BREAKING: Canada has now lost more lives to COVID than in World War II 44370 are dead

The Ontario government recently gave 43 of their MPPs a $16,000 raise, bringing their salary to $132,500/year. So why are they refusing to provide a decent wage to Ontario’s lowest paid education workers, who make $39,000/year & are just asking for a $3.25/hour raise to survive?

Probably should have voted, Ontario.

“Unprecedented”- there’s no better word to describe the crisis at #CHEO. Yesterday, we reassigned our Surgical Day Unit and redeployed clinicians from all areas of the hospital to open a second Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Here's how YOU can help: ow.ly/xbOO50Lz7Te

Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos announced 43 Health System Impact Fellows, an investment of more than $4.7M to address pressing health system priorities with evidence. canada.ca/en/institutes-… #CIHR_ImpactFellows

33 years ago tonight, 14 women went to bed thinking about their finals, future in STEM and the upcoming holiday season. They didn’t know that these dreams threatened a man’s sense of self worth and that they wouldn’t survive to see their goals and aspirations become a reality.

Visit the #ASR2023 Poster Hall to see #KTAlab research led by Kyla Alsbury-Nealy poster HS01 Jean Michelle Legasto-Mulvale poster QI12 Renato Barbosa poster QI18 Nav Kaur posters CT13 & QI09 Gayatri Aravind poster PH01 Kainat Bashir poster QI02

Starting March 31st Ontario Ministry of Health announced they will purposefully & systematically reduce healthcare access to those who are marginalized or under resourced. Ont govt will end a program that provided healthcare access to the uninsured. Here’s a 🧵 on what this means. 1/

Food safety is everyone’s business. #WorldFoodSafetyDay As we all work to draw attention & inspire action towards making sure food is safe to eat. Check out a few of our recently published + upcoming research from reach researchers around #foodsecurity and #sustainability ⬇️

4. Iron-fortified cookies to fight anemia in #Peru reachalliance.org/news/case-stud…

We are recruiting up to ten #YouthAdvisors aged 15-24 from across Canada to develop a collaborative review of best practices for #YouthEngagement in research. Application deadline is June 23. See flyer for more info. Please RT!

Stakeholder Perspectives of Attributes and Features of Context Relevant to #KnowledgeTranslation in #HealthSettings ijhpm.com/article_4042.h… doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm… #IJHPM #HealthPolicy @NoahIvers Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa Deakin University University of Toronto Dalhousie University University of Melbourne UCL U Calgary Women's College Hospital

Grab your lunchboxes, the Perley Health CoE #free #webinarseries is BACK! Sept 28 from 12-1 PM, Kainat Bashir will share "Lessons learned from the implementation of IPAC guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario’s nursing homes" Register now: bit.ly/3YVutm4

Pregnant women in Gaza are facing unbearable circumstances, including the lack of food, water, safe delivery services & lifesaving medical supplies. UNFPA is working with partners to continue supporting reproductive health services amid the destruction.unfpa.org/news/%E2%80%9C…

#ICYMI: Hear from Reach researchers Adib Syed & Gabrielle Dume from Team Barbados and Kainat Bashir & Nazihah Alam from Team Peru who presented research on behalf of their teams at the 2023 Canadian Conference on Global Health last month! ➡️ reachalliance.org/news/2023/11/f…

📖 Opening the #DalHPJ Fall 2023 Issue, Dane Mauer-Vakil, Christoffer Dharma, Mercedes, Kainat Bashir, Vajini Atukorale, & Mariame Ouedraogo share their lessons learned from conducting an equity-focused evaluation of vaccine rollout plans in Canada. 🔗 ojs.library.dal.ca/hpj/article/vi…

Their main takeaways included… 💭 Embrace humility for different perspectives 🙅 Have flexibility in pandemic studies - some may decline due to external forces 📏 Define clear parameters for research utility 📧 Cold emailing pays off … with established credibility!

The first instalment of a trilogy of articles stemming from my collaboration with an exceptional team within the U of T Public Health Implementation Science cluster has been published! 🎉

@reachallianceto is excited to present new insights from @uoft researchers examining how Nurti-H, a company producing iron-fortified products, leverages #publicprivatepartnerships to address #anemia in #Peru. 1/2 Read their actionable research insights: reachalliance.org/case-study/nut…

We recognize the great efforts and contributions of @uoft Reach researchers Nazihah Alam, Kainat Bashir, Edward Chau, Sarah Dickson, Fiorella Gaveglio-Fernandez alongside faculty mentor Michael Widener + team coach Mike Alcorn. 2/2