globe and Mail: Don’t want to get vaccinated? Maybe you need to find another line of work
July 16:
- CBC News: OMA calls for COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all Ontario health-care workers
- City News Ottawa: Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for July 16, 2021
- CP24: CP24 Tonight for Friday, July 16, 2021 (starts at 37:32)
- CP24: Ontario health worker groups want mandatory COVID shots for health-care workers
- Daily Hive: Ontario medical groups call for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers
- Kitchener Today: RNAO launches #FullyVaccinated campaign
- The Globe and Mail: Canadian nurses are leaving in droves, worn down by 16 merciless months on the front lines of COVID-19
- Toronto Sun: OMA calls for mandatory vaccinations for health care workers
- Welland Tribune: Ontario health worker groups want mandatory COVID shots for health-care workers
- 570 News: Kitchener Today with Brian Bourke: Friday, July 16, 2021 (starts at 45:01)
July 15:
- CBC Toronto: CBC Toronto News July 15, 2021 (starts at 8:53)
- Durham Radio News: RNAO calling for mandatory vaccination for health-care workers
- Global News: Kingston Health Sciences Centre looking to fill 160 nursing positions
- New Hamburg Independant: Doug Ford opposes mandatory shots and proof-of-vaccination documentation
- The Toronto Star: Doug Ford opposes mandatory shots and proof-of-vaccination documentation
- Toronto Sun: No vaccine passports or mandatory vaccinations: Ford
July 13:
- Global News: France and Greece announce mandatory vaccinations for health workers. Will Canada do the same?
July 10:
- Toronto Sun: Only one shot won't prevent fourth wave, say experts
July 9:
July 7:
July 1:
- The Peninsula Qatar: UCQ becomes first institution in Middle East to join AcBPSOs
June 30:
June 24:
- QP Briefing: ‘It’s not a dump-off, it’s a clean handover’: Ontario’s new top doctor steps into the role
- QP Briefing: Step two reopening accelerated to June 30
June 23:
June 21:
- Waterloo Chronicle: What we know about Ontario's incoming chief medical officer of health
June 18:
- Toronto Star: Five former mayors of Toronto on why it is time for the city to decriminalize simple drug possession
June 17:
- QP Briefing: Big jump in post-secondary applications shows increased interest in nursing during the pandemic
- QP Briefing: Nurses warn of impending staffing collapse, call for immediate action
June 16:
- Global News: Facing COVID-19 staffing crunch, some Ontario hospitals offer cash bonuses to new nurses
- Ottawa Citizen: Citizen's Elizabeth Payne honoured by Ontario nurses for COVID-19 coverage
June 11:
- Ottawa Citizen: Signing bonuses are a sign of the times as desperate hospitals seek nurses
- QP Briefing: Government accelerates second doses again, but AstraZeneca recipients left behind
June 10 :
- Winnipeg Sun: T.O. firm co-sponsors psilocybin trial to treat front-line clinicians experiencing COVID-related distress
June 9:
- 640 Toronto: Ontario Nurses weigh in on Ontario's early reopening (starts at 00:31)
June 7:
- Toronto Star: Restrictions on businesses, outdoor gatherings to loosen in Ontario on Friday
- Toronto Star: Ontario begins reopening the economy on Friday
- 680 News: Reopening small businesses 'long overdue' as opposition calls on government to speed up 2nd doses
June 3:
- insauga: Ontario nurses support cancelling in-person learning for Mississauga, Brampton, and Ontario students this year
- KitchenerToday: Reaction pours in for new schools announcement from Ford
June 2:
- CityNews: Last neighbourhood dancing: Residents still making noise and music for healthcare workers
- CityNews: Ontario students won't return for in-class learning until September
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario students won’t return to in-person learning for the rest of school year, Doug Ford announces
- Toronto Star: Ontario schools staying closed but economy could reopen sooner, Ford says
June 1:
- CP24: Should vaccines be mandatory for LTC home staff?
- Zoomer Radio: Province may have cabinet shuffle & mandates vaccine policies for LTC staff (beings at 28:20)
May 31:
- CBC News: Dr. David Williams retiring as Ontario’s chief medical officer of health
- CBC Ottawa News: CBC Ottawa News May 31, 2021 (begins at 25:16)
- Shomporko: David Williams departing as Ontario’s top medical health officer
May 30:
- CBC News: Ontario to replace Dr. David Williams as chief medical officer of health
- Global News: Kingston’s medical officer of health named Ontario’s next top doctor
- The Globe and Mail: David Williams being replaced as Ontario’s top medical health officer by Kieran Moore
- The Globe and Mail: Meet Ontario’s incoming top doctor Kieran Moore, a disease-surveillance guru
- Toronto Star: Criticized Williams out as Ontario top medical health officer; Kieran Moore gets job
- Toronto Sun: RNAO chief praises new top doc in Ontario
May 27:
May 26:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News May 26, 2021 (begins at 9:47)
- Global News: Company behind Canadian COVID-19 border testing program misidentified some workers as nurses, insiders say
May 21:
May 20:
- KitchenerToday: Nursing remains critical profession throughout pandemic, future
May 18:
- CityNews Toronto: Ontario dedicating $35M to train more nurses
May 17:
- Global News: COVID-19: 11 nurses from across Canada deployed in Toronto-area hospitals
- VisionTV: The Zoomer on Vaccine Disclosure
- 1460 CJAY: COVID-19: 11 nurses from across Canada deployed in Toronto-area hospitals
May 15:
- The Sudbury Star: 'Nurses are the heart and soul of our ICU' — Sudbury doctors
May 14:
- CTV News: 'Pleased' RNAO is in dialogue with Ontario government
- KitchenerToday.com: Ontario's full vaccination target may be hard to reach: experts
- OurWindsor.ca: Two-dose summer may be hard to reach: experts
- Radio-Canada: Des activités extérieures, oui, mais prudemment et pas tout de suite
- Winnipeg Free Press: Ontario's full vaccination target may be hard to reach: experts
- 680 News: Ontario's full vaccination target may be hard to reach, medical experts say
May 13:
May 12:
- CBC News: Ontario doctors dispute nurses' claims about pandemic pay
- CBC News: Ontario ICU nurses say doctors are getting 10 times their pay for similar work during pandemic
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: No pay for COVID nurses during 14-day quarantine
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work Graham Richardson for Wednesday May 12th, 2021 (begins at 55:42)
May 11:
- AM 800: The Afternoon News - Lois Fairley Nursing Award
- CTV News: Lois Fairley Nursing Award recognizes 'All Nurses' in 2021
- QP Briefing: Health experts lay out policy recommendations to avert a potential fourth wave
- 640 Toronto: With more doses should Canada pursue a full vaccination strategy?
May 10:
- Global News Radio: The toll taken on nurses by the COVID-19 pandemic, Telford testifies to House committee & No Tokyo Olympics? (begins at 2:28)
- Healthy Debate: Saying Goodbye on FaceTime
- Ottawa Citizen: High-risk health workers won't have to wait for second doses of COVID-19 vaccines
- The Daily Press Timmins: Celebrating nursing in Sudbury
- The Hamilton Spectator: National Nursing Week (May 10 - 16)
- Welland Tribune: Province to expedite second vaccine doses for more front-line workers
- 980 CFPL: Dr. Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses association talks about critical healthcare workers getting their second vaccination doses - London Live
May 9:
- CP24: RPNs struggling with pandemic stress: poll
- Global News: COVID-19 pandemic stress leading to nurses increasingly asking for help
May 8:
- CityNews Toronto: 'Mounting exhaustion' has nurses considering leaving profession
May 7:
- AM 1150: Front-line medical workers call for vaccine prioritization as many remain with one dose
- BramptonGuardian.com: With 40 per cent of Ontario half-vaccinated, all eyes are on second doses
- Lake 88.1: Perth’s Dr. Drummond among those calling for second doses for ER doctors and nurses
- QP Briefing: The QP Briefing Podcast: The long-term care episode
- NorthUmberlandNews.com: With 40 per cent of Ontario half-vaccinated, all eyes are on second doses
- SooToday.com: COVID-19: Here's the situation in the Sault this week
- Toronto Star: With 40 per cent of Ontario adults half-vaccinated, all eyes are on second doses
- Toronto Sun: Address vaccine hesitancy before asking for proof of vaccination
- Toronto Sun: ICU nurses forced to wait four months for second jab: RNAO
May 6:
- Brampton Guardian: Give health-care workers second dose, groups urge
- CP24: Give health-care workers second dose, groups urge Ontario government
- CTV News: Front-line medical workers call for vaccine prioritization as many remain with one dose
- FM96 London: COVID-19: 18-year-old among 3 deaths reported in London-Middlesex; 94 cases reported
- InsideOttawaValley.com: Give health-care workers second dose, groups urge
- ParrySound.com: Give health-care workers second dose, groups urge
- Simcoe.com: Give health-care workers second dose, groups urge
- The Globe and Mail: Groups urge Ontario government to prioritize health-care workers who need second dose
- The Wellington Advertiser: Deafening silence
May 5:
- CBC News: Windsor nurse wants province to look closer to home when bringing health-care professionals to Ontario
- CHOK Radio: COVID - 19 Doris Grinspun CEO Of The RNAO May 5th 2021
- Global News: Pandemic taking mental health toll on front-line medical workers
- Ottawa Citizen: Partially vaccinated, working in ER: Calls grow to give second doses to front-line health workers
May 4:
- CityNews: Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for May 4, 2021(begins at 23:38)
May 3:
- CP24: Thousands of Ontarians book vaccine appointments within hours of expanded eligibility
- CTV News: Conestoga College receives nearly $5M to graduate 500 long-term care support staff
- QP Briefing: ‘We have to move forward’: Minister responds to LTC report finding that seniors died of dehydration and neglect
- The Chronicle Journal: Thousands of Ontarians book vaccine appointments within hours of expanded eligibility
- Toronto.com: Thousands book shots as Ontario widens eligibility
May 1:
- CBC News: Ontario reports 3,369 new COVID-19 cases as ICU admissions climb to 900
- InSauga: COVID-19 claims life of Mississauga nurse
- Niagara Falls Review: Brampton nurse who died of COVID-19 remembered as ‘fierce activist’ and loving mom
- The Globe and Mail: COVID has taken a devastating toll on Canada’s nurses. But the pandemic offers a chance to heal a broken system
- Toronto Star: Brampton nurse who died of COVID-19 remembered as ‘fierce activist’ and loving mom
April 29:
- CityNews: Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for April 29, 2021 (begins at 33:40)
April 28:
- BramptonGuardian.com: Ontario’s long-term care is in recovery mode, but experts warn system is fragile
- CityNews: Ontario introduces 3 paid sick days for workers, offer to boost federal sick leave to $1,000
- DurhamRegion.com: Ontario’s long-term care is in recovery mode, but experts warn system is fragile
- OrilliaMatters.com: Ontario to give all workers three paid sick days, reimburse businesses
- QP Briefing: Ontario gives overcrowded hospitals power to transfer patients to seniors’ homes without their consent
- WaterlooChronicle.ca: Ontario to provide 3 paid sick days for workers
- Zoomer Radio: A closer look at auditor general's report on long-term care in Ontario & hospitals given new emergency orders (begins at 13:25)
April 27:
- The Conversation: How Ontario can recover from Doug Ford’s COVID-19 governance disaster
- Toronto Star: Nurses demand swift, effective action from Ford right now
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Frontline health workers experiencing COVID burnout
April 26:
- CBC News: Nurses needed to help hospitals cope with increased patient demand
- Global News: ‘I couldn’t take it anymore’: Why some medical staff are calling it quits amid COVID-19
April 25:
April 24:
- Le Devoir: Les hôpitaux de Toronto submergés par la troisième vague
- The Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton’s active COVID cases soar; nearly one in 10 tests coming back positive
April 22:
