personal support workers

• 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
  
• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Calls for ‘accountability’ against Ontario PSW Association over ‘demeaning’ TikTok videos

  "I don't know who these people are but I sure wouldn't want them one foot near my mom," said Jill Davis, whose mother has dementia and lives in long-term care.

  Health

  Jun 18, 2021
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• Fleming College offers tuition-free personal support worker training program

  Ontario's accelerated PSW training program is a tuition-free opportunity for 6,000 new students and is expected to only take six months to complete, rather than the typical eight.

  Education

  May 27, 2021
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• Accelerated PSW training program applications now accepted at Mohawk College

  The program is part of $115 million in Ontario government funding to train up to 8,200 new PSWs.

  Education

  Mar 8, 2021