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MEDIA STATEMENT: Healthcare Workers Deserve Respect, Gratitude, and Safe Passage

Sep 16, 20212 min read

MEDIA STATEMENT: Healthcare Workers Deserve Respect, Gratitude, and Safe Passage

September 16, 2021 – Hamilton ON: “Over the past few weeks, the Medical Laboratory Professionals’ Association of Ontario has been...

MEDIA STATEMENT: Call to Action - Invest in Laboratory Health Human Resources

MLPAO

Aug 30, 20212 min read

MEDIA STATEMENT: Call to Action - Invest in Laboratory Health Human Resources

August 30, 2021 – Hamilton ON: “The Medical Laboratory Professionals’ Association of Ontario (MLPAO) is calling on the Ontario government...

MEDIA STATEMENT: Action Needed to Avert 4th Wave Stress on Healthcare System

MLPAO

Aug 8, 20212 min read

MEDIA STATEMENT: Action Needed to Avert 4th Wave Stress on Healthcare System

August 8, 2021 – Hamilton ON: Ontario medical laboratory professionals join the Ontario Medical Association, Registered Nurses...

MLPAO

Jul 20, 20212 min read

Welcome Andrea Tjahja

The MLPAO is excited to welcome Andrea Tjahja, BSc, MLT, ART, BEd, as our new Vice President, Professional Practice. With more than 30...

MLPAO

Jun 24, 20213 min read

COVID-19 Changes: An MLA/T Perspective

Thinking back to February 2020, along with the rest of the world, we did not wear masks in public, we shook hands upon meeting for the...

ADVOCATE: Medical Laboratory Professional Shortages in Remote First Nations Communities

MLPAO

Jun 21, 20215 min read

ADVOCATE: Medical Laboratory Professional Shortages in Remote First Nations Communities

By Lauren Hicks, Communications Administrator, MLPAO This article was re-posted on National Indigenous People's Day, June 21, 2021. “I...

The Unsung Heroes - Celebrating Medical Laboratory Professionals

MLPAO

Jun 10, 20212 min read

The Unsung Heroes - Celebrating Medical Laboratory Professionals

Have you ever had to have your blood taken? What about giving any other samples, like throat swabs, or urines, or even moles or other...

Scaling Up, Helping Out - Sinai Health/UHN

MLPAO

Apr 28, 20211 min read

Scaling Up, Helping Out - Sinai Health/UHN

Our April Lab of the Month is the shared Sinai Health/UHN microbiology lab. Their team went from 250,000 tests annually to providing an...

MEDIA STATEMENT: Lab Capacity a Critical Consideration in Third Wave

MLPAO

Apr 22, 20212 min read

MEDIA STATEMENT: Lab Capacity a Critical Consideration in Third Wave

April 22, 2021 – Hamilton ON: As Ontario enters the peak of a third wave of COVID-19, with ICU numbers and variants of concern on the...

MEDIA STATEMENT: Response to the 2021/22 Ontario Budget Announcement

MLPAO

Mar 24, 20212 min read

MEDIA STATEMENT: Response to the 2021/22 Ontario Budget Announcement

March 24, 2021 – Hamilton ON: The MLPAO is deeply concerned to see a complete lack of directed funding allocated towards the health...

MLPAO

Mar 17, 20212 min read

Letter from OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas Re: MLPAO Skills Development Funding

March 15, 2021 The Honourable Ross Romano Minister of Colleges and Universities 438 University Avenue, 5th Floor Toronto, Ontario M7A...

One Year Later: Intervention Request to Ontario Government

MLPAO

Mar 11, 20212 min read

One Year Later: Intervention Request to Ontario Government

Dear Premier Ford, One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario’s medical laboratories are struggling to keep up. Government intervention...

Letter to OPSEU: Response to Statement on Lab Capacity

MLPAO

Mar 9, 20212 min read

Letter to OPSEU: Response to Statement on Lab Capacity

We sent this letter on March 8 to OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas supporting OPSEU/SEFPO’s news release on March 5 which...

MLPAO

Mar 8, 20211 min read

MLPAO: Happy International Women's Day!

This International Women's Day, we’re celebrating the incredible women in our field. Women scientists have led advances in technology and...

Pre-Budget Submission: MLT Shortage Crisis in Ontario Laboratories

MLPAO

Feb 23, 20211 min read

Pre-Budget Submission: MLT Shortage Crisis in Ontario Laboratories

This month, the Ministry of Finance confirmed receipt of our Pre-Budget Submission on the MLT Shortage Crisis in Ontario Laboratories....

MLPAO

Dec 23, 20201 min read

COVID-19: End of Year Survey

Over the next few weeks, we'll be speaking with the media about the experience of COVID-19 for Medical Laboratory Professionals and what...

MLPAO

Dec 22, 20202 min read

MLPAO Holiday Playlist

This year we made a MLPAO Holiday Playlist of medical laboratory professionals' favourite songs to listen to over the holidays. Here's...

COVID Fatigue: Resilience Resources for Healthcare Professionals

MLPAO

Dec 22, 20204 min read

COVID Fatigue: Resilience Resources for Healthcare Professionals

Suzanne Dennison DCS., RP (cert)OAMHP Registered Psychotherapist - Clinical Supervisor Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy...

RFP: Research Initiative - Clinical Placements And The Shortage Of Medical Laboratory Technologists

MLPAO

Nov 12, 20202 min read

RFP: Research Initiative - Clinical Placements And The Shortage Of Medical Laboratory Technologists

Issue Date: November 15, 2020 Proposal Due: November 29, 2020 ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND/OVERVIEW Medical Laboratory Professionals'...

MLPAO

Oct 28, 20203 min read

Member Profile: Rajwant Johal

Rajwant Johal, cMLA/TMLPAO is an MLA/T specializing in phlebotomy in the Emergency Department at Brampton Civic Hospital. After finishing...