Category: Healthcare Heroes

The new system piloted during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic also reduced the risk of transmission for health care workers and patients.

One of 22 recently announced projects to receive funding from the Immunity Task Force, Dr. Nicola Cherry has received just over $1 million to study which areas of health care work are at higher risk for contracting or transmitting COVID-19.

This photo series by a resident doctor in Calgary documents the stories of physicians before and after their call.

Educational staff are now a first line of defence against the spread of COVID-19, and many doctors are eager to share what they learned during the first wave of the pandemic.

Ottawa doctor Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng told teachers it’s their turn to be “heroes” as children return to the classroom amid the pandemic.

McGill epidemiologist Nicole Basta’s team has created an interactive vaccine tracker to ensure the public is receiving verified, timely, and trustworthy information.

The one-time innovation grant was split between six Canadian physicians and health care teams who designed unique solutions to the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This photo series by a resident doctor in Calgary documents the stories of physicians before and after their call.

The first Indigenous PhD graduate from Simon Fraser University’s faculty of health sciences has been awarded a grant to research the COVID-19 response within Vancouver’s urban Indigenous population.

This photo series by a resident doctor in Calgary documents the stories of physicians before and after their call.

This photo series by a resident doctor in Calgary documents the stories of physicians before and after their call.

This photo series by a resident doctor in Calgary documents the stories of physicians before and after their call.

This photo series by a resident doctor in Calgary documents the stories of physicians before and after their call.

UBC study aims to help identify COVID-19 patients in need of critical care.

This photo series by a resident doctor in Calgary documents the stories of physicians before and after their call.

The team used the common Holder method of pasteurization to neutralize the virus in donated human milk, so it can be safely fed to babies.

A maternal-fetal medicine physician at The Ottawa Hospital has received funding from the CIHR to study the gaps in knowledge about COVID-19 and pregnancy, including whether a mother can pass the virus to her child.

A team of doctors at London Health Sciences Centre in southern Ontario created the Urgent COVID-19 Care Clinic, which tracks diagnosed patients to ensure they are admitted as soon as they need hospital care.

For the first time in months, Humber River Hospital has no COVID patients in its ICU.

This photo series by a resident doctor in Calgary documents the stories of physicians before and after their call.

A virtual Canada Day ceremony saw 19 health workers representing 13 countries sworn in as Canadian citizens, highlighting the immigrant contribution to the healthcare sector.

Dr. Denis Archambault is working to combat COVID-19 with a novel nanovaccine.

SFU researchers are studying the gendered impact of the pandemic, helping to shape the international response to this and future health crises.

This photo series by a resident doctor in Calgary documents the stories of physicians before and after their call.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research awarded the project team over $550,000 to fund research into the diagnostic test, which they hope will be available by early next year.