“We know you are ready, we know you are willing to serve, and I know you will go above and beyond to put the health of your fellow citizens first, just like so many who have come before you.” Thank you @justintrudeau! And CONGRATS to all graduating PHPM residents across 🇨🇦!

"Certainly distancing completely from grandparents is going to be the safest option, but that isn't going to be in the best interest of everybody's mental health." Coronavirus: How to keep grandparents in social bubble as kids go back to school globalnews.ca/news/7325989/c…

“This pandemic is part medical, part public health, part government, and part social phenomenon,”...”If we can move the needle on the social phenomenon then we can also move those medical and political needles in the right direction.” thestar.com/news/canada/20…

COVID-19 vaccine: what’s next. I wasn’t exactly fresh at 6am after a 16hr clinic day...but it was a good news story. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2020/11/…

Thank you addressing this important issue!

ON NOW: Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Timothy Sly and Dr. Barry Pakes Barry Pakes, as well as Dr. Samantha Hill Samantha Hill for a discussion on the issues surrounding COVID-19. Join ZoomerRadio! CALL 416-360-0740 or 1-866-740-4740 #COVID19Ontario #Health

Coming up: We'll look at Australia's success containing COVID-19 and what lessons we can learn from the country's strategy. Dr. Barry Pakes Barry Pakes from the U of T Public Health at University of Toronto will be here to share his thoughts next. Listen live: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Congratulations Canada!! We are now #2 of non-tiny countries for first dose coverage!! (though Israel is only size of GTHA in area and population; and if you look at adult coverage, Israel is still 25% ahead of us). Great achievement but need to keep it up. #truenorthvaxdandfree

Today Canada is #1 in first dose coverage!! Great news..but 8 million eligible who still need to roll up sleeves. If every vax’d Canadian helps one friend get their first dose - we’re done! #thisisourshot

FactCheck: mRNA Covid-19 vaccines do not contain cells from aborted human fetuses Prof. Barry Pakes shared his thoughts buff.ly/2Vfg3jX via AFP Fact Check 🔎

Laughs in 3rd vaccine.

Scott spoke with Prof. Peter Graefe of McMaster University about Ontario's possible #VaccinePassports and #ONpoli, then Dr. Barry Pakes (Barry Pakes) joined the show to talk about the rising #COVID19 numbers and what they mean omny.fm/shows/scott-th…

Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine passport goes into effect Sept. 22, digital verification app will follow on Oct. 22. It will apply to most non-essential businesses - but there are exclusions. We speak to Barry Pakes on @cbcnews about whether or not the measures will be effective

Lessons should be taken from Canada’s staggering death count in long-term care and among essential workers says Prof. Barry Pakes but the problems highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic were already known to public health. buff.ly/3EuwsSS Melissa Couto Zuber has the report.

Listening to Metro Morning about #Diwali2021 driving carpool. Quizzed kids on the other major religious holiday worth mention on air #Sigd for Ethiopian Jews. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigd Important lessons for Canada on incorporating a minority holiday into national consciousness.

The @ChmlBillKelly Podcast: Ontario pauses reopening plans, #DougFord’s latest promises & comments & Search for #UnmarkedGraves at former Brantford #ResidentialSchool! #OnPoli #EveryChildMatters Barry Pakes Muhammad Ali Kimberly Murray Survivors' Secretariat LISTEN: omny.fm/shows/bill-kel…

Wide open Booster Clinic - This Sunday Jan 16 in Vaughan (9600 Bathurst St, Maple). Open to ANYONE in need of a Booster or Pediatric Pfizer (children ages 5-11)! 5000 doses. Super efficient clinic. Lots of space! Please share. Register here: linktr.ee

No line up, lots of walk in capacity at York Region/UJA clinic. First, second third doses. 9600 Bathurst St - Schwartz/Reisman Centre. Come one come all.

A big congrats to DFMC's 13 incredible faculty members recognized for senior promotion in 2022 to their new positions of Full Professor or Associate Professor University of Toronto! Read more about each faculty and their work in #familymedicine in our new announcement: dfcm.utoronto.ca/news/celebrati…

2 years ago but the message remains the same. Congratulations to the PHPM residency classes of 2022! You have given your heart and soul to this specialty and it gives hope and joy to know you’ll be the leaders of tomorrow ❤️