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Ontario Doesn’t Just Need More Healthcare Workers, It Needs Better Healthcare Teams

Aug 18, 2026 | From the CEO

It’s not news to anyone that Ontario is and has been suffering from a primary care provider shortage. Thousands of residents have been without providers for years now, and many lack continuity of care with the health services they receive. The notion that Ontario...

Layoffs Are Hurting Nurse Practitioners and the Patients Who Need Them

Jul 22, 2026 | From the CEO

There’s a disturbing trend happening across Ontario’s hospitals right now. Hundreds of nurses, nurse practitioners (NPs), and other health professionals have been laid off across the province. Every one of these layoffs is a double loss: a skilled...

What Ontario Doesn’t Know About Its Own Healthcare Workforce

Jun 25, 2026 | From the CEO

When patients finally get a diagnosis after months of uncertainty, they are often left with the indelible memory of all that it took to get there: the months or years of explaining their condition to someone, advocating for themselves, and navigating a complex...

Nurse Practitioners Are Already Leading Care Delivery Across Ontario. The System Needs to Catch Up

May 28, 2026 | From the CEO

Across Ontario, Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are already leading care teams every day, particularly in rural, remote, and underserved communities where access to healthcare remains limited. They are managing complex patient needs, improving access to care, and stepping...

What Ontario Can Learn from Other Provinces on NP Funding in Primary Care

Apr 20, 2026 | From the CEO

Across Canada, provinces are taking varied approaches to address growing pressures in primary care. Many jurisdictions are leveraging Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to expand access for patients and strengthen their health systems. This includes developing and implementing...

Built out of Scarcity: The Evolution of Nurse Practitioners in Ontario

Mar 9, 2026 | From the CEO

In many ways, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) role has been shaped, if not defined, by their strong and reliable leadership in periods of gaps in access to care, ensuring that patients across Ontario receive the timely, high-quality care they deserve, when and where they...
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Join Dr. Kristian Goulet at the 2026 NPAO Annual Conference for Managing Pediatric Concussions and Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms.
Learn how to assess pediatric head injuries, identify factors that influence recovery, and understand why persistent post-concussion symptoms require a different approach to care.
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AI is already changing healthcare. The question is AI is already changing healthcare. The question is: how will Nurse Practitioners lead through it?
Join Zayna Khayat at the 2026 NPAO Annual Conference for The Future of Health & Care in the Age of AI.
Explore how generative, predictive, agentic, and embodied AI are reshaping care delivery, education, research, and the health system — and what NPs need to know to adopt AI responsibly while staying firmly in control.
This is a future-focused conversation about leadership, opportunity, and the evolving role of NPs in the cognitive era.
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What happens when Nurse Practitioners lead as the What happens when Nurse Practitioners lead as the Most Responsible Provider?
Join NP Jodi Colwill, NP Elizabeth Smith, Dr. NP Julia Hess, and NP Leah Cantlon at the 2026 NPAO Annual Conference for NP as MRP: Leading System Transformation Across All Sectors.
Explore how NP-MRP models are being implemented across primary care, hospitals, and long-term care — and what it takes to overcome barriers related to funding, role clarity, workflow, and culture.
A forward-looking session on access, workforce optimization, and the future of NP-led care in Ontario.
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Join us on October 7 at 12 PM for When Sleep Is th Join us on October 7 at 12 PM for When Sleep Is the Symptom—and the Problem: An NP Approach to Recognizing Insomnia and Its Impact Across Comorbid Conditions webinar! https://loom.ly/OXd2veU
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1) Recognize clinical criteria for the diagnosis of insomnia
2) Understand the bidirectional relationship with medical conditions associated with, or worsened by insomnia
3) Understand sleep architecture, Orexin, and its role in the sleep-wake cycle
4) Examine treatment approaches and strategies for a female patient with comorbidities - The comorbidities are ADHD and migraine in a 45yr female.
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