- CP24: Ontario authorizes workers from other provinces, outside hospitals amid ICU strain
- Global News: COVID-19: Ontario emergency orders pave the way for more workers to help hospitals
- GuelphMercuryTribune.com: Ford 'sorry' for COVID rules, vows paid sick leave
- OrilliaMatters.com: WATCH: Ford promises new program to bridge the gap between job loss and collecting benefits for sick time
- The Chronicle Journal: Premier Ford apologizes for widely panned rules, pledges paid sick leave
- The Record: Local hospital administrator pleads for more nurses to deal with growing number of COVID-19 patients in ICU
April 21:
- Global News: COVID-19: Critical care nurses in high demand in Ontario as 3rd wave puts pressure on hospitals
- Ottawa Sun: COVID-19 cases top 4,200; Ornge activates surge team
- Toronto Sun: COVID-19 cases top 4,200; Ornge activates surge team
April 20:
- Maclean's: How Ontario's health advisors handled the 'darkest day' of the pandemic
- Toronto Star: Besides COVID-19 vaccines, we need to fix long-standing poor work conditions in Ontario. Here are some solutions
- Toronto Sun: ICU triage protocol could be days away, warns nurses' association
April 19:
- Global News: Growing calls for Ontario Premier Doug Ford to resign amid worsening COVID-19 3rd wave
- 980 CFPL: Getting a reaction on the new COVID-19 restrictions from the CEO of the Registered Nurses Association - London Live with Mike Stubbs
April 16:
- CBC News: Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Friday
- The Globe and Mail: Deluge of COVID-19 patients risk overwhelming Ontario Hospitals
April 15:
- CP24: Ont. must close all non-essential services: RNAO
- Radio-Canada: COVID-19 : des experts de la santé demandent des mesures plus strictes en Ontario
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Ontario nurses claim they have been muzzled by college
- Toronto Sun: Ontario sets new daily COVID record as ICU cases rise
- Windsor Star: Ontario sets new daily COVID record as ICU cases rise
April 14:
- CTV News: Huge number of nurses needed for new ICU beds
- CTV News: More than 1,000 ICU nurses wanted across Ontario as COVID-19 patients hit record high
- Newstalk 1010: More than 1,000 ICU nurses wanted across Ontario as COVID-19 patients hit record high
- Sudbury.com: Good morning, Sudbury! Here are eight stories to start your day
April 13:
- BayToday.ca: ‘Constant state of burnout’: Pandemic stress causing nurses to leave the profession in droves
- ElliottLakeToday.com: ONTARIO: ‘Constant state of burnout’ - Pandemic stress causing nurses to leave profession in droves
- Sudbury.com: ‘Constant state of burnout’: Pandemic stress causing nurses to leave the profession in droves
April 12:
- CityNews: Ontario hospitals ramp down elective surgeries to increase ICU capacity
- Global News Radio "ON Point with Alex Pierson": Doris Grinspun - Delayed announcing Stay-At-Home order so ICU numbers to rise
- ParrySound.com: These organizations, municipalities and health units are calling for paid sick days in Ontario
- QP Briefing: Staffing issues loom as ICU needs escalate
- Radio-Canada: Des travailleurs de la santé pourront être transférés d'une région à l'autre
- Radio-Canada "Ohdio": Les informations régionales avec Lyne-Françoise Pelletier
- Toronto Star: Ontario promises 350 new ICU beds this week as COVID-19 cases surge
- WaterlooChronicle.ca: These organizations, municipalities and health units are calling for paid sick days in Ontario
April 11:
- CHCH News: CHCH Evening News at 6 | Part 1 (begins at 8:09)
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Vaccine hesitancy must be addressed
April 10:
April 9:
- Orangeville.com: Ontario issues orders to help hospitals
- Pique News Magazine: Ontario issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as cases soar
- QP Briefing: Ontario hits record new COVID cases, ramps down surgeries as doctors warned of ‘incredibly difficult decisions’
- The Chronicle Journal: Ontario issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as cases soar
- Toronto.com: Ontario issues orders to help hospitals
- Toronto Sun: Premier Doug Ford receives first dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
- 570 News: KITCHENER TODAY WITH BRIAN BOURKE - Friday, April 9th, 2021 (begins at 22:22)
April 8:
- Automotive News Canada: Ontario dealers to remain open amid 4-week provincial stay-at-home order
- "The Arlene Bynon Show": Birgit Umaigba Joins Arlene Bynon
April 7:
- Brampton Guardian: Ontario imposes four-week stay-at-home order
- QP Briefing: Stay-at-home order to take effect Thursday, adults in hot spots bumped up vaccine queue
- Toronto Star: Ontario imposes four-week stay-at-home order as COVID-19 overwhelms hospitals
- Toronto Star: Registered practical nurse from the GTA dies after contracting COVID-19
April 6:
- CityNews "The Rob Snow Show": Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for April 6, 2021 (begins at 12:58)
- Ottawa Citizen: More restrictions coming as province extends mass COVID vaccination to 60-year-olds
- The Pointer: Ford gets an F: Peel's top doctor forced to close all schools down
- The Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton’s top doctor calls for stay-at-home order
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work with Leslie Roberts for Tuesday April 6th, 2021 (begins at 44:25)
April 5:
- QP Briefing: Peel schools switching to remote learning, as calls mount for more regions to follow suit
- QP Briefing: Three regions plead for stay-at-home order, frustrated health experts issue extraordinary warnings
April 4:
- Caledon Enterprise: Dr. Homer Tien, president of Ornge, to lead Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine task force
- Toronto.com: Dr. Homer Tien, president of Ornge, to lead Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine task force
- Toronto Star: ‘Please don’t let your guard down.’ Inside the third wave and why variants have changed everything, in the words of 7 front-line health workers
April 2:
- Alaska Highway News: Essential workers worried Ontario's latest COVID-19 'shutdown' won't protect them
- Castanet: Essential workers worried Ontario's latest COVID-19 'shutdown' won't protect them
- CollingwoodToday.ca: Essential workers worried Ontario's latest COVID-19 'shutdown' won't protect them
- OrilliaMatters.com: Essential workers worried Ontario's latest COVID-19 'shutdown' won't protect them
April 1:
- AM 650 CKOM: Ontario imposes four-week ‘shutdown’ to combat surge in COVID-19 cases
- Brampton Guardian: Did a pension change leave some Ontario hospital units understaffed during COVID’s 2nd wave?
- CBC News: Ontario to enter provincewide lockdown Saturday, sources say
- Kamloops This Week: Ontario imposes four-week 'shutdown' to combat surge in COVID-19 cases
- Kitchener Today: Almost 95 per cent of Ontario nurses reporting high stress levels: RNAO study
- Our Windsor: Did a pension change leave some Ontario hospital units understaffed during COVID’s 2nd wave?
- Sudbury.com: Almost 95 per cent of Ontario nurses reporting high stress levels: RNAO study
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario’s ‘emergency brake’ not enough, critics say, as Doug Ford announces new four-week COVID-19 restrictions
- The LTC Chronicles Podcast: CEO Doris Grinspun of the RNAO
- Yahoo! Finance: RNAO says government's "shutdown" announcement doesn't go far enough to confront third wave of COVID-19
March 31:
- Canadian Medical Association Journal: Hospitals grappling with nurse exodus
- CBC News: Ontario Morning from CBC Radio with Julianne Hazlewood
- iHeart Radio: The Afternoon News - Government's reopening plan threatens the health of Ontarians
- QP Briefing: Ontario risks exodus of nurses post-pandemic: Survey
- Toronto Star: Record number of Ontario nurses may leave the profession after COVID-19: Survey
March 30:
March 29:
- CBC News: The World at Six with Susan Bonner (begins at 6:05 mark)
- CTV News: Barbershops, salons may not open in two weeks if COVID-19 cases continue to climb, Toronto mayor says
March 28:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News March 28, 2021 (begins at7:30 mark)
- Global News: Global News at 6: March 28 (begins at 6:17 mark)
- Narcity: Ontario Nurses Org Says Our Reopening Plan Is 'Threatening People's Lives'
March 27:
- CTV News: 'Stronger' measures needed across Canada to suppress COVID-19 resurgence: Tam
- Global News: Ontario easing COVID-19 restrictions is ‘threatening people’s lives’: nurses’ association
March 26:
- CBC News: 'You have patients say the N-word': Black nurses call for support against racism on the medical frontlines
- Global News Radio: RNAO CEO reacts to Ontario 2021 budget
- InsideHalton.com: Salons, outdoor gyms to open in Ontario hot spots
- Toronto.com: Salons, outdoor gyms to open in Ontario hot spots
March 25:
- OrilliaMatters.com: Ontario pledges billions in pandemic recovery spending, faces years of deep deficits
- The Lucknow Sentinel: 'Historic’ investments announced for senior care in Huron-Bruce
March 24:
- AirDrieToday.com: Ontario pledges billions in pandemic recovery spending, faces years of deep deficits
- Global News: Ontario budget to spend billions on emerging from COVID-19 pandemic
March 23:
- The Globe and Mail: Routine COVID-19 testing for LTC staff not useful, Ontario science table argues
March 19:
- Global News: COVID-19: Retired health-care workers answer call to help on front lines
- GuelphToday.com: ONTARIO: Province plans to spend $933M on increasing, improving long-term care spaces
- Y108: COVID-19: Retired health-care workers answer call to help on front lines
March 18:
- CP24: Ontario continues 'band-aid' approach in LTC
- Newstalk 1010: Ontario plans to spend $933M on increasing, improving long-term care spaces
- XinhuaNet: Canada sees surging contagious COVID-19 variants
March 17:
- CTV News: 'No doubt': Experts warn third wave is upon us
- CTV News: RNAO discusses third wave concerns in Ontario
- QP Briefing: Health-care unions excluded from long-term care staffing supply group, predict it will fail
March 16:
- Belleville The Intelligencer: QHC prepping in case of local third wave
- Ontario.ca: New Action Group to Help Implement One of the Largest Health Care Recruiting and Training Programs in Ontario History
March 15:
- NiagaraThisWeek.com: Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff to speak at anti-abortion event
- Sault This Week: Rule-breaking nurses should face fines and discipline
- Toronto.com: Hillier leaving role at vaccine task force: Ford
March 11:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News March 11, 2021 (begins at 11:28 mark)
- CTV News: CTV News Toronto at noon (begins at 22:27 mark)
- QP Briefing: Your morning briefing
March 10:
- Global News Radio: Ontarians asked to light a candle, remember those lost on one year anniversary of WHO declaration of coronavirus pandemic
March 9:
- InSauga: Virtual candle-light vigil being held on anniversary of pandemic
- Muskoka411: Health Organizations Ask Everyone To Mark The One-Year Anniversary Of The COVID-19 Pandemic With A Candlelight Vigil
- North Bay Nugget: Candle vigil to mark COVID-19 anniversary
- Timmins The Daily Press: Candle vigil to mark COVID-19 anniversary
March 8:
March 7:
March 6:
- CBC News: Registered nurse could face discipline after refusing COVID-19 testing, quarantine at Toronto airport
- The Globe and Mail: As COVID-19 vaccine supply grows, scientists debate priority ranking for ‘essential workers’ to get shots
- Toronto Sun: Defiant unmasked nurse refuses COVID testing, quarantine at Toronto airport
March 5:
- Global News Radio: Vaccine supply news positive, but mobilizing rollout will be the true challenge: CEO of RNAO
March 2:
Feb. 28:
- Toronto Star: Toronto will begin vaccinating city’s homeless to relief of advocates: ‘Wins and good news for our community don’t come often’
Feb. 26:
- QP Briefing: ‘Let’s get a number on the table,’ says Premier Ford as RNAO calls for more nurse practitioners in Ontario
Feb. 25:
- CHCH News "Inside the Story": History repeating: Lessons learned from past plagues and pandemics
Feb. 23:
- NiagaraFallsReview: Is Niagara ready to reopen its economy? Not according to Public Health Ontario
Feb. 21:
- CBC News: Ontario has filled nearly all 625 public health nursing positions in schools, but is that enough?
