Sixth Wave and Sick Leave

• Government inaction on workplace protections undermining pandemic recovery and abandoning workers in sixth wave, according to health experts
• Should Workers Have Have Paid Sick Days?Trudeau commits to working with provinces on paid sick leave
• Businesses grapple with surge in COVID sick days as sixth wave cases skyrocket
• Covid sick leave soars almost 700% with the impact of the sixth wave'
• COVID-19, persistent stress create school staff shortages, unions say
• Hundreds of N.B. healthcare workers sick with COVID-19, hospital services impacted
• There is no healthcare without healthcare workers
• There's never been a downtick:' Nurses brace for 6th wave of COVID-19 in Ontario
• 'We don't have the staff': Juni says Ontario can't ramp up to 3,000 ICU beds
• The labour shortage isn't over — and employers are having to lower their hiring expectations
• Companies need to up their recruitment game amid labour shortage, says research group
• How Long Will the Shortages Last?
• Facing labour shortages, Liberals loosen rules on foreign workers ahead of budget
• Amendments to B.C. Employment Standards Sick Days
• Want a raise? Now is the perfect time to ask for it, career experts say
• The rise of HR scams: How to deal with online recruitment fraud

Featured Careers

• Director, Pharmacy - Scarborough Health Network, Scarborough, ON
• Vice-President, Academic and Research Impact - Health Sciences North (HSN) and Health Sciences North Research Institute (HSNRI), Sudbury, ON
• Manager, Yukon Communicable Disease Control - Government of Yukon Health & Social Services, Whitehorse, YT
• Recruitment for Board of Directors - Scarborough Health Network, Scarborough, ON
• Vice-President Corporate Support Services and Chief Financial Officer - Manitoulin Health Centre, Little Current, ON
• Director, Transitional Care and Patient Flow - Providence Care, Kingston, ON
• Director, Clinical Support Services - Quinte Health Care, Belleville, ON
• Regional Manager, Community Health Centres - PracticeNWT, Yellowknife, NT 
• Nurse Practitioner, Hospitalist Program - Niagara Health System, Welland, ON
• Registered Nurse - The County of Hastings, Bancroft, ON
• Chief Executive Officer (Directeur général) - Hawkesbury and District General Hospital (HGH), Hawkesbury, ON
• Program Director, Healthcare - Cystic Fibrosis Canada, Toronto, ON
• Charge Medical Laboratory Technologist - Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, Muskoka, ON 
• Executive Director, Student Mental Health Systems, Policy and Strategy - University of Toronto, Toronto, ON 
• Manager, Diagnostic & Therapeutic Services -  Blanche River Health, Kirkland Lake and Englehart, ON 
• Nurse Practitioner - Ministry of Solicitor General, Toronto, ON
• Rehabilitation Manager - CarePartners
• Program Director - Quinte Health Care, Belleville, ON 
• Chief and Medical Director, Department of Medicine - St. Joseph's Health Centre site, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON 
• Associate Vice-President Real Estate Strategy and Facilities Operations - Centennial College, Toronto, ON 
• Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer - Blanche River Health, Kirkland Lake and Englehart, ON
• Manager, Research - Grey Bruce Health Services - Owen Sound, ON
• Senior Healthcare Risk Management Specialist - HIROC, Toronto or Winnipeg
• Executive Director -The Jean Tweed Centre, Toronto, ON
• Chief Redevelopment Officer, Project Horizon - Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) - Toronto, ON 
• Director of the Women and Children’s Care - Scarborough Health Network, ON
• Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON
• Vice President Corporate Services / Chief Financial Officer - Campbellford Memorial Hospital, Campbellford, ON  

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Longwoods Breakfast Series

The next Breakfast Series speakers are:

• Will Falk Executive in Residence, Rotman School of Management, Brian Hodges Executive-Vice President, Education and CMO, UHN, David Wiljer Executive Director of Education/Technology & Innovation, UHN Digital and Gillian Strudwick Chief Clinical Informatics Officer and Scientist, CAMH

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Longwoods Leadership Discussion

Thursday, April 21, 2022 1:00 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST 
Topic: Digitally Enabled Community Care Models 

Digitally enabled community care models facilitate hospital to home patient flow. The power of digital platforms to enhance community care. Showcasing three very different stories; virtual after hours patient support program, patient engagement and remote patient monitoring program, utilizing AI to support data driven decision making for the frail and elderly.

