Members' Stories
Nunavut News article published March 1, 2021
By Trevor Wright
The Akausivik Inuit Family Health Team (AIFHT) is hosting ongoing clinics that started Feb. 17 to deliver Covid-19 vaccines to Inuit in Ottawa, one of Canada’s southern cities with the largest population of Inuit.
About 200
Guelph Today article published February 18, 2021
By Guelph Today Staff
When your opportunity comes to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, take it. That’s the message from nearly 100 doctors with the Guelph Family Health Team who signed an open letter to the community.
“It’s to protect yourself and
Collingwood Today article published January 29, 2021
By Collingwood Today
To better support residents in South Georgian Bay who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and are recovering at home, the South Georgian Bay Ontario Health Team (SGB OHT) has launched a Home Monitoring Program to care
Collingwood Today article published January 6, 2021
By Erika Engel, Collingwood Today
Since March Maureen Sullivan’s work as a nurse practitioner has centred around testing for COVID-19.
She is a member of the Georgian Bay Family Health Team and has been overseeing the Collingwood and
The Sudbury Star article published December 22, 2020
By Colleen Romaniuk
Elliot Lake city councillors voted to extend the community’s Age Friendly Delivers program into the new year at a regular city council meeting on Monday.
Council last approved an extension of the program to the end of
The Sudbury Star article published January 1, 2021
It has been more than 10 months since Ontario first had evidence of community spread of COVID-19 and the first person tested positive in northeastern Ontario.
Since that time, the nightly news has tended to focus on the impact of COVID-19 in
The Sun Times article published December 15, 2020
By the Sun Times
The application for the Grey-Bruce Ontario Health Team has been submitted to the Ministry of Health.
The application, submitted by the health team planning committee, is supported by signatures from 20 health service
This year's champions are recognized for going the extra mile to help the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Algoma Public Health has officially named this year's Public Health Champions.
Nominations for the awards closed on Nov. 20.
This year, APH wanted its award to recognize those
The Expositor article published December 11, 2020
By Postmedia Staff
Beginning Dec. 14, the Rural Lambton COVID Testing Centre will be moving from Petrolia to Plympton-Wyoming.
Thanks to a partnership between the North Lambton Community Health Centre, the Central Lambton Family Health Team
Congratulations to the thirteen new Ontario Health Teams and to our member teams that are engaged and participating in the development of OHTs. This list may be updated as more information becomes available.
Ontario Health Team
AFHTO Members
Brantford Brant OHT
Healthy Debate opinion piece by Kate Mulligan and Kavita Mehta
The data are in: people living with racism, low incomes and crowded housing are most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The attention it has drawn to these inequities has healthcare providers re-examining their practices with respect