Feb.19:
- Radio-Canada: Le Radiojournal19 février 2021
- Toronto Star: Ontario extends stay-at-home order for Toronto, Peel Region, North Bay
Feb. 18:
- CHCH News: Hamilton Health Sciences implements temporary self-isolation pay
- Maclean's: More COVID vaccines are coming to Canada. Who will get them first?
Feb. 17:
- CBC News: Hamilton hospitals and surrounding areas providing staff self-isolation pay
- CTV News Ottawa: Vaccines arrive; is Ontario ready to deliver?
Feb. 16:
- CBC News: Rapid testing will add to strain on long-term care sector, advocate warns
- CTV News: 'Healthcare system is really ready to step up': Ontario's doctors, nurses and pharmacists await details on vaccination plans
- CTV News: Who will be involved in vaccine rollout?
- OHS Canada: Ontario reopening must be cautious because of variants: Barrie mayor
Feb. 15:
- OrilliaMatters.com: Ontario reopening must be cautious because of variants, mayor of hard-hit city says
- Toronto.com: Ontario reopening must be cautious: Barrie mayor
- Toronto Star: Ontario reopening must be cautious because of variants, mayor of hard-hit city says
Feb. 12:
- CBC News: Hamilton health-care workers wore at least 1,000 expired N95 masks in 2020
- Toronto Sun: Letters to the Editor, Feb. 12
Feb. 11:
Feb. 10:
- London Free Press: Sims: Why are seniors living on their own not a higher vaccine priority?
- Radio-Canada International: Ontario doctors, nurses, hospitals alarmed at loosening restrictions
Feb. 9:
- CityNews: Province's gradual reopening could mean more travel between regions
- CTV News: Registered nurses' association calling on province to delay reopening
- GuelphMercuryTribune.com: Stay away! Prince Edward County health unit says tourists aren’t welcome at local vineyards
- Toronto Star: Stay away! Prince Edward County health unit says tourists aren’t welcome at local vineyards
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa at Work - Doris Grinspun interview "How long can we go with a severe lack of nurses, and why is this problem so difficult to fix?"
- 680 News: 'There is very much a lot of concern': Province's gradual reopening means more travel between regions
Feb. 8:
- CBC News: Nursing vacancies high despite interest
- Global News 980 CFPL: RNAO reacts to Ontario's plan to lift lockdown restrictions
- QP Briefing: Government announces business reopening plan
- Toronto Star: New side-effect of COVID-19: A sudden surge in applications for nursing school
- Toronto Star: Ontario to begin gradual reopening of economy Wednesday, state of emergency to expire
- Toronto Star: Stressed and overworked, nurses hailed as ‘health-care heroes’ are struggling to find help
- UnpublishedTV: COVID-19 Muzzled
Feb. 5:
- iPolitics: Feds push back on Ontario government’s refusal to fund sick days
- National Post: 'A monumental task': Canada's health-care system readies for unprecedented next phase of COVID-19 vaccination
- North Bay Nugget: 'A monumental task': Canada's health-care system readies for unprecedented next phase of COVID-19 vaccination
Feb. 3:
- Metro Morning: 'If I don't show up, who's going to?': Nurses on battling burnout
- The Globe and Mail: Feb. 3: ‘If a physician leader wishes to speak to the media without consulting their leadership team, then they should resign.’ Readers react to Ontario doctor let go over COVID-19 advocacy, plus other letters to the editor
Feb. 2:
- CBC News: Improving life in nursing homes as residents get COVID-19 vaccines
- NorthumberlandNews.com: IMPACT: Local vaccine rollout: What we know and what we don’t know
Feb. 1:
- CBC News: What it’s like to stay at a quarantine hotel (Marketplace)
- Newstalk 610 CKTB: Doris Grinspun, CEO, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, RE: Blue Ribbon protest for nurses - Feb 1st, 2021
Jan. 30:
- Ottawa Citizen: Today's letters: Two jobs is one too many, Gen. Hillier
Jan. 29:
- InsideHalton.com: 'Deeply heartbroken': Oakville nurse who died by suicide remembered for putting needs of others above her own
- Toronto Star: Peabody concerned over high COVID-19 numbers in nearby areas
Jan. 27:
Jan. 26:
- Global News: Coronavirus: 2 deaths, 19 cases in London-Middlesex; lowest single-day jump since early December
- Iintelligencer: Coronavirus Canada Updates: Focus on LTC residents amid vaccine delay
- KitchenerToday.com: Concerns around healthcare worker morale not helped by complicated sick pay: RNAO
- London Free Press: Shaver: Premier's attempt to skimp on paid sick days for health-care workers short-sighted
- Toronto.com: Support pours in for family of late Toronto nurse who died by suicide
- Vancouver is Awesome: Ontario focuses on COVID-19 vaccines for long-term care residents amid dose delay
- Zoomer Radio: Canada's slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout (interview begins at 45:40)
Jan. 25:
- CHCH News: Medical community calls for additional mental health support as one nurse died by suicide last week
- Global News: Coronavirus: Toronto hospital nurse who died by suicide remembered as caring, dedicated
- Toronto.com: Focus on LTC residents amid vaccine delay
- Toronto Sun: 'WE ARE DEEPLY HEARTBROKEN': Toronto nurse dies by suicide
- YorkRegion.com: Focus on LTC residents amid vaccine delay
Jan. 23:
- The Globe and Mail: Toronto’s pandemic isolation centre for the homeless faces capacity crunch as COVID-19 cases rise in shelters
- The Globe and Mail: ‘We were anticipating the worst’: Recalling Canada’s first COVID-19 case
Jan. 22:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News January 22, 2021 (interview begins at 7:05 mark)
- Financial Post: Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Crisis: 100 Organizations Send Clear Message to Premier Ford, This is an Emergency, We Need Action Now
- Global News: Ontario nurses calling on government to improve COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Jan. 21:
- Martha Pinzon Media: Interview with Doris Grinspun
- National Post: Randall Denley: Why adding more and more beds still isn’t fixing Ontario’s COVID hospital crisis
Jan. 19:
- CBC News: Some Ontario nurses no longer paid during self-isolation if they test negative after COVID-19 exposure
- iPolitics: Ontario mayors join opposition in demanding paid sick days
- Radio-Canada: Les effets de la pandémie sur les infirmiers et infirmières
- TVO "Political Blind Date": Ep 1 - Hallway Medicine
Jan. 18:
- Big 96.3: London, Ont., NICU nurse who travelled to D.C. has been fired 'with cause'
- Global News: London, Ont., NICU nurse who travelled to D.C. has been fired ‘with cause’
- Q107: London, Ont., NICU nurse who travelled to D.C. has been fired 'with cause'
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario to add more ICU beds as hospitals struggle with surge in coronavirus patients
- The Hamilton Spectator: Vaccine rollout scaled back in Hamilton
- Toronto Sun: Passengers with COVID continue to fly into Pearson
Jan. 16:
- CBC News: CBC Saturday News January 16, 2021 (begins at 4:19 mark)
- CBC News Radio: Some health-care workers still hesitant to get COVID-19 vaccine
- GuelphMercuryTribune.com: Today’s coronavirus news: Canada passes 700,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases; Ontario reports 3,056 cases, 51 deaths; India starts world’s largest vaccination drive
- Mississauga.com: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 3,056 cases and 51 deaths; India starts world’s largest vaccination drive; Ontario delays giving some second doses of Pfizer vaccine
- Ottawa Citizen: 'It is frustrating': U.S-educated nurse from Ottawa hits barriers to getting licensed in Ontario
- Toronto Star: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 3,056 cases and 51 deaths; India starts world’s largest vaccination drive; Ontario delays giving some second doses of Pfizer vaccine
- Toronto Star: What about us? Community health workers say they’ve been forgotten in Ontario’s vaccine strategy
- YorkRegion.com: Today’s coronavirus news: Canada passes 700,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases; Ontario reports 3,056 cases, 51 deaths; India starts world’s largest vaccination drive
Jan. 15:
- University Affairs: Canada’s nursing programs address racial prejudice in the profession
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work featuring Dahlia Kurtz for Friday January 15th, 2021
Jan. 14:
- Caledon Enterprise: 'It is appalling': Ontario advocates slam Ford over lack of paid sick days
- CHCH News "Inside the Story": Is it too late to stop COVID? Cases surge as wait for vaccine drags on
- QP Briefing: Ontario hospitals fighting for their share of COVID-19 vaccine
- Toronto.com: 'It is appalling': Ontario advocates slam Ford over lack of paid sick days
Jan. 13:
- CBC News: Confusing but helpful — northern Ontario reacts to province's stay-at-home order
- CityNews: Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for January 13, 2021 (interview begins at 21:00 mark)
Jan. 12:
- CBC News "The National": Burnout among health-care workers could get worse during pandemic, experts warn
- CTV News: Ontario announces stay-at-home order
- Global News: Coronavirus: Quebec doctor’s death by suicide sends shockwaves through Canada’s medical community
- The Chronicle Journal: Ontario issues stay-at-home order to start Thursday, declares state of emergency
- Yahoo! News: Ontario issues stay-at-home order to start Thursday, declares state of emergency
Jan. 11:
- CBC News: Nurses association not happy With Dr. Paul woods bouncing across the border
- CBC News: Regulator investigating 2 Ont. nurses who travelled to D.C. rally promoting 'COVID fraud' conspiracy
- iPolitics: iPolitics AM: Trudeau talks biodiversity financing at One Planet summit
Jan. 10:
Jan. 8:
- DurhamRegion.com: Ontario lockdown may not lift in January: Ford
- India Education Diary: Nursing Department of PKUFH attends virtual BPSO Knowledge Exchange Symposium
- The Globe and Mail: Paramedics alarmed by conditions inside home with Ontario’s worst LTC outbreak
- St. Catharines Standard: There’s an urgent need to get Niagara’s LTC residents vaccinated
- Toronto Star: ‘It’s boys in the sandbox fighting’: Now stop the bickering and start fixing long-term care, advocates say
- Vancouver is Awesome: Ontario lockdown may not lift at the end of January: Ford
- Welland Tribune: There’s an urgent need to get Niagara’s LTC residents vaccinated
Jan. 7:
- The Hamilton Spectator: Weeks ahead will be ‘brutal,’ say Ontario nurses calling for stricter COVID lockdown
Jan. 6:
- CTV News: CTV News Toronto at Six for January 6, 2021 - CTV News Toronto at Six Podcast (begins at 20:50)
- Global News: Hospital system CEO resigns from Ontario COVID-19 advisory table after trip
- St. Catharines Standard: Premier Doug Ford says hospital board has to make ‘tough decision’ about CEO’s Caribbean vacation
- The Hamilton Spectator: Premier Doug Ford says hospital board has to make ‘tough decision’ about CEO’s Caribbean vacation
Jan. 5:
- Castanet: Call for faster vaccinations
- CBC News: Ontario hospital CEO who vacationed in Dominican Republic resigns from health panels
- iHeartRadio: LTC vaccinations need to ramp up in Ontario: Advocates