Moderator: André Picard, Health Columnist at  The Globe and Mail

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From the Longwoods Archives

News

• Ontario has released its 2021 Sunshine List of $100K+ earners. See it for yourself
• Dr. Verna Yiu out as president and CEO at Alberta Health Services
• Sixth wave was 'guaranteed' after mask mandates dropped, experts say
• 'Everybody right now...should still wear their mask': Canada's top doctor expects resurgence of COVID-19 cases
• Canada’s hospital capacity crisis will remain long after the pandemic is over
• COVID-19 is on the rise again, but politicians are acting like the pandemic is over
• When will COVID-19 be endemic? The four factors that will shape the virus’s future
• Canadians becoming more divided over COVID-19 and politics, survey says
• COVID-19: Questions remain on how to prevent transmission
• Tackling random violence requires a public health response, not more police -André Picard
• The 'dire' doctor shortage in rural northwestern Ontario: 5 proposed solutions
• Casey House becomes first Ontario hospital to provide safe, supervised space for substance use
• Petawawa's $60-million military medical complex to open this summer after three-year delay

Transitions

• Mauro Chies to Interim President and CEO, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
• Jennifer Campos to Associate Scientific Director, AGE-WELL, Toronto, ON
• Josephine McMurray to Associate Scientific Director, AGE-WELL, Toronto, ON
• Joanne Ho to Schlegel Chair, Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, Research Institute for Aging, Waterloo, ON
• Darren Larsen to Chief Medical Officer, TELUS Health, Toronto, ON
• Noreen Careen to Interim Board Chair, Labrador-Grenfell Health, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
• Josée Dupuis to Department Chair, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC
• Ally Murji to Division Head, Minimally Invasive Gynaecologic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
• Florin Padeanu to Chief of Staff, Arnprior Regional Health, Arnprior, ON
• Lysa Lecky to Professional Conduct Manager, College of Medical Radiation and Imaging Technologies of Ontario, Toronto, ON
• Lisa O’Drowsky to Director, Quality, Risk and Patient Safety, Toronto Grace Health Centre, Toronto, ON
• Jesse Tolan to Interim Manager, Emergency Department, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
• Lindsay Wyers to Vice President, Digital Health and Chief Information Officer, Brockville General Hospital, Brockville, ON
• Lisa O’Drowsky to Director, Quality, Risk and Patient Safety, Toronto Grace Health Centre, Toronto, ON
• Jhanvi Solanki to Vice President, Clinical, Humber River Hospital, Toronto, ON
• Nicole Waldron to Board of Director, The Ontario Caregiver Organization, Toronto, ON
• Elizabeth Buller to President and CEO, St. Joseph’s Health System, Hamilton, ON
• David Graham to Interim President and CEO, Scarborough Health Network, Toronto, ON 
• Brenna Shearer to Board Chair, Shared Health Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
• Antonia Stang to Department Head, Paediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
• Francesca Rubulotta to Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC
• Michael Kobor to Chair, Edwin S.H. Leong in Health Aging, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
• Thomas Netticadan to Team Lead, Canadian Centre to Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine, Winnipeg, MB
• Monique Sedgwick to Interim Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
• Todd Anderson to Dean, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
• Penny Liao-Lussier to Director, Surgical Services, Perinatal and Child, Ambulatory Care, Interior Health, Kelowna, BC
• Alisha Tharani to Chief Executive Officer, Addictions and Mental Health Ontario, Toronto, ON