Interview for CAUT February Newsletter: Opinion - Workforce planning essenial to righting our primary healthcare ship, Feb 2025

Radio interview for Shaye Ganam CHED Why the health-care sector is hiring temporary foreign workers like never before June 28th 2024.

CBC Why the health-care sector is hiring temporary foreign workers like never before June 25th 2024

Radio interview for Shaye Ganam CHED The federal budget is an opportunity to transform health care. April 15, 2024.

CBC Health consultant says N.W.T. needs flexibility in what it offers nurses to compete with agencies March 1, 2024.

Globe and Mail Have nurses, will travel. February 16, 2024

CBC The Current with Matt Galloway. Nurses leaving public health care for private agencies. February 12, 2024.

CBC Access to Family Doctors hasn’t Kept Pace January 22, 2024

Globe and Mail ‘Vicious cycle’ of overtime and temporary jobs for nurses linked to uptick in unintended harm to patients, report finds October 19th, 2023

CTV News Why some worry about the rise of private agency health-care staffing firms in Canada Oct. 13, 2023.

CBC White coat black art As Canada recruits Filipino nurses, those left behind struggle to care for patients September 16, 2023.

Global News A private form of nursing and its rising costs across Manitoba September 11, 2023.

CBC News Filipino nurses wanted September 9, 2023.

CBC Inside the recruitment pipeline bringing nurses from the Philippines to Canada. Sept. 8th 2023.

Toronto Star How we can right-size Canada’s health system as the population grows July 1, 2023.

CBC News Alberta urged to create chief nursing officer position to help fix health system. June 5th 2023.

Interview with Sierra Bellows from CDA Essentials, Brondani, M., Adams, T. Atanackovic, J., Maragha, T., Ramachandran, S., & Bourgeault, I.  Article in CDA Essentials April 2023. http://www.cda-adc.ca/en/services/essentials/2023/issue2/20/

CTV News Provinces compete to retain, recruit health-care workers March 24, 2023.

CBC News After 73 years of marriage, this couple is forced to live apart January 30th 2023.

Toronto Star Focus on retaining nurses before recruiting nurses from other provinces: association January 27, 2023.

CTV News Retain nurses before recruiting nurses from other provinces: association January 27th 2023.

Ottawa Citizen Critics worry new legislation aimed at attracting health workers could put patients at risk, January 26th 2023

CBC News New Brunswick seeks nurses from Quebec amid health-care worker shortage. January 24th 2023.

Global News Radio interview re Ontario's plan to welcome healthcare workers from other jurisdictions around Canada. January 23rd

CBC News Doctor departures turning east Ottawa into care ‘desert’ January 17th 2023.

National system for tracking medical staff shortages could prevent future crises at hospitals, advocates say August 10, 2022 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-health-care-staff-shortages-tracking/ 

Ottawa Citizen Advocates push to expand whistleblower protection for personal support workers in long-term care homes, October 16, 2020 Elizabeth Payne

CBC News, “COVID-19 is changing the way men and women split the risk in the workplace: Pandemic is shifting more to female dominated professions. Oct. 12^th, 2020. Evan Dyer.

CBC News, Edmonton, Pay gap between male and female professors continues to plague Canadian universities. Sept. 28, 2020.

Healthy Debate, “Cheering from afar: Study illustrates public’s concerns over contact with healthcare workers.” Sept. 14, 2020 Sharon Oosthoek

Ottawa Citizen 'The women’s pandemic': How COVID-19 has disproportionately affected women Sept. 1, 2020

CBC News Health Unit, Amina Zafar, April 21^st 2020. 'Your whole life is spent caring': Clinicians over 60 stay on the job during pandemic despite the greater risk April 21, 2020

Winnipeg Free Press, Duration of physical distancing still unknown, Katie May April 3, 2020

Global News, Medical school applicants: Abortion, Assisted Death and Conscientious Objectors, November 23, 2019

Interview for CBC Radio Ottawa on new Nurses Health Program, January 1, 2019

Interview for Global News on Healthy Professional Workers project, January 1, 2019

Interview for Healthy Debate on Does More Education for Health Professionals Equal Better Patient Care?, July 1, 2017

Interview for Ottawa Sun on Empowering Women Leaders in Health project, June 1, 2017

Interview for Healthy Debate on Medical Residency Mismatch: Number of Unmatched Canadian Medical Graduates Reaches All-Time High. May 1, 2017

Interview for Calgary Herald on Skilled Immigrants Wasting Their Talents in Canada, September 1, 2016

Interview for CBC News on VON Shutting Down in Alberta, Saskachewan, Manitoba, P.E.I, and Newfoundland, November 25, 2015

Open Letter of rthe Star on Pharmacare Should be at the Top of Trudeau's Agenda, November, 2015

Interview for the Globe and Mail on Spending on Canadian Doctors' Pay Jumps Despite Efforts to Curb Costs, September, 2015

Interview for The Star on Where will Cuts Fall on Medical Residence?, September, 2015

Interview for National Post on Untrained and Unemployed: Medical schools churning out doctors who can't find residencies and full-time positions, June, 2015

Interview for Toronto Star on Midwifery Comes of Age; 20 Years After Regulation, Midwives Outnumber Obstetricians and Launch Two Birth Centres, May, 2014