Canadian Medical Forum supports the COVID-19 vaccines authorized in Canada

February 2021

The Canadian Medical Forum brings together leaders of Canada’s major national medical organizations to discuss issues of priority to physicians, their patients, and the Canadian healthcare system. As such, we are writing today in support of Canada’s COVID-19 immunization program and to encourage Canadians to get vaccinated.

Canadian Medical Forum supports the COVID-19 vaccines authorized in Canada

Le Forum médical canadien accorde son appui aux vaccins contre la COVID-19 autorisés au Canada

For additional information on COVID-19 vaccines, please consult the Public Health Agency of Canada website.

Statement Regarding Rollout of COVID‐19 Vaccination to Rural Canada

For Immediate Release - January 25, 2021

The Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) is concerned and disappointed by the lack of communication regarding the COVID-19 vaccination for long term care and health care workers in rural and remote Canada. Rural communities and the health care workers who serve them have had less access to vaccination compared with their urban colleagues.
 
Statement Regarding Rollout of COVID‐19 Vaccination to Rural Canada

If you would like more information regarding this topic, please contact the SRPC office at 1-877-276-1949 or info@srpc.ca

Rural Emergency Departments & COVID19

Press Release - March 21, 2020.

The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) & the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC)
Press Release: Rural Emergency Departments & COVID19 

Joint SRPC-IPAC-CFPC statement on Indigenous Health

News Release  -   October 16, 2019

Here is a joint release from the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada and the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada. The release highlights the lack of attention paid to the health of Indigenous people of Canada during the current election period. It calls on all parties to address the systemic challenges resulting in poor health outcomes for this population.

News Release re Indigenous health in Canada requires stronger commitment ENG (Oct 16 19).pdf

Dr. Paul Sawchuk
President
College of Family Physicians of Canada
 
Dr. Margaret Tromp
President
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
 
Dr. Nel Wieman
President
Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada

CALL FOR ACCESS TO RURAL HEALTH CARE CLOSE TO HOME

News Release  -  September 25, 2019

National Leading Health and Education Organizations Calling for Improved Access to Rural Health Care Close to Home as a Priority for Canada
Joint Statement

CFPC SRPC JOINT STATEMENT

News Release  -  September 19, 2019

OTTAWA –  As we are weeks away from a federal election, the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SPRC) is calling on all politicians to answer to rural and Indigenous populations to making access to health care close to home a priority for Canadians living in rural communities.

SRPC Press Release

Rural Road Map Implementation Committee (RRMIC)

Aug 21, 2019
Progress Made in the Rural Road Map Implementation

Emerging Rural Health Care - The Time to Act is Now.

The Rural Road Map Implementation Committee (RRMIC) has made significant progress raising awareness across Canada
about the need for improved access to rural health care close to home, as highlighted in the attached update. Emerging
collaborative efforts have been made with the RRMIC and allied organizations.
Read the full update below.

August 2019 RRMIC UPDATE

April 2019 RRMIC UPDATE

June 2018

June 6, 2018 - PICTON, ON

Regulatory College to Limit Doctors for Rural Ontario