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Sep 16, 20212 min read
MEDIA STATEMENT: Healthcare Workers Deserve Respect, Gratitude, and Safe Passage
September 16, 2021 – Hamilton ON: “Over the past few weeks, the Medical Laboratory Professionals’ Association of Ontario has been...

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Aug 30, 20212 min read
MEDIA STATEMENT: Call to Action - Invest in Laboratory Health Human Resources
August 30, 2021 – Hamilton ON: “The Medical Laboratory Professionals’ Association of Ontario (MLPAO) is calling on the Ontario government...

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Aug 8, 20212 min read
MEDIA STATEMENT: Action Needed to Avert 4th Wave Stress on Healthcare System
August 8, 2021 – Hamilton ON: Ontario medical laboratory professionals join the Ontario Medical Association, Registered Nurses...

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Jul 20, 20212 min read
Welcome Andrea Tjahja
The MLPAO is excited to welcome Andrea Tjahja, BSc, MLT, ART, BEd, as our new Vice President, Professional Practice. With more than 30...


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Jun 24, 20213 min read
COVID-19 Changes: An MLA/T Perspective
Thinking back to February 2020, along with the rest of the world, we did not wear masks in public, we shook hands upon meeting for the...

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Jun 21, 20215 min read
ADVOCATE: Medical Laboratory Professional Shortages in Remote First Nations Communities
By Lauren Hicks, Communications Administrator, MLPAO This article was re-posted on National Indigenous People's Day, June 21, 2021. “I...


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Jun 10, 20212 min read
The Unsung Heroes - Celebrating Medical Laboratory Professionals
Have you ever had to have your blood taken? What about giving any other samples, like throat swabs, or urines, or even moles or other...

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Apr 28, 20211 min read
Scaling Up, Helping Out - Sinai Health/UHN
Our April Lab of the Month is the shared Sinai Health/UHN microbiology lab. Their team went from 250,000 tests annually to providing an...


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Apr 22, 20212 min read
MEDIA STATEMENT: Lab Capacity a Critical Consideration in Third Wave
April 22, 2021 – Hamilton ON: As Ontario enters the peak of a third wave of COVID-19, with ICU numbers and variants of concern on the...


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Mar 24, 20212 min read
MEDIA STATEMENT: Response to the 2021/22 Ontario Budget Announcement
March 24, 2021 – Hamilton ON: The MLPAO is deeply concerned to see a complete lack of directed funding allocated towards the health...


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Mar 17, 20212 min read
Letter from OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas Re: MLPAO Skills Development Funding
March 15, 2021 The Honourable Ross Romano Minister of Colleges and Universities 438 University Avenue, 5th Floor Toronto, Ontario M7A...


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Mar 11, 20212 min read
One Year Later: Intervention Request to Ontario Government
Dear Premier Ford, One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario’s medical laboratories are struggling to keep up. Government intervention...


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Mar 9, 20212 min read
Letter to OPSEU: Response to Statement on Lab Capacity
We sent this letter on March 8 to OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas supporting OPSEU/SEFPO’s news release on March 5 which...


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Mar 8, 20212 min read
MLPAO: Happy International Women's Day!
This International Women's Day, we’re celebrating the incredible women in our field. Women scientists have led advances in technology and...

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Feb 23, 20211 min read
Pre-Budget Submission: MLT Shortage Crisis in Ontario Laboratories
This month, the Ministry of Finance confirmed receipt of our Pre-