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Advanced Practice Nurse Zandra Koopman

As an Advanced Practice Nurse, I’m pleading with you to hear this story – it could save your life

Zandra consulting at the UOHI’s Women’s Heart Health Clinic I am frustrated with how familiar this patient story has become: It took four emergency room visits for a…
By Zandra Koopman
Advanced Practice Nurse Zandra Koopman

Periods were whispered about, I’m speaking out loud

Growing up, I was keenly aware of the silence that surrounded certain topics — periods being one of them. As a young brown girl navigating through life, I constantly grap…
By Leisha Toory
Lianne Laing

Lianne Laing’s heartfelt call to action: Turning family tragedy into a fight for prevention

My dad and I on my 18th birthday June 6, 2002, started with so much promise. There was brilliant sunshine and not a cloud in the sky. Tony, my fiancé, was playing go…
By Lianne Laing
Lianne Laing

Nadia’s story: I was a new mom having a heart attack on a bathroom floor

Mom and SCAD survivor, Nadia, with her three beautiful children.  SCAD survivor Nadia shares her story, and challenges you to advocate for yourself and JUMP IN for w…
By Nadia Lappa

The unheard voices in Canada’s fight for equitable women’s healthcare

If you haven’t read our previous story in this series, that’s a good place to start. It explores the often-overlooked crisis in women's healthcare in Canada, highlighting…
By Tudor Robins
Jane Philpott

Jane Philpott has a prescription to fix Canada’s healthcare system — and it starts with primary care

Jane Philpott, Dean of Queen's Health Sciences For many Canadians, healthcare remains a top issue — and for good reason.  While it was never perfect, the pandemic re…
By Lisa Thibodeau
Jane Philpott
lead tampons

What the internet lead-in-tampons frenzy reminded me about being a woman  

Your tampon has lead it in.  Oh, and also arsenic, cadmium, and god knows what else. That was the message I heard loud and clear when I opened my phone earlier this …
By Lisa Thibodeau
lead tampons

Canada’s women’s health crisis: Unveiling the hidden struggles

When women suffer, so does everyone around them. That’s the tagline of the Hologic Global Women’s Health Index, which, developed in collaboration with international publi…
By Tudor Robins