Category: Healthcare Heroes

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.

Dr. Sean Blaine's videos provide information and updates about COVID-19 to a large online audience.

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

Toronto company has created a colouring book for children to celebrate COVID-19 healthcare heroes.

Dr. Joanne Lemieux and her team are testing a drug used to treat feline infectious peritonitis, another coronavirus, to see if it can keep COVID-19 from replicating in human cells.

Dr. Gary Kobinger anticipates that a COVID-19 vaccine is "months, not years away."

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

“I feel we’re the truly hidden heroes of this pandemic,” says Suzanne Spurrell, a communicable disease control (CDC) nurse co-ordinator with the N.L. Eastern Health region.

Dr. Lorne Tyrrell says that antiviral treatments can reduce the severity and spread of COVID-19.

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

The hospital received funding for three projects from the Ontario government’s COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund.

Doctors and nurses at the William Osler Health System share stories and best practices through book club.