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Unity Health Toronto Newswire

Feburary 2025

Hello, readers! One of the things that makes Unity Health Toronto unique is our focus on health equity. We are committed to understanding the challenges of populations facing disadvantage and applying new approaches to addressing the barriers they face. We know that if we can get it right for the most vulnerable in Toronto, we can have life changing impacts for all in society. Read on about some of that work.

Unity Health Toronto named one of Canada’s Top Diversity Employers 2025

Unity Health Toronto named one of Canada’s Top Diversity Employers 2025

Unity Health is one of only two health care organizations who received the recognition, announced Feb. 25, which goes to employers across Canada with exceptional workplace diversity and inclusiveness programs. Reasons for the selection can be found in a special insert in The Globe and Mail.

Buzzworthy

One-of-a-kind multidisciplinary clinic at St. Michael’s was founded by women, for women

This unique multidisciplinary clinic at St. Michael’s was founded by women, for women

How a St. Michael’s physician is working to honour a Black pioneer in Canadian medicine

How a St. Michael’s physician is working to honour a Black pioneer in Canadian medicine

Innovation

Innovators offer their best advice for the next generation of women and girls in science

Innovators offer their best advice for the next generation of women and girls in science

Unity Health Toronto lectures, workshops focus on building equitable research practices

Unity Health Toronto lectures, workshops focus on building equitable research practices

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By the numbers

40%

increase in space for the St. Joseph’s emergency department thanks to donor support. The completed renovation includes special zones for seniors and children.

$3,750,000

awarded to Dr. Sean Rourke and team to provide culturally appropriate testing and care for HIV, syphilis and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in the Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories.

29th

of March is when you can team up to help St. Michael’s Hospital and Providence Healthcare take on some of the world’s toughest health challenges. Sign up here for the Paddle Royale pickleball tournament. It’s a big dill.

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Joan Bennett, a volunteer in the archives department at St. Michael’s Hospital

Joan Bennett, a volunteer in the archives department at St. Michael’s Hospital, curates an exhibit of notable moments from the hospital's history. Joan has been an archives volunteer for six years.

Patient perspective

I had my colonoscopy today at St Joe’s and wanted to tell you it was a positive experience! I wanted to sing the praises of every person I came into contact with … everyone worked together as a team and made the situation much easier than I imagined! 

Google review from a patient at St. Joseph’s Health Centre

Quote of the day

Dr. Tara Kiran, family physician and researcher at St. Michael’s Hospital

We need to do things differently to try and even out the way services are provided … so that we don’t have the have and have-not, but rather, everybody has something

Dr. Tara Kiran, family physician and researcher at St. Michael’s Hospital, went to the Netherlands, a world leader in health, to see how Canada can do better in primary care. Listen to her interview on CBC’s White Coat Black Art.

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 Bayani is finding strength and inspiration with the help of the recreation therapy program at Providence Healthcare

After two strokes, Bayani is finding strength and inspiration with the help of the recreation therapy program at Providence Healthcare.


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