Jan. 4:
- Kamloops This Week: Advocates call on provinces to vaccinate long-term care residents and workers faster
- Toronto Star: Today’s coronavirus news: TTC confirms first employee death from COVID-19; Ontario reports 3,270 new cases, 29 more deaths while outbreaks at LTC homes hit record
- Toronto Star: Advocates call on provinces to vaccinate long-term care residents and workers faster
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Cocodile tears not solving crisis in long-term care homes
- Vancouver Courier: Advocates call on provinces to vaccinate long-term care residents and workers faster
- 650 CKOM: Advocates call on provinces to vaccinate long-term care residents and workers faster
Jan. 3:
- CTV News: Brampton West MP to step aside from parliamentary role after travelling to U.S. for memorial
Jan. 1:
2020
Dec. 30:
- Newstalk 610 CKTB: Doris Grinspun, The head of RNAO joins Host Craig Needles to talk about the vaccine rollout and how front line health care workers have handled the holiday season
- Toronto Star: Hundreds of babies are born into homelessness in Toronto each year, even under COVID-19. Their mothers scramble to find them a safe place to live — in city shelters or a friend’s apartment
Dec. 28:
- CTV News: CTV News Toronto at Six for Monday, December 28, 2020 (story begins at 4:17)
- CTV News: Slow vaccine rollout across Canada draws criticism, anger
- InsideOttawaValley.com: Initiatives that kept community spirit alive in North Grenville during COVID-19
- New Newsledger: NDP Demanding Action to Speed Up Vaccinations in Ontario
Dec. 27:
- The Hamilton Spectator: There is no justification for delaying a ban on evictions
Dec. 23:
- Newstalk 610 CKTB: Ontario nurses say government is failing them with virus response
Dec. 21:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News December 21, 2020 (story begins at 5:29)
Dec. 20:
- Toronto Star: Canada suspends flights from U.K. for 72 hours after new, more infectious COVID-19 strain emerges
- Toronto Sun: Prepare for Christmas Eve Ontario-wide lockdown
Dec. 19:
- Toronto Star: Doing your part
- Toronto Star: Hard lockdowns, expanded testing, help for small business: What we need to do now to address COVID-19 crisis
Dec. 18:
- AM800 CKLW: The Morning Drive - The Forgotten Residents
- North Bay Nugget: North Bay hospital 'poised and ready' for COVID-19 surge
- Radio-Canada: Doug Ford tient une réunion d'urgence avec les dirigeants d'hôpitaux
- 580 CFRA: Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Fri. December 18th, 2020 (Interview begins at 16:55)
Dec. 17:
- Toronto Star: Doug Ford says ‘everything is on the table’ as pressure mounts for wider and stricter COVID-19 lockdowns
- Toronto Sun: 'EXTREMELY SERIOUS': Ontario hospitals call for four-week lockdown in hot zones
- Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal: Premier Doug Ford says Ontario is considering new measures to curb COVID-19
Dec. 16:
- Global National: Ontario ICUs prepare for surge of COVID-19 patients
Dec. 12:
Dec. 11:
Dec. 10:
- Global News: Ontario’s current coronavirus lockdowns not as effective, easing measures could mean higher cases: officials
- Radio-Canada: Bulletin de nouvelles du Jeudi 10 Décembre 2020
Dec. 9:
- Cornwall Standard-Freeholder: Cheering won't save lives, staying home will: What frontline workers really need
- The Chronicle Journal: COVID-19 outbreak at Whitby, Ont., long-term care home leads to hospital intervention
- Toronto Star: A call for national standards in long-term care
Dec. 8:
- CP24: Ontario Hospital Association urges people to cancel in-person holiday gatherings
- Inquinte: Early Christmas gift from local sewers group to TMHF
- St. Catharine's Standard: Provinces on a collision course with Ottawa over national standards for long-term care
- Toronto Star: Provinces on a collision course with Ottawa over national standards for long-term care
- Waterloo Chronicle: Provinces on a collision course with Ottawa over national standards for long-term care
Dec. 7:
- Global News: Vulnerable seniors, health-care workers among first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario
- CBC News Radio: Report shows need for more nurses, staff at long-term care homes
Dec. 4:
- Montreal Gazette: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave
- National Post: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave
- Vancouver Sun: When the clapping stopped: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave
Dec. 3:
- Queen's Citizen: When the applause stopped: Once, we stood in solidarity with the virus. Then came the second wave
- The Beacon Herald: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave
- The Recorder & Times: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave
Dec. 1:
Nov. 30:
- Toronto Star: Ottawa gives provinces $1B for long-term care
Nov. 29:
- GuelphMercuryTribune.com: Praised by Doug Ford, vilified by critics — but is Dr. David Williams misunderstood?
- Toronto Star: Praised by Doug Ford, vilified by critics — but is Dr. David Williams misunderstood?
- WaterlooChronicle.ca: Praised by Doug Ford, vilified by critics — but is Dr. David Williams misunderstood?
Nov. 28:
- The Globe and Mail: Nursing homes were a horror story in COVID-19′s first wave. Why are we seeing a sequel?
Nov. 27:
Nov. 26:
- InSauga: Ontario nurses advocating for full province-wide lockdown to mitigate spread of COVID-19
- Radio-Canada: La VG réplique à Doug Ford que oui, c'est son travail
- 980 CFPL: RNAO reacts to LHSC nurse organizing 'freedom rally' in London, Ont.
Nov. 25:
- Big 96.3: Fear, stress factors in staffing shortages at Ontario's long-term care homes amid COVID-19 crisis
- CP24: Ont. needs to act on feedback from auditor: RNAO
- Global News: Fear, stress factors in staffing shortages at Ontario’s long-term care homes amid COVID-19 crisis
- NOW: Calls grow for the removal of Ontario’s chief medical officer of health
Nov. 24:
- CBC News: LHSC neonatal nurse in hot water after organizing London's 'Freedom Rally'
- QP Briefing: Organization advocating for older Canadians calls for removal of long-term care minister from role
- Radio-Canada International: Nurses call Ontario action on COVID-19 too late, insufficient
Nov. 23:
- CTV News: Ontario's top doctor now plans to push back retirement amid second wave of COVID-19
- QP Briefing: Premier doubles down on Williams, PCs propose six-month extension
- Simcoe Reformer: Ford seeks extension for Ontario's top public health doctor
- The Peterborough Examiner: Pickering care home slammed in military report given green light to expand by province
- The Sudbury Star: Ford seeks extension for Ontario's top public health doctor
- Toronto.com: Pickering care home slammed in military report given green light to expand by province
Nov. 21:
Nov. 20:
- Gulf Times: UCQ hosts panel discussion on nursing during Covid-19
- MENAFN: Qatar- UCQ hosts panel discussion on nursing during Covid-19
- OrilliaMatters.com: Ontario moving Toronto, Peel Region into lockdown starting Monday
Nov. 19:
- Beach Metro: COVID-19 cases slowly dropping at number of East Toronto long-term care homes
- Global News: Ontario nurses speak out about their mental health amid pandemic
- Niagara Falls Review: The province is dodging the truth on COVID-19 in long-term care
- The Hamilton Spectator: The province is dodging the truth on COVID-19 in long-term care
- Yahoo! Finance: Eighteen RNAO members, including CEO Doris Grinspun, named as Fellows of Canadian Academy of Nursing
Nov. 18:
- BayToday.ca: Northern nurses are pillars within the community
- CHCH News: Long term care deaths rising
- ElliotLaketoday.com: 'Being a nurse is more than just being a healthcare provider,' says APH public health specialist
- KitchenerToday.com: Kitchener-Waterloo nurses meet virtually to discuss COVID-19, health system
- Newstalk 610 CKTB: Cases of COVID-19 continue to climb at long-term care homes in Ontario
- Rabble.ca: Support workers warn Ontario's long-term care staffing efforts will do more harm than good
- The Hamilton Spectator: COVID-19 deaths: The number Doug Ford doesn’t want to talk about
- Toronto.com: 'We're in for a disaster,' says nurses union about COVID-19's second wave
Nov. 17:
- CBC News: Windsor nurses voice concerns at provincial nursing association meeting
- The Hamilton Spectator: COVID cases are ‘exploding’ in long-term care and retirement homes
Nov. 16:
- AM600: Nurses across Ontario to compare notes during virtual Fall Tour
- CityNews: Ontario Nurses’ Association calls for 28-day lockdown
- CTV News: CTV News Toronto at Six for Monday, November 16, 2020 (begins at 13:33)
- CTV News: 7 long-term care residents die from COVID-19
- Guelph Mercury Tribune: Exhaustion, burnout major concerns for Guelph nurses during pandemic, says association
- Global News: Healthcare workers sound the alarm on 2nd wave impact in long-term care homes
- KitchenerToday.com: Long-term care minister accused of trying to 'scapegoat' local health officials
- PressProgress: Doug Ford’s government has repeatedly opted for looser COVID-19 measures despite warnings from health experts
Nov. 15:
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News November 15, 2020 (begins at 4:30)
- CBC News: Ontario not doing enough to prevent long-term care deaths, RNAO says
- CBC News "The National": Hospitals beginning to feel the stress of rising COVID-19 cases
- CP24: LTC system staffing 'worse than before:' Grinspun
- SooToday.com: Ontario reports 1,248 new cases of COVID-19, 20 deaths in LTC
- The Chronicle Journal: Ontario reports 1,248 new cases of COVID-19, 20 deaths in LTC
- The Kingston Whig Standard: Stage set for second disaster in long-term care: experts
Nov. 14:
Nov. 13:
- AM640: Long Term care workers ringing warning bells, the mental health impacts of a second shutdown, and a travel writer is stuck on a cruise with a COVID outbreak
- DurhamRegion.com: 'There is a lot of burnout:' Durham nurses on COVID, what needs to happen next
- iPolitics: Evening Brief: Holidays on the line
- iPolitics: Ford tightens colour-coded COVID restrictions after backlash
- QP Briefing: Long-term care is 'our provincial shame': geriatrician teams up with nurses' association to call our Ontario's ageism
- Strathroy Age Dispatch: Bias, lack of action setting stage for a second disaster in long-term care: experts
- The Sudbury Star: Bias, lack of action setting stage for a second disaster in long-term care: experts
- Toronto Star: Seven deaths at Main Street Terrace long-term care home as criticism of province’s COVID-19 response grows
Nov. 9:
- Beach Metro News: East Toronto NDP MPPs critical of provincial budget on numerous fronts including not providing enough funding for COVID-19 fight
Nov. 7:
- The Sault Star: Nursing head speaks
- St. Thomas Times Journal: Nursing head speaks
Nov. 6:
- CP24: Absent funding details for long-term care standard in budget troubling: advocates
- OttawaMatters.com: Absent funding details for long-term care standard in budget troubling: advocates
- Radio-Canada: Soins aux aînés en résidence : « promesse électorale » ou engagement clair?
