Investments in critical upgrades and repairs connecting Ontarians to care, closer to home TIMMINS — The Ontario government is investing $2 million this year through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund to help Timmins and District Hospital complete critical upgrades and repairs that will create a safer, more comfortable space for people and their families connecting to care and services at …
Ontario Helping More Students Become Paramedics
Expansion of college programs will increase paramedic workforce, ensuring faster access to emergency care BARRIE — As part of Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care and its plan to hire more health care workers, the Ontario government is helping more students who want to become a paramedic in Ontario by adding more than 300 spaces in paramedic programs at …
Ontario Expanding Access to French-Language Nursing Programs
TORONTO — As part of the Ontario government’s plan to train more health care professionals, the province is expanding French-language nursing education, with the launch of Collège Boréal’s new stand-alone four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at its Sudbury and Toronto campuses. The new program will give French-speaking students more opportunities to learn closer to home in their primary …
Applications Open! Sign Up for Ontario’s Learn and Stay Grant
Students enrolled in eligible nursing, paramedic or medical lab-tech programs could receive free tuition, books and other supplies OWEN SOUND — Beginning today, students can apply for the newly-expanded Learn and Stay Grant. The grant provides full, upfront funding for tuition, books and other costs for students who enrol in an eligible nursing, paramedic or medical laboratory technologist program and agree …
Ontario Welcomes Major Investment to Manufacture More Vaccines
Moderna and Novocol Pharma partnership will create new jobs in Cambridge CAMBRIDGE — The Ontario government has secured a multi-million-dollar investment from Moderna Inc. to expand vaccine manufacturing and provide Ontarians with faster, more reliable access to life-saving vaccines. The Ontario government is supporting the project with a $4 million investment through the Ontario Together Fund. “Moderna’s new investment is a …
Connecting Indigenous Communities to More Mental Health & Addictions Support
$33 million provincial investment expanding access to programs and services for Indigenous peoples and their families MUNCEY — Ontario has invested nearly $33 million in 2022-23 into over 100 mental health and addictions supports and programs designed to meet the needs of Indigenous communities across the province. “For generations, Indigenous communities and elders have taught the importance of community-based, culturally-informed …
Ministers highlight budget investments in public health care, health workers
Toronto – Through Budget 2023—A Made-in-Canada Plan, the Government of Canada is making investments that will support a stronger middle class, an affordable economy, and a healthy future for Canadians. Canada’s economic growth was the strongest in the G7 over the last year, and today, 830,000 more Canadians are employed than before the pandemic, including 361,600 in Ontario. Carolyn Bennett, …
Province reaches agreement with Ontario Association Of Optometrists
Toronto – Sylvia Jones, Ontario’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, addressed the Ontario Association Of Optometrists members to thank them for their work. She said: “Thanks to the best available clinical evidence, Ontario has reached a historic four-year agreement with the OAO.”
Oprovince, Association of Ontario Midwives Reach Agreement
TORONTO — On March 31, 2023, members of the Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM) successfully ratified a new one-year funding agreement with the Government of Ontario. The new agreement provides an investment of $16 million to increase compensation and expand access to midwifery services. By working together, the Ontario government and AOM are ensuring that families in Ontario can look …
Helping More Ontario Students Become Doctors at Home
Historic number of undergraduate and postgraduate training seats now prioritized for Ontario residents HAMILTON — The Ontario government is further expanding the number of medical school spots to historic highs while helping Ontario students become doctors in the province, whether they studied at home or abroad. Starting in 2023, the government is investing an additional $33 million over three years …