Canadian Women in Medicine

BY DR. LIANA HWANG MD CCFP DTM&H On March 11 2021, we hope you will join us in celebrating the first ever Canadian Women Physicians Day. Currently, more than 40% of our country’s physicians are women, and although that proportion is growing, we continue to face gender-based issues like income disparity and discrimination. March 11 […]

BY DR. PASCALE BREAULT, MD, CCMF (le français suit)   The system is me too… I am a doctor. I grew up without ever seeing a single Indigenous person in my daily life. I did not see their arts, rarely heard their music or language, I did not play with their children. Yet I knew […]

By Michelle Cohen Chair, CWIM Advocacy Committee FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BREASTFEEDING DOCTORS-IN-TRAINING FACE HIGH RISK OF PAINFUL CONSEQUENCES Canadian Women in Medicine (CWIM) recently conducted an informal survey of 170 doctors who pumped breastmilk during their residency training and found the majority felt poorly accommodated, with many experiencing medical complications or academic penalties. “I had […]