- Toronto Star: Doug Ford’s pandemic pledge to hire thousands of nursing-home workers criticized as short on details
Nov. 4:
- Canadian Occupational Safety: Ontario increases hours of direct care for LTC resident
- CBC News: Ontario reports 987 new COVID-19 cases, 16 more deaths
- iPolitics: What key pandemic players are asking for in the next Ontario budget
- The Kingston Whig Standard: Ford defends new COVID-19 response system
Nov. 2:
- CP24: Ontario promises new care standard in long-term care, to be implemented by 2024-2025
- InsideHalton.com: Ontario promises care standard in long-term care
- ParrySound.com: Ontario long-term care residents to get 4 hours of direct care daily by 2025
- The Chronicle Journal: Ontario promises new care standard in long-term care, to be implemented by 2024-2025
- 680 News: Ontario promises new care standard in long-term care by 2024-2025
Oct. 31:
- Newstalk 1010: Burnout & stress for frontline workers
Oct. 28:
Oct. 27:
- The Chronicle Journal: Ontario long-term care commission will grant workers anonymity
- Toronto.com: Long-term care probe will grant workers anonymity
Oct. 26:
- CBC Metro Morning: 'They should not go there to die. They should live': RNAO CEO says Long Term Care system is at risk
- CP24: LTC needs more support to counter 2nd wave
- iPolitics: Opposition demands Ford fire minister of Long-Term Care, citing report
- 980 CFPL: Facing the realities of the surge in cases and the second wave of COVID-19 - London Live with Mike Stubbs
Oct. 25:
- OttawaMatters.com: COVID-19 is not a political issue: nursing association says governments need to work together; more nurses, PSWs needed on frontlines
- 580 CFRA: As the death toll grows in long-term care homes, Ontario needs to stop studying studies and start saving lives instead
Oct. 23:
- The Globe and Mail: Government must staff up LTC homes after they were ‘forgotten’ in first wave, Ontario commission says
- Toronto.com: Address staffing shortages: LTC commission
- Toronto Star: Ontario should urgently address staffing shortages in nursing homes, commission says
- Toronto Star: Pressure grows on Doug Ford as nursing-home probe repeats calls to hire more staff and boost residents’ care
Oct. 19:
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: What happens next with COVID depends on you
Oct. 18:
Oct. 17:
- CBC News: The key lesson from SARS that Canada failed to heed when COVID-19 hit
- The Queens County Citizen: The key lesson from SARS is that Canada did not care when COVID-19 was hit
Oct. 15:
Oct. 10:
Oct. 9:
- CBC News "Ontario Today": Tightening restrictions: What's at stake
- CityNews: NewsAlert: Former premier Jean Charest suing Quebec government
- Global News: Coronavirus: 19 new cases in London-Middlesex in largest single-day jump since mid-April
- Now Toronto: Toronto’s winter plan isn’t enough, housing advocates say
- The Chronicle Journal: Ontario imposes restrictions on Toronto, Ottawa, Peel to slow COVID-19
- The Kingston Whig Standard: Ontario reports 939 new COVID-19 cases, marking new daily record
- Toronto.com: Ontario imposes restrictions on COVID hot spots
- Toronto Star: Ontario bans indoor dining, closes gyms and lowers gathering limits as new COVID-19 cases hit a record 939
Oct. 8:
- Cape Breton Post: Why would you open a business in a pandemic? In Ottawa, restaurateurs take calculated risks
- Orangeville.com: Are long-term-care homes ready for COVID-19’s second wave? City-owned homes say they are, but others aren’t so sure
- The Gananoque Reporter: Why would you open a business in a pandemic? In Ottawa, restaurateurs take calculated risks
Oct. 7:
- Toronto.com: Steven Del Duca urges Premier Doug Ford to close indoor restaurants, bars and gyms for 28 days to curb COVID-19 spread
- Zoomer Radio: Ontario's Independent Long-Term Care Inquiry - October 7, 2020
Oct. 6:
- Brampton Guardian: Steven Del Duca urges Premier Doug Ford to close indoor restaurants, bars and gyms for 28 days to curb COVID-19 spread
- Ottawa Citizen: Save schools by closing indoor bars and restaurants, top CHEO official says
- Toronto Star: Steven Del Duca urges Premier Doug Ford to close indoor restaurants, bars and gyms for 28 days to curb COVID-19 spread
- Toronto Star: Toronto’s plan for shelters for the first winter of COVID-19 includes more beds, warming centres — and plastic barriers
- Toronto Sun: GOLDSTEIN: Public and private sectors have different pandemic priorities
Oct. 5:
- Global News: ‘Show me the evidence’: Doug Ford rejects calls to close indoor dining amid spike in COVID-19 cases
- Ottawa Citizen: Pandemic's front-line health-care workers feared, shunned
- The Globe and Mail: Quebec expands pandemic restrictions as Ontario resists calls for further action
- The Kingston Whig Standard: Pandemic's front-line health-care workers feared, shunned
Oct. 2:
- Caledon Enterprise: COVID-19 infections surge in Ontario, Quebec
- CBC News: Ontario's 'dog's breakfast of guidance' around COVID-19 sowing confusion, distrust, some
- experts say
- CBC News "Power and Politics": New Ontario COVID-19 restrictions ‘too little, too late,’ says nurses association
- CityNews: Ford introduces new restrictions, tells Ontarians to limit interactions
- iPolitics: Ontario tightens restrictions in virus-hit regions, shifts to appointment-only testing
- Ottawa Business Journal: New limits on bars, meeting facilities strike 'reasonable balance,' pub owner says
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario issues new restrictions for bars, restaurants, gyms in COVID-19 hot spots; ‘pauses’ social circles
- Radio-Canada: L'Ontario rend le masque obligatoire dans toute la province
- Radio Canada International: The coronavirus refuses to let up in Quebec and Ontario
- Vancouver Courier: Municipal, provincial leaders clash over response to COVID-19 surge in hotspots
- Waterloo Chronicle: Stricter guidelines in Ontario to deal with COVID-19
- Yahoo! Finance: RNAO urges stricter measures to combat rapidly rising number of COVID-19 infections
- 570 News: Ontario hits record COVID-19 cases amid pressure to tighten public health measures
Oct. 1:
- CBC News "Front Burner": Will Ontario's second wave become a tsunami?
Sept. 29:
- NewmarketToday.ca: Newmarket, Orillia hospitals partner to hire new diversity director
- OrilliaMatters.com: OSMH teams up with Southlake to tackle workplace diversity
Sept. 28:
- BradfordToday.ca: Hospitals' new diversity director brings lived experience, passion for change
- Toronto Star: Hospitals are sounding the alarm about their ability to cope without at least a partial lockdown. Here’s what’s happening now and why they’re worried about the future
- YorkRegion.com: Hospitals are sounding the alarm about their ability to cope without at least a partial lockdown. Here’s what’s happening now and why they’re worried about the future
Sept. 27:
- 580 CFRA: Ontario long-term care homes are begging Ford government for help to prevent more unnecessary deaths
Sept. 25:
- Global News: Toronto nurse on caring for Canada’s 1st COVID-19 patient
- 570 News: Friday September 25th, 2020
Sept. 24:
- The LTC Chronicles Podcast: The LTC Chronicles - Doris Grinspun - CEO of RNAO
Sept. 23:
- Global News: Ontario nurses groups concerned over regulatory body’s plan to expand RPN duties
- The Globe and Mail: Liberal government proposes penalizing those who neglect seniors in care
- Toronto Star: Nurses groups concerned over regulatory body’s plan to expand RPN duties
Sept. 22:
- iPolitics: Investigators of COVID at Ontario nursing homes could publish early findings
- Seaforth Huron Expositor: BRAUN: Long-term care homes on course for repeat disaster
- The Kingston Whig Standard: BRAUN: Long-term care homes on course for repeat disaster
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Long-term care homes on course for repeat disaster
Sept. 20:
- NewKerala.com: RNAO joins global movement A Just Recovery for All
Sept. 19:
- The Globe and Mail: Long-term care operators call on Ontario government to address severe staffing shortage
- Niagara Falls Review: Nursing home doctors were repeatedly asked to visit residents during the COVID-19 outbreak. They didn’t come. As virus resurges, Ontario considers new rules
- Toronto Star: Nursing home doctors were repeatedly asked to visit residents during the COVID-19 outbreak. They didn’t come. As virus resurges, Ontario considers new rules
Sept. 17:
- Martha Pinzon Media: Interview with Dr. Doris Grinspun
- Radio-Canada: Le système de santé à l'épreuve en Ontario : Reportage J.-A. Lamoureux
Sept. 16:
- Now Toronto: The second coming of COVID
Sept. 15:
- Cityline: The nurse who treated Canada's first COVID patient tells her story
- National Observer: Trudeau asked to enshrine top scientist's position in law
Sept. 11:
- Children's Health Coalition: Sounding the alarm on Ontario's crisis in children's health care
- Niagara Falls Review: Ten things Ontario needs to do to fight a second wave of COVID-19
- Toronto.com: Children’s hospitals say Ontario must step up as kids are suffering
- Welland Tribune: Ten things Ontario needs to do to fight a second wave of COVID-19
Sept. 10:
- St. Catharine's Standard: Ontario ‘didn’t learn the lessons from SARS’ leaving it vulnerable to COVID-19
Sept. 9:
- St. Catharine's Standard: Did provincial funding cuts and a planned merger hurt public health’s response to COVID?
Sept. 8:
- The Hamilton Spectator: Is Ontario ready for a second wave of COVID-19?
