Ford government still has no plan to meet AODA obligations more than a year past 2025 deadline
Long-form Globe report and joint AODA Alliance / Ontario Autism Coalition / OPES press conference call for a published action plan; no new accessibility standard approved since 2017.
Ontario’s promise to people with disabilities left unfulfilled after more than 20 years
Globe analysis of the unmet 2025 AODA deadline affecting an estimated 2.9 million Ontarians with disabilities.
Ontario Auditor-General: ~$100M per year in chronic pain injection billings
Auditor-General reported that excessive chronic pain injections cost Ontario about $100M per year, with 10 physicians billing nearly $60M between them in the most recent year on record.
UHN rolls out pain reprocessing therapy for hard-to-treat chronic pain
UHN’s Rehabilitation Pain Service trained social work, OT, and physiotherapy staff in pain reprocessing therapy as a new option for patients with persistent chronic pain.
Dinesh Kumbhare named Schroeder Chair in Pain Assessment and Rehabilitation
Dr. Dinesh Kumbhare appointed to the Schroeder Chair, anchoring SPARC clinic work on pain assessment and rehabilitation at KITE/UHN.
Jennifer Stinson receives 2025 Peter Gilgan Canada Gairdner Momentum Award
SickKids researcher Jennifer Stinson — first nurse to win the Gairdner — recognized for digital therapeutics in paediatric pain (iCanCope, MEDi Robot, PICH training program).