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In memory of Abeera Shahid

  • Posted on: 31 January 2023
  • By: OMSA Admin

 

It is with great sadness that OMSA remembers and honours our colleague, peer, and dear friend Abeera Shahid, who passed away unexpectedly on December 19th, 2022. Abeera was a 3rd year medical student at the University of Ottawa and OMSA’s Vice President of Advocacy. 

 

 

OMSA Council passes two position papers regarding combatting sexual assault and addressing barriers for students with disabilities

  • Posted on: 3 September 2022
  • By: OMSA Admin

On September 3rd, 2022, OMSA Council unanimously endorsed the following two position papers written by Ontario's medical students:

  1. Reducing barriers in Canadian medical school admissions for students with disabilities (Gerstman, Dini, Wilton)
  2. Combatting Sexual Assault: Addressing Gaps in Medical School Curricula (Healey, Mihilli, Alphonsus, Steckle)

A summary of all previously endorsed position papers can be found here.

OMSA stands with Ontario nurses in the call to repeal Bill 124

  • Posted on: 5 February 2022
  • By: OMSA Admin

Bill 124 is an Ontario legislation that limits wage increases for nurses and actively contributes to the current nursing staffing crisis by exacerbating burnout, decreasing morale, and undervaluing the essential role that nurses play in our healthcare system. In doing so, Bill 124 threatens the quality of healthcare provided to patients across the province, and negatively impacts the training of future medical professionals. The strain Bill 124 has placed on the healthcare system will have adverse effects at all levels of care, for years to come. 

Ontario Medical Students Call to Legislate Paid Sick Leave

  • Posted on: 14 April 2021
  • By: OMSA Admin

58% of workers living in Canada do not have access to paid sick leave. Since labour policy is provincially regulated, paid sick leave legislation differs across the provinces. Currently, paid sick leave is only legislated in Quebec (two days per year), in PEI (one day after five years with the same employer), and for federally-regulated workers (three days per year). In Ontario, where there are no provincially regulated sick days, individual workplace policies dictate access to paid sick leave.

OMSA Statement on OMA’s Call to Increase Restrictions in new COVID Framework

  • Posted on: 20 November 2020
  • By: OMSA Admin

At the beginning of this month, the Government of Ontario released a new tiered framework for the province to combat the spread of COVID-19. On November 12th, the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) released a statement calling for tighter restrictions from the Ontario government to curb the spread of COVID-19. With record high cases increasing by the day, the Ontario Medical Students Association (OMSA) supports the OMA’s call to increase restrictions within each tier of the framework and allocate more resources for testing and contact tracing.

Ontario Medical Students Warn Against Cuts to Public Health

  • Posted on: 26 April 2019
  • By: OMSA Admin

OMSA is concerned about the province's plan to substantially cut support for municipal health units by reducing the provincial share of program funding. Several municipalities, regional governments, and other healthcare stakeholders including the Ontario Medical Association have also expressed their concern about reducing support for local public health units. The vague nature of recent healthcare cuts have left the future of our provincial healthcare system unclear to both the general population as well as to healthcare students and professionals.

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