Good to see Ford government finally listening to health experts and bringing back the ban on sick notes that their own government repealed in 2018.

But without #PaidSickDays , this is inadequate & won’t truly relieve burden on the healthcare system.

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Glad to see ON eliminating the need for a sick note when taking a sick day (a measure that was in place before but was repealed).

Even better if workers had #PaidSickDays , like a growing number of jurisdictions. Decent Work and Health Network cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Great read. Nurses show up everyday. Nurses take care of you. If you don’t take care of nurses, #whowilltakecareofyou ? Write. Your. MPP. Demand better, safe, fair working conditions for nurses. #CdnHealth #OnHealth #retentiontoolkit #nursingshortage #Nurse

The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy

-bell hooks

Anti-DEI attacks on healthcare are up

'Now is not the time for healthcare institutions & professional organizations to retreat, but instead, to be ready and prepared to rebuff anti-DEI attack'

Oni Blackstock, MD MHS Jessica Isom MD MPH Rupi Legha, MD (she/her)

journals.plos.org/globalpubliche… via PLOS Global Public Health

Was waiting for a childhood friend who I finally found on Facebook to accept my friend request, only to later find out that this person died a few years ago.

Made me wonder how many deceased people still have social media accounts, from whom we await friend requests to be

They continue to make nurses work short-staffed. They don’t bother to replace sick calls with qualified staff. Patients wait endlessly for overworked nurses to get to them. It’s indeed a sad situation. No one cares about the physical and mental health of nurses who are

On Tuesday May 7th at 7pm I will be hosting a webinar via zoom discussing black men in Nursing on behalf of Black Nurses Leading Change Click on the link to register to join our discussion:

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Doris Grinspun RN, PhD LLD(hon),Dr(hc), FAAN,O.ONT
RNAO MINIG Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi 🇳🇬🇨🇦 Ontario Black Nurses' Network Canadian Black Nurses Alliance Black Physicians' Association of Ontario