Sept. 7:
Sept. 5:
- Newstalk 1010: 'I personal offence to that': Premier fires back amid call for top health official to resign
- St. Thomas Times-Journal: Sudbury letters: Concerns need to be addressed; Ripped off at the pumps
Sept. 4:
- Belleville The Intelligencer: Sudbury letters: Concerns need to be addressed; Ripped off at the pumps
- CityNews: Ford defends Ontario’s top doctor amid criticism from head of nurses’ association
- New Canadian Media: Better Job Protection Needed for Personal Support Workers
- New Canadian Media: Faith and Concern for Patients Sustain Immigrant Nurses on the Frontlines of COVID-19
- QP Briefing: Your COVID-19 roundup: Don’t pass the doobie
- TB News Watch: Ford defends Dr. David Williams
Sept. 3:
Sept. 2:
- CBC News: Get informed on the top stories of the day in one quick scan
- CBC News: What you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday, Sept. 2
- CBC Radio "Here and Now": The increasing calls for Dr. David Williams to resign
- India Blooms: Canada: Dough Ford, Christine Elliott defend Ontario's Chief Medical Officer amid growing calls of resignation
- Radio-Canada: Appels à la démission du médecin hygiéniste en chef de l’Ontario
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Dr. David Williams — forgotten, but not gone
- 580 CFRA: Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. September 2nd, 2020
- 640 Toronto: Does Dr. Williams need to be replaced?
Sept. 1:
- CBC News: Ford defends Ontario's top doctor as calls for his resignation or removal grow louder
- The Haliburton County Echo: Masks mandatory for students of all ages going back to school
Aug. 31:
- Maclean's: The first prime minister gets a rough re-examination
- National Observer: Nurses call on Trudeau to bring back national chief nursing officer
- QP Briefing: Another call for the chief doctor to resign: Your daily Ontario COVID-19 roundup
Aug. 28:
- iPolitics: Restore position of Canada’s top nurse, nursing group urges Trudeau
- 1310 News: Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for August 28, 2020 (interview begins at 12:33)
Aug. 27:
- Canada.com: Randall Denley: Ontario parents don't deserve school fearmongering whipped up by union politics
- Global News: Coronavirus: Is it safe for Ontario students to go back to school?
- Stockhouse: RNAO letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding Speech from the Throne
Aug. 26:
- Hamilton Spectator: We can still make back-to-school safe for everyone
- iPolitics: Toronto councillor, opposition critics slam Ontario’s lack of action on overdose deaths
Aug. 25:
- CBC News: OCDSB to mull mandatory masks for youngest students
- CTV News: Masks will not be mandatory for K-3 students in Ottawa's English public schools
- GuelphToday.com: COVID-19: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, use of masks in schools
- Newstalk 610 CKTB: Nurses - cut elementary class sizes to protect students and school staff from COVID-19
- OurWindsor.ca: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 105 new cases; Canadian MPs, medical experts urge Ottawa to give green-light to human vaccine ‘challenge trials’
- The Kingston Whig Standard: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, use of masks in schools
- Zoomer Radio: RNAO calls for smaller class sizes at schools - August 25, 2020
- 580 CFRA: Masks will not be mandatory for K-3 students in Ottawa's English public schools
Aug. 24:
- CityNews: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, use of masks in schools
- CP24: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, use of masks in schools
- Global News: Coronavirus: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, use of masks in schools
- KitchenerToday.com: Teacher highlights 'sad reality' of provincial back-to-school plan
- OttawaMatters.com: OCDSB to debate forcing K-3 students to wear masks indoors
- QP Briefing: The ‘slow burn’ phase of the pandemic: Your Ontario COVID-19 roundup
- Toronto Star: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports the highest daily number of new cases in August; Toronto’s COVID-19 numbers on the rise since Stage 3 started
- Toronto Sun: New Ontario COVID-19 cases holding steady: Williams
- Toronto Sun: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, masks for kids 3 and older
Aug. 21:
- CHCH News "Inside the Story": Back to school during a pandemic, what's worked and what hasn't around the world
Aug. 20:
Aug. 17:
- Toronto Star: Should long-term-care homes be ‘old-person storage’ or places to live? New construction in Ontario could hold the answer
- Welland Tribune: Should long-term-care homes be ‘old-person storage’ or places to live? New construction in Ontario could hold the answer
Aug. 16:
- 580 CFRA: The Goods – This is what long-term care homes need right now to prevent more avoidable deaths
Aug. 14:
- AM800: Lawyer returns to first love as nurse to help remote community during pandemic
- The Globe and Mail: Re Turning Hotels Into Shelters: Proponents Say Idea Gives Homeless People Dignity And A Chance To Get Lives Under Control (letter to the editor)
Aug. 13:
- CBC News: School starts in a month, but Canada's most populous province still doesn't know what that will look like
- Family Council Collaborative Alliance: The LTC Chronicles - Nursing Home Basic Care Guarantee - CEO Doris Grinspun
Aug 12:
- CBC News: Ontario hasn't hired increased staff promised for back to school
- CBC News: World at Six for 2020/08/12 at 21:30 EDT (interview begins at 19:24)
Aug. 10:
- The Globe and Mail: Understaffing turned seniors’ homes into COVID-19 danger zones, health workers say. What can be done to fix that?
Aug. 2:
- Zoomer Radio: Doris Grinspun: Fixing Long-Term Care & Terry Mosher: Remembering Duncan MacPherson – August 2nd 2020
July 31:
- ICI-Télé: BULLETIN DE NOUVELLES DU VENDREDI 31 JUILLET 2020 (interview begins at 18:42)
- Radio-Canada: BULLETIN DE NOUVELLES DU VENDREDI 31 JUILLET 2020
- Radio-Canada: Embauche de plus d’infirmières pour les écoles : bien des questions en suspens
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work - Doris Grinspun Interview "Ontario long-term care commission to deliver a report by end of April?"
July 30:
- Ottawa Citizen: Increase staffing, regulate hours of care for residents in homes: expert panel
- Ottawa Sun: LTC: Expert panel says increase staffing, regulate hours of care
- Toronto Star: Ontario government urged to spend more to increase the number of long-term-care staff
- Radio-Canada: Les sous-traitants dans les centres de soins ne sont pas dans la mire de la province
- 580 CFRA: Doris Grinspun - Ottawa At Work - July 30
July 29:
- CTV News: Northern town hall calls for more staff in long-term care homes
- KitchenerToday.com: Ontario long-term care COVID commission to report by end of April
- OttawaMatters.com: Ontario long-term care COVID-19 commission to report by end of April
- The Globe and Mail: Families call for public inquiry as Ford reveals details of long-term care panel
- The Province: Ontario long-term care COVID commission to report by end of April
- Toronto Star: Terms for Ontario’s commission on nursing homes prompt renewed calls for public inquiry
- WaterlooChronicle.ca: Nursing home COVID commission to report in April
July 28:
- QP Briefing: Ontario to announce details of long-term care commission, release key report on staffing
- The Sudbury Star: Fix LTC 'once and for all'
July 27:
- Toronto Star: Bill loved to walk, but the COVID pandemic curbed his movement and his spirit
- Welland Tribune: Bill loved to walk, but the COVID pandemic curbed his movement and his spirit
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work - "Can you be a nurse believe Covid is a hoax?"
July 23:
- CBC News: Ontario nurse under investigation after anti-vax, COVID conspiracy social media posts
- Global News: Ontario nurse under investigation over anti-mask, conspiracy theory Facebook posts
- 1310 News: Hour 2 of The Rob Snow Show for July 21, 2020
July 22:
- CTV News: Indoor visits resume at long-term care homes
- Toronto Sun: Dr. David Williams urged by some to step aside before second wave
July 21:
- CKDR 92.7 FM: Nurses Association CEO 100% Behind Mandatory Masks
- CTV News: Families fed up with visiting loved ones in long-term care through windows
- "London Morning with Rebecca Zandbergen": Long-term care home commission report coming soon
- Metro Morning: '35 reports in the last 21 years collecting dust ... we don't have time for that': Ontario nurses' association CEO
- "Ontario Morning from CBC Radio with Wei Chen": Ontario Morning - Tuesday July 21, 2020 - Part 3
- 570 News: Jul 21: Parents want students to don masks at school (interviews begins at 22:55)
July 20:
- Country 105: RNAO Supports Mask Order For Thunder Bay
- CTV News: Commission into long-term care loses support
- CTV News: Consequences of long-term care visit restrictions
- Global News Radio: Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario drops support the government’s commission into LTC
- iPolitics: Morning Brief: House returns to debate more COVID-19 measures
- The Globe and Mail: Coronavirus Update: Remembering those we’ve lost to COVID-19 in Canada
- The Globe and Mail: Evening Update: A faint hope in vaccine research grows brighter
- The Globe and Mail: Politics Briefing: Restaurants warn pandemic has put them on the brink of closing
- The Globe and Mail: We must act now to prevent the loss of an entire generation in long-term care
- Wawa-news: NDP MPP Gretzky tables motion, urges Ford to create COVID-19 Essential Caregiver Strategy
July 19:
- The Globe and Mail: CEO of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario no longer supports the Ford government’s independent commission into LTC
July 17:
- Global News Radio: Dr. Doris Grinspun - July 17, 2020
- iHeart Radio: Ontario premier warns long-term care homes must ensure workers have access to PPE
- ParrySound.com: Ford warns care homes to provide PPE to staff
- The Chronicle Journal: Ford warns long-term care homes to ensure workers have access to PPE
July 16:
- iPolitics: Ontario’s nurses seek special visitor status framework for caregivers at long-term care homes
July 15:
- Toronto Star: Ontario OKs indoor visits to long-term-care homes
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: RNAO has plan to reunite LTC residents with loved ones
- Welland Tribute: Ontario OKs indoor visits to long-term-care homes
July 12:
- BlogTO: People are outraged after Toronto Public Health put over 100 staff on emergency leave
- The News Pocket: Folks are dying following Toronto Public Health placed over 100 employees on emergency depart
July 9:
- Brampton Guardian: Coroner’s inquest must be called into PSW’s death
July 7:
July 6:
July 5:
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Second COVID-19 wave? That's up to you
June 29:
- GuelphToday.com: Frontline Guelph nurse denied service at local salon raises question of discrimination (UPDATED)
June 28:
- St. Catharines Standard: The brutal blow that pandemic isolation has dealt residents of long-term care residences
June 24:
June 19:
June 16:
- Global News Radio 980 CFPL: Dad Club London's secret fundraiser for member who faced racism, MLB season is still up in the air, and increasing care time for individuals in nursing homes (begins at 17:43)
June 15:
June 11:
- The Hamilton Spectator: Public health reveals which health-care workers have been hardest hit by COVID
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Nurses' union wants long term care solutions now
- Welland Tribune: Public health reveals which health-care workers have been hardest hit by COVID
June 10:
- CHCH News "Inside the Story": Inside The Story - Part 1 (begins at 1:13)
June 5:
- Orangeville.com: Ontario's nursing homes lost half their workers to the first wave of COVID-19. Will they be ready when the second wave hits?
