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Impact Live - Under the scope: Canada’s healthcare workforce crisis
How can Canada overcome the healthcare workforce crisis? On May 13, Ivey’s Lauren Cipriano and a panel of leading healthcare voices tackled the staffing challenges threatening the country’s healthcare system and shared bold strategies for the future.
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed deep, systemic challenges in Canada’s healthcare system. From overwhelmed emergency departments to widespread burnout among healthcare workers, the crisis laid bare vulnerabilities that had long been building. The situation may have quieted, but the cracks are still showing – especially for the millions without access to a family doctor.
Amid ongoing strain, Canada’s healthcare professionals are not backing down. Leaders across the sector are reimagining a more sustainable, people-centered, and integrated system — efforts that were front and centre at the May 13th Impact Live event Under the scope: Canada’s healthcare workforce crisis. Moderated by Ivey Professor Lauren Cipriano, Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Analytics, Management, and Policy, the panel featured Carol Young-Ritchie (Interim VP of HR, St. Joseph’s Health Care London), Wael M R Haddara (Interim Chair, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, and St. Joseph’s Health Centre), and Maria Mathews (Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry).
