Ottawa – Health workers are the backbone of Canada’s health care system. More than ever, there is a need to improve health workforce planning and to better share knowledge and experience to recruit and retain health workers across the country. The federal government, provinces and territories, and health care system partners recognize the need for a network that will bring …
Ottawa – Too many children and youth experience concussions during sports and recreation activities, sometimes with tragic outcomes. To address this important public health issue, the Government is continuing to invest in concussion prevention, detection and management. Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced almost $250,000 to Parachute Leaders in Injury Prevention (Parachute). This funding supports updates to the Canadian Guideline …
New incentives will help attract thousands of PSW students and recent graduates to connect people to care TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing more than $300 million over three years to help thousands of people launch careers as personal support workers in long-term care homes and in the home and community care sector. Recruiting more personal support workers is …
Ottawa – The Government of Canada continues to invest in our country’s brightest minds to enable the next generation of health researchers to apply their talents, working directly with health organizations, to tackle real-world health system challenges. Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced an investment of more than $4.7M in the Health System Impact Fellowship program. This program aims to …
Toronto – In 2019, the Government of Canada released Canada’s first national dementia strategy to address the significant and growing impact of dementia on people in Canada. With funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and other organizations, researchers across Canada are providing evidence to support the three national objectives of the strategy: to prevent dementia, advance new …
Innovators to help Canadian communities adopt healthy behaviours to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes Ottawa – Diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in Canada, with over 3 million people living with diabetes and 200,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Diabetes has significant impacts, loss of eyesight, nerve damage and kidney disease, on the lives …
Montreal – Canada is a world-leader in genomic research—the study of all of a person’s or population’s genes. The field, which involves sequencing genomes to identify variations that give researchers a better understanding of health and disease, holds enormous potential for improving the health of Canadians. For example, through sequencing, scientists can pinpoint which genetic mutations cause disease, tailor medical …
Ottawa – The annual report on the state of public health in Canada, entitled Creating the Conditions for Resilient Communities: A Public Health Approach to Emergencies, was tabled in Parliament by Mark Holland, Minister of Health. In Canada and around the world, emergencies are occurring with increasing frequency and intensity. Alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, this past year alone, people in Canada …
Ottawa – The Government of Canada recognizes the life-saving impact that living organ donation has on those in need of a transplantation. Unfortunately, access to organ donation is dramatically lower among marginalized communities in Canada, such as South Asian, African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) populations. For example, access to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) for these populations is between 50% …
Toronto – Every action matters when it comes to suicide prevention, from learning the proper language to avoid stigma, to understanding how to support someone who may be considering suicide. Every day, approximately 12 people in Canada die by suicide. Suicide affects people of all ages and backgrounds and the Government of Canada is taking concrete steps to provide people …
