Personal Support Workers

• Mohawk College opening new training campus at Burlington, Ont. long-term care home

  A Burlington retirement and long-term care home will be the new home training location for Mohawk College students who are looking to enter the LTC field.

  Education

  Jan 13, 2023
  
• PSWs in Ontario hospitals still waiting on permanent wage increase

  ``There's no excuse for this,'' said Michael Hurley, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees' Ontario Council of Hospital Unions.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2022
  
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• London, Ont. widow speaks out against Bill 7 following husband’s death

  Jane Berges' late husband died in April after being “forcibly” transferred from the London Health Sciences Centre to a nursing home in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak, she said.

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2022
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• Ontario NDP platform: Pharmacare, tax freeze and health care spending

  Ontario's New Democrats are unveiling their platform today, ahead of a looming election call, and one section is aimed at recruiting, retaining and supporting health-care workers.

  Politics

  Apr 25, 2022
• Ontario to table legislation making PSW wage increase permanent: Doug Ford

  The Ontario government is planning to soon make permanent an hourly wage increase for personal support workers that was brought in during the pandemic.

  Canada

  Mar 15, 2022
• Ontario offers tuition supports for career college PSW students

  The program first launched last year and the government says it helped 3,000 personal support workers get trained and graduate.

  Education

  Mar 10, 2022
• Toronto health-care worker denied residency, could be deported because she had a baby

  A Toronto health-care worker was denied permanent residency in Canada despite working more than 2,000 hours during the COVID-19 pandemic. She and her family could now be deported.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2021
• Kingston, Ont. unhoused man seeks new start in Toronto

  An unhoused man with medical disabilities is heading to Toronto to seek shelter and resources after running out of options in Kingston.

  Health

  Dec 13, 2021
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• Ontario extends pay increase for personal support workers until end of October

  The province says the temporary $3-per-hour wage increase for workers in long-term care homes and similar facilities will now continue until Oct. 31.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2021
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• Premier Doug Ford says ‘it’s a guarantee’ to keeping pay increase for personal support workers

  Ford says it's a "guarantee" that his government will keep the temporary $3 per hour wage bump for the workers who staff long-term care homes and similar facilities.

  Health

  Jul 5, 2021