- QP Briefing: Premier Ford says feds’ $14-billion offer for all provinces ‘just won’t cut it’: Your daily roundup
- TheIFP.ca: Ontario’s for-profit nursing homes — which have significantly higher rates of COVID-19 deaths — have 17% fewer workers, new Star analysis reveals
- Toronto Star: ‘No study and no words will deliver better care’: Nurses’ association calls for better infection control in long-term care
- Toronto Star: Ontario’s regional health units are once again reporting more than 400 new COVID-19 infections in a day, with the vast majority coming in the GTA
- TVO: What Ontario knew, Part 3: The long-term-care association
June 4:
June 3:
- CBC News: Toronto still seeing about 150 new cases of COVID-19 daily, medical officer says
- CambridgeTimes.ca: Is our contact tracing good enough? Beset by criticism, Toronto Public Health explains how things work
- Digital Journal: Macadamian Partners with The Royal and The Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centres, to deploy a digital COVID-19 staff screening solution
- MyKawartha.com: Is our contact tracing good enough? Beset by criticism, Toronto Public Health explains how things work
- YorkRegion.com: Is our contact tracing good enough? Beset by criticism, Toronto Public Health explains how things work
May 31:
- CTV News: Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say
- Kamloops This Week: Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say
- Kelowna Now: Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say
- Powell River Peak: Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say
- The Sarnia Observer: Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say
May 30:
- The Capital: The Avoidable Tragedy: How Canadian Public Health Failed to Curb the Carnage of COVID-19
May 28:
May 27:
- Global News Radio: CEO of RNAO Doris Grinspun discusses the RNAO's response to the long term care home findings and conditions
- Toronto Star: The Star published an investigation into long-term care in 2003. What’s changed since then?
May 26:
- Global News: Military teams raise concerns about conditions at Ontario care homes
- National Observer: Military report finds gruesome conditions, abuse inside 5 Ontario long-term care homes
- "The Tom McConnell Show": Dr. Doris Grinspun is Chief Executive Officer of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
- "The Night Side with Barb DiGiulio": The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario has been calling for change in long-term care for many years now - what is their CEO's thoughts on the immediate action being taken?
- Toronto Sun: LILLEY: 'Sorry' doesn't cut it in sad tale of long-term care homes
May 25:
- Georgina Post: Southlake takes over River Glen Haven, as province issues mandatory management order
- TheIFP.ca: What will Ontario’s long-term care investigation show? Authorities have ignored problems for years
- Toronto Star: What will Ontario’s long-term care investigation show? Authorities have ignored problems for years
May 22:
- CBC News: John Tory says city forced to contemplate 'devastating' service cuts without federal, provincial funding
- CBC News: Ontario sees highest new COVID-19 case count in 2 weeks, testing falls short again
- Our Windsor: Torontonians urged to socially distance this weekend, with Mother’s Day gatherings suspected in recent spike in COVID-19 cases
- Toronto Star: Number of cases of COVID-19 in Toronto has risen over last three days, perhaps spurred by family gatherings on Mother’s Day
May 21:
May 15:
- Big 96.3 FM: Nurse volunteers to help short-staffed Ontario long-term care home experiencing coronavirus outbreak
- Global News: Nurse volunteers to help short-staffed Ontario long-term care home experiencing coronavirus outbreak
- Global News: Nurse working in long-term care home hard hit by COVID-19 describes scenario
- Newstalk Sauga 960 AM: Big Talk - Episode 18 - Coping with COVID-19 (begins at 29:37):
May 14:
- Global News Radio: Registered Nurses call for healthcare reforms
May 13:
- Newstalk 610 CKTB: Pandemic put health system to the test: nurses have answers for shortfalls
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa For Now - May 13, 2020
May 12:
- AM 800: The Afternoon News - Pandemic Show Short-Comings in Health Care
- Caledon Enterprise: Nurses call for health-care reforms in Ontario
- CBC News: Ontario's top doctor not confident about reopening, after Ford says details of Stage 1 coming Thursday
- CP24: Ontario's nurses say COVID-19 pandemic highlights need for sweeping reforms
- CTV News Kitchener: 'A long way to go': Nurses' association calls for changes to health care system
- CTV News Toronto: Ontario's nurses say COVID-19 pandemic highlights need for sweeping reforms
- Global News: Ontario’s nurses say coronavirus pandemic highlights need for sweeping reforms
- Ottawa Sun: 'A CRYING NEED': Sweeping health reforms required, Ontario nurses say
- "The Craig Needles Show": RNAO shares vision for future of healthcare in the province post-pandemic
- 1310 News: The Rob Snow Show Hour 1 (begins at 14:52)
May 9:
- Windsor Star: Nurses do have role in decision-making
May 7:
- Toronto.com: Will COVID-19 inspire a new generation of nurses?
May 4:
- Toronto Star: ‘A new approach is needed to the way people live in nursing homes’: Moira Welsh answered your questions about long-term care
May 1:
April 30:
April 29:
- OurWindsor.ca: COVID-19 has exposed what long-term care lacks. Will the response fix it?
- Toronto Star: The trauma will change you forever. COVID-19 has exposed problems in long-term care. Will the response fix it?
April 28:
- Toronto Star: ‘SWAT team’ plan risky; we need universal testing, personal protective equipment: nursing head
April 27:
- CBC News: Retired nurses want to fight COVID-19. So why is Ontario so slow to call them back?
- CTV News: Pandemic Pay for Frontline Workers
- ThinkPol: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement donates PPEs to Canada’s healthcare workers
- Toronto Sun: BlueDot warnings ignored by officials for three months
April 25:
- Click Lancashire: Coronavirus: Feds approve Ontario's request for military help at long-term care homes
- CTV News: CTV News Toronto at Six for Saturday, April 25, 2020
April 24:
- CTV News: CTV News Toronto at Six for Friday, April 24, 2020
- Zoomer TV: The Zoomer on COVID Long-Term Care
April 23:
- "Breakfast Television": Nurses’ group surprised Ford asked for military aid to fight coronavirus in seniors homes
- CityNews: Nurses' group surprised Ford asked for military aid to fight coronavirus in seniors homes
- Kingston Whig-Standard: Province to call in military's help with COVID-19; Ford seeking assistance for long-term care homes
- National Observer: Ottawa to send military to help in Ontario nursing homes hit by COVID-19
April 22:
- National Observer: Ontario calls on military for help as COVID-19 ravages long-term care
April 21:
- AM 800 CKLW: Nurses React to Ontario's Modelling Numbers
- "Breakfast Television": More needs to be done to protect Ontario’s must vulnerable from coronavirus: nurses association
- Global News Radio: Coronavirus: Concerns for frontline workers at long-term care and retirement homes, and shelters
- Toronto Sun: Experience is there, enough protective equipment is what's lacking
April 18:
- Guelph Mercury: 'Evidence doesn't back it up': Guelph prof says drug touted as coronavirus cure could do more harm than good
April 17:
- National Observer: Long-term care is now the front line of Ontario’s COVID-19 battle
- The Globe and Mail: Toronto Public Health struggling to keep up with contact tracing, doctors say
- Toronto Sun: Short-term housing needed near workplaces for nurses
April 16:
- CBC News "The National": Comprehensive long-term care inspections found critical shortcomings before they were cancelled
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work With Leslie Roberts for Thursday, April 16th, 2020
April 15:
- CP24: Ontario unveils measures to combat COVID-19 in long-term care homes
- Fairchild TV: April 15 to fight against the epidemic (donate medical equipment to medical staff)
- The Hamilton Spectator: COVID-19 ‘SWAT teams’ will deploy into long-term care homes
- Toronto.com: ‘Everyone knew this could happen:’ The deadly spread of COVID-19 through Canada’s seniors’ homes
- Toronto.com: Systemic look at long-term care possible:Ford
- Toronto Star: ‘Everyone knew this could happen:’ The deadly spread of COVID-19 through Canada’s seniors’ homes
- Waterloo Chronicle: Ontario extends state of emergency by 28 days
- Zoomer Radio: Ontario's Plan for Long-Term Carm Homes
April 14:
- Big 96.3 FM: Coronavirus: Ontario extends state of emergency, pledges more help for long term care homes
- CTV News: Ontario restricts long-term care home workers to one facility amid COVID-19 pandemic
- Global News: ‘They’re scared’: How COVID-19 is impacting the mental health of doctors, nurses
- Le Droit: COVID-19: éclosion dans le personnel de l'Hôpital Montfort
- Newstalk 610 CKTB: Ontario Restricts Long-Term Care Home Workers to One Facility Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
- The Globe and Mail: Ontario, Quebec revamp staffing at nursing homes amid ‘wildfire’ COVID-19 outbreak
- The Sault Star: Sault College nursing students get temporary jobs amid COVID-19 crisis
- Toronto Star: COVID-19 has exposed decades of elder neglect. Here’s how we can start to fix it
April 13:
- BayToday.ca: Province to extend state of emergency, despite 'glimmer of light' in numbers
- BNN Bloomberg: Ontario to extend state of emergency, despite 'glimmer of light' in numbers: Ford
- CHCH News: COVID-19 impact on health care workers
- Global News Radio: RNAO calls for universal masking, pre-outbreak testing for seniors, staff in long-term care homes
- Sudbury.com: Ontario to extend state of emergency, despite 'glimmer of light' in numbers:Ford
April 12:
- London Free Press: ANALYSIS: Can our local hospitals handle COVID-19 'surge' that looms? We crunched the numbers
- Toronto Sun: COVID-19 devastating care homes everywhere, despite advance warning
April 10:
- Toronto Star: Health-care workers at two Toronto hospitals told they’ll soon be reusing decontaminated N95 masks
- Toronto Star: Ontario has ramped up testing, infection control measures in long-term care homes. Will it be enough?
- 580 CFRA: Ottawa Now: 'You don't wait until there is a fire to put an alarm in the home': Head of Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario calling for every nursing home resident to be tested
April 9:
- iPolitics: How Ontario planned for a crisis before COVID-19 hit
- London Free Press: Limit the number of nursing and retirement homes staff can work in, RNAO urges
- The Chronicle Journal: Limit the number of nursing and retirement homes staff can work in, RNAO urges
- The Peterborough Examiner: Lindsay nurse answered call when Pinecrest Nursing Home needed help
- Toronto Star: Desperate long-term care homes struggle to find staff as COVID-19 sickens resident and sidelines workers
April 8:
- CityNews: Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19
- CP24: Limit the number of nursing and retirement homes staff can work in, RNAO urges
- CTV News: Dozen new COVID-19 cases in Middlesex-London, Ontario tops 5,000
- GuelphToday.com: Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19
- Markham Review: Providing support during COVID-19 pandemic
- National Post: Limit the number of nursing and retirement homes staff can work in, RNAO urges
- The Peterborough Examiner: 28th Pinecrest Nursing Home resident dies of COVID-19
- Toronto.com: Families struggle with ‘difficult decision’ whether to remove loved ones from long-term care homes amid pandemic
- TVO "The Agenda": Protecting Health Care Workers' Lives
April 7:
- CFRA Ottawa: The Morning Rush Interview: Doris Grinspun -- CEO of The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
- Maclean's: Quarantine nation: Inside the lockdown that will change Canada forever
- Toronto Star: Ontario's long term care homes are running out of body bags for their dead
- Univision: Entrevista a Doris Grinspun, CEO de la Asociación de Enfermeros Registrados de Ontario (RNAO)
- 980 CFPL: What happens if Ontario runs out of PPE?
April 6:
- CBC News: Anxieties over COVID-19 and possible PPE shortages prompting some health care workers to draft wills
- CBC News: CBC Toronto News April 06, 2020
- Ming Pao News: 5000 prospective nursing graduates support, 6000 nurses are ready to go and association calls for protective equipment
- Toronto Star: Families struggle with ‘difficult decision’ whether to remove loved ones from long-term care homes amid pandemic
April 5:
- Hamilton Spectator: From bear hunts to banging pots and pans: This is how we have fun in COVID-19 isolation
April 4:
- CTV News: Nurses on the frontlines
- MedicineNet: Mental Health Services for Coronavirus Healthcare Workers
April 3:
- CityNews: Nurses' association calls for more nurses to be deployed
- Insauga: Opinion: Is the government doing enough to protect health care workers and long-term care residents?
- National Observer: 3,000 to 15,000 people in Ontario could die from COVID-19, projections show
April 2:
- CTV News: CTV News Kitchener at 11:30 (16:08)
- Medscape: COVID-19: Mental Health Pros Come to the Aid of Frontline Comrades
- Toronto Star: Nearly 80 seniors’ homes across Ontario are reporting cases of COVID-19: expert
April 1:
- CFRA Ottawa: The Morning Rush: Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario Interview
- Global News: Coronavirus: Can Canada get front-line health workers what they need before it’s too late?
- iPolitics: COVID-19 ‘best case scenario’ gone as Ontario health workers say equipment needs addressed too late
- "The Craig Needles Show": Doris Grinspun - Chief Executive Officer of Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
- The Pointer: 'It feels like the calm before the storm': local MPP moonlights as nurse to fight COVID-19
March 31:
- CBC News: COVID-19: Nurses worry about equipment shortages | Power & Politics
- CP24: More masks, ventilators on the way as Canada's industrial response to COVID-19 ramps up
- Global News: Coronavirus: Canadian companies now manufacturing ventilators, surgical masks
- Global News: Coronavirus: Head of Ontario registered nurses union says 9M masks per week are needed
- QP Briefing: COVID-19 long-term care crisis worsened by chronic staffing shortages, lack of masks: Associations
- Toronto Star: Six Toronto long-term-care homes report COVID-19 outbreaks
March 30:
- BlogTO: Healthcare workers at hospital in Canada told to wear masks until grossingly soiled
- BlogTO: Toronto college donates much-needed supplies to local hospitals
- Maclean's: Fear and anger on the frontlines: What happens if there aren't enough masks?
- NewmarketToday.ca: Seneca College donates much needed medical supplies to Southlake
- Yahoo! News: 'A talent pool we should be tapping into’: Foreign-trained doctors could be key to flattening the curve Yahoo News Canada Ahmar Khan
March 29:
March 27:
- CTV News: Call for Personal Protective Equipment
- Newstalk 610 CKTB: COVID-19: Impact on nurses/front line emergency workers during pandemic
March 26:
- CBC News: Hundreds of mental health workers offer free therapy to Ontario's frontline COVID-19 staff
- CBC News: Ontario hospital staff say masks are rationed, locked away
- iPolitics: Despite assurances, Ontario health care workers facing dwindling supplies of COVID-19 equipment
- London Live: Ontario needs to order more PPE and ventilators than are needed at the moment
- Ottawa Citizen: Masks are being rationed at The Ottawa Hospital
- Toronto Sun: Ontario health workers desperate for protective gear, ventilators
March 25:
- Global News: At least 2 Toronto hospitals begin rationing protective gear as COVID-19 crisis deepens
March 24:
- BlogTO: 13 healthcare workers in Toronto have tested positive for COVID-19
- Global News: Coronavirus: Kitchener educational tech company now making protective equipment for health care workers
- National Observer: Toronto's Sinai hospitals order staff to work – even if they've travelled recently
- Radio-Canada: L'initiative <<Ensemble, nous pouvons le faire>>
- Windsor Star: Retired health workers among those stepping up to battle COVID-19
- 91.5 The Beat: Coronavirus: Kitchener educational tech company now making protective equipment for health care workers
March 23:
- Big 96.3 FM: Coronavirus: Nurses association applauds Doug Ford for shutdown of non-essential workplaces
- "Breakfast Television": Calling for more protective equipment for frontline workers
- CollingwoodToday.ca: Grey County frontline workers expect to see personal protective equipment shortage
- Ottawa Citizen: Retired health workers among those stepping up to battle COVID-19
March 22:
- CBC News: Mask shortage is 'imminent': Health workers assocations urge province to take more action
- KitchenerToday.com: Retired local nurses step in to help hospitals with pandemic
- Toronto Star: Should health-care workers go back to work right after they travel? The province says no but hospitals say yes
March 21:
- Press Progress: Doug Ford announced announced new 'surge funding' for hospitals. It's the same amount pledged in past flu seasons.
- Toronto Star: Gestures of kindness to #Cheer4HealthWorkers managing COVID-19 catch on
- Toronto Star: If we don't have protective equipment people will die, prominent Toronto doctor warns
March 20:
- Toronto Sun: Make some noise for frontline health workers
- Toronto.com: WoodGreen, RNAO launch coronavirus campaign to uplift workers, encourage social distancing
March 18:
- Big 96.3 FM: Thousands of nurses answer call to help with coronavirus pandemic: 'This is the way we are'
- CBC Radio-Canada: La transmission communautaire de la COVID-19 en Ontario : qu’est-ce que ça veut dire?
- Global News: Telehealth Ontario continues to experience problems amid coronavirus pandemic
- Newstalk 1010: Positive coronavirus cases jump to over 200 in Ontario, as Telehealth experiences tech issues
- The Daily Courier: Doctors seek nationwide commitment to permanent virtual care measures
- Toronto Star: Confusion reigns for health-care workers amid conflicting messages whether they too need to self-isolate after travel
- Victoria Times Columnist: Pharmacists push virtual care
March 17:
- Ottawa Citizen: COVID-19: Thousands of doctors, nurses rally to government call to fight coronavirus
- Toronto Star: Thousands of nurses answer the call for more help in crisis
March 16:
- Global News: Ontario nurses on preparedness for handling coronavirus
- Newstalk 1010: 2,300 retired, part-time, faculty and full-time nurses answer call to help with Telehealth wait time
- Ottawa Sun: Man with coronavirus symptoms tests the system — and it fails
- Toronto Sun: Toronto closures pile up as citizens urged to stay home
March 13:
- Chatelaine: What is Self-Isolation? Plus, How to Prepare for It
- NewsTalk 610 CKTB: Front line workers stressed dealing with COVID-19
March 11:
- CBC News: 'Like a petri dish': Advocates worry Toronto's homeless shelters are ill-prepared for COVID-19
- CP24: Better protections needed for health-care workers during COVID-19: advocates
- CTV News: Better protections needed for health-care workers during COVID-19: advocates
- Global News: Health care workers need better protections during coronavirus outbreak: advocates
- Infotel: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
- Mountain View Today: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
- Niagara Falls Review: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
- North Shore News: Better protections needed for health-care workersduring COVID-19: advocates
- Surrey Now-Leader: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
- Times Columnist: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
- The Hamilton Spectator: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
- The Peterborough Examiner: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
- Toronto Sun: Time to call coronavirus risk to public 'uncertain,' says nurses' union
- Winnipeg Free Press: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
March 10:
- The Chronicle Journal: Official weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
March 4:
- CBC News "The National": How to plan and prepare for a wider COVID-19 outbreak
Feb. 19:
Feb. 18:
Feb. 14:
- Toronto Star: Emergency medical team, who volunteered to treat coronavirus evacuees in Trenton, are seasoned veterans
Jan. 30:
- Edmonton Sun: BRAUN: High alert everywhere to halt coronavirus
- Ottawa Sun: BRAUN: High alert everywhere to halt coronavirus
- The Province: BRAUN: High alert everywhere to halt coronavirus
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: High alert everywhere to halt coronavirus
Jan. 28:
- Barrie Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Bay Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Collingwood Today: ONTARIO:Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Elliot Lake Today: ONTARIO:Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Guelph Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- ICI Toronto: Coronavirus : des infirmières tirent la sonnette d'alarme en Ontario
- Kitchener Today: Ontario nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Newmarket Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Ottawa Matters: Ontario nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Penticton Herald: Ontario nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Soo Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Sudbury.com: Ontario nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- The Daily Courier: Ontario nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Timmins Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Nurses stay ahead of the curve on coronavirus
Jan. 27:
- CBC News: Nurses Respond to the Coronavirus in Canada
- Toronto Sun: BRAUN: The time to act on coronavirus was yesterday
- Winnipeg Sun: BRAUN: The time to act on coronavirus was yesterday
Jan. 26:
- Ottawa Citizen: Canadian coronavirus patient showed symptoms on flight back from Wuhan, officials say
- National Post: Officials: Canadian coronavirus patient had symptons on flight back from China, but did not self-report
- The Chronicle Herald: Canadian coronavirus patient showed symptoms on flight back from China, officials say
- The Guardian: Canadian coronavirus patient showed symptoms on flight back from China, officials say
Jan. 20:
Media conferences
Journalists are free to use any of the material in the media conferences for stories on COVID-19. If you want to arrange a media interview with Dr. Grinspun, please contact Marion Zych at (647) 406-5605 or mzych@RNAO.ca.
May 12, 2022: Nursing Through Crisis: A Comparative Perspective
Presenters:
- Morgan Hoffarth, RNAO president
- Claudette Holloway, RNAO president-elect
- Dr. Doris Grinspun, RNAO CEO
Feb. 24, 2022: Release of RNAO’s 2022 provincial election platform
Presenters:
- Morgan Hoffarth, RNAO president
- Dr. Doris Grinspun, RNAO CEO
Feb. 8, 2022: RNAO Black Nurses Task Force report release
Presenters:
- Dr. Angela Cooper Brathwaite, registered nurse and RNAO past-president
- Corsita Garraway, nurse practitioner
- Dr. Doris Grinspun, RNAO CEO
Presenters:
- Doris Grinspun, RNAO CEO
- Claudette Holloway, RNAO president-elect
- Leah Waxman, registered nurse and co-founder of advocacy group Nurse With Sign
- Matthew Kellway, RNAO director of nursing and health policy
March 31, 2021: Work and wellbeing survey results
Presenters:
- Doris Grinspun, RNAO CEO
- Morgan Hoffarth, RNAO President
- Kim Jarvi, RNAO Senior Economist
- Matthew Kellway, RNAO Director of Nursing and Health Policy
Nov. 13, 2020: Another Crisis in Long-Term Care
Presenters:
- Doris Grinspun, RNAO CEO
- Nathan Stall, Sinai Health System Staff Geriatrician
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