Nili Kaplan-Myrth and Ariel Troster
Rx: Advocacy
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Dr. Maya Goldenberg, Associate Professor in the University of Guelph's Department of Philosophy, speaks to us about pre-pandemic and pandemic factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy.
Dr. Beyhan Farhadi is a secondary school teacher in the Toronto District School Board and is 2020/2021 postdoctoral researcher at York University. She has expertise in virtual learning and education policy & politics.
Kelly Iggers is an elementary school teacher and education advocate in Toronto.
Birgit Umaigba lived in a shelter, pregnant, when she arrived in Canada. Now she is an ICU nurse in Durham, Ontario, preparing to start a PhD. She talks to us about the toll of the pandemic and precarious employment on the mental health of heal
We’ve spoken at length about the importance of standing up against sexism, racism, homophobia, ableism. For International Women’s Day 2021, we speak with Fae Johnstone about trans women’s experiences of gender-based discrimination.
We speak about how the pandemic is affecting the mental health of nurses, how we stand up to silencing and bullying in the healthcare profession, and the need for doctors and nurses to work together.
In our first episode of 2021, Ariel and Nili talk about widespread issues with Covid-19 vaccine rollout, healthcare worker and educator exhaustion, the latest provincial lockdown measures, and the global need for community advocacy.
Amanda Jetté Knox is a vocal advocate for LGTBQ+ rights and mental health. She's the author of the bestselling memoir "Love Lives Here."
Zena Sharman, PhD, is a writer, speaker, strategist, and LGTBQ+ health advocate. She's the editor of the award-winning anthology "The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care" and is currently the Director of Strategy for the Mi
Dr. Jessi Gold is a psychiatrist and an Assistant Professor at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri. She's the Director of Wellness, Engagement, and Outreach for the Department of Psychiatry in the university's School of Medicine. She
Dr. Sue Reid is a physician and anesthesiologist in Edmonton. She's an advocate for physician health and wellbeing, and for publicly funded healthcare and education.
Episode 11: Dr. Clover Hemans speaks about advocating for vulnerable populations during the pandemic
Dr. Clover Hemans is a physician in Ontario. She was the 96th president of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada, and the Co-Chair of the Ontario Medical Association’s Outreach to Women Physicians Committee.
Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook is an obstetrician/gynaecologist and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in London, Ontario. She's an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Western Ontario. Her resear
Dr. Lisa Richardson, a physician advocate for Indigenous health and medical education, is Anishinaabe. In her role as the Strategic Lead of Indigenous Health in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Women's College Hospital,
Dr. Michelle Cohen is a rural family doctor, an Assistant Professor and preceptor with the Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University, and co-chair of the Advocacy Committee of Canadian Women in Medicine.
Dr. Melissa Holowaty is a family physician practicing in rural Ontario. She specializes in addiction medicine and substance use disorders. She talks to us about barriers to care for her clients, harm reduction, rural/urban life challenges durin
Dr. Eugenie Waters and Dr. Sarah Sloan are both family physicians practicing in Ottawa. They're both part of a group of Canadian female physicians and mothers who are speaking up about the connections between climate change and health.
Emilie Coyle is a lawyer and is the Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. The organization works with and for female and gender-diverse people in the justice system, in particular those who are incarcerated in Canada'
Jill Promoli was thrust into the world of advocacy after losing her two-year-old son, Jude, to influenza in 2016. She and her family launched the flu vaccination campaign, ForJudeForEveryone.com, later that year. Jill is now advocating for univ
Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos is an Associate Teaching Professor at Ontario Tech University whose research specializes in family caregiving. Over the course of the pandemic, Dr. Stamatopoulos has become a leading advocate for long-term care resident
Laura McCoy is an elementary school teacher and has been teaching in the Toronto District School Board for 21 years. She is a Regional Organizer for the Elementary Teachers of Toronto, and a founding member of Ontario Education Workers United,
Dr. Jennifer Kwan is a family physician from Burlington, Ontario. She is an advocate for Masks4Canada & creates daily graphs for Ontario’s COVID19 statistics on Twitter. During the COVID19 pandemic, Dr. Kwan has helped the public and physicians
From the streets, to the waiting room, to the classroom, advocacy is often the only prescription for change. Subscribe to listen to co-hosts, Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth and Ariel Troster, speak with women across Canada about their activism. Subscribe
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