Media Room

News Releases

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Respiratory Therapy Media Coverage Links

Ontario:

  1. Newfoundland doctors, nurses on COVID-19 mission could be working at Toronto General Hospital by Thursday – Toronto Star, April 27, 2021
  2. Inside a Windsor ICU, exhausted staff fight 2nd COVID wave knowing worse still ahead – CBC, January 20, 2021
  3. COVID-19 puts spotlight on the overlooked, high-risk role of the respiratory therapist – Windsor Star, October 29, 2020
  4. COVID-19 in Health Care Workers in Ontario – Public Health Ontario, June 22, 2020
  5. Regulator, Colleges Rush to Get Respiratory Therapists Working – CBC Ottawa, April 2, 2020
  6. College Respiratory Therapists Granted Early Licences – Windsor Star, April 1, 2020
  7. Final-Year Respiratory Therapy Students Tapped to Help Run Province’s Ventilators – CBC News Ottawa, April 1, 2020
  8. The Cost of Protecting Health Workers Goes Beyond Masks and Hand Sanitizer – The Hamilton Spectator, March 27, 2020
  9. Ontario College Sends Respiratory Therapists to Work Ahead of Schedule – Globe and Mail, March 26, 2020
  10. Respiratory Therapy Students to Work with COVID-19 Patients – Fanshawe College News, March 26, 2020
  11. Ontario College Fast-Tracking Graduation for Respiratory Therapists Amid COVID-19 Strain – CBC, March 26, 2020
  12. Ontario College Sends Final Year Respiratory Therapists to Work Before Graduation – CTV News Toronto, March 26, 2020
  13. Ontario College Sends Respiratory Therapists to Work Ahead of Schedule – The Brandon Sun, March 26, 2020
  14. Respiratory Therapists Early Graduation – CTV News London, March 2020

Alberta:

  1. Respiratory therapist shares her COVID vaccine experiences – Bashaw Star, December 31, 2020

British Columbia:

  1. Respiratory Therapists are at Centre of COVID-19’s ‘Emotional Toll’ – CBC, March 26, 2020

Nova Scotia:

  1. Ventilator Operators Look to Boost Numbers in Wake of COVID-19 – CBC, March 25, 2020

Manitoba:

  1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/hsc-covid-respiratory-therapists-1.5500860

    Alberta:

    Ontario College Sends Respiratory Therapists to Work Ahead of Schedule – Red Deer Advocate, March 26, 2020

United States:

  1. Ontario College Sends Respiratory Therapists to Work Ahead of Schedule – Red Deer Advocate, March 26, 2020

 

Live Radio Interviews:

  1. 1010 Talk Radio Toronto – April 2, 2020  
  2. 540 CFRA Ottawa, Interviewer: Kristy Cameron – April 2, 2020   
  3. CBC Toronto Here and Now – March 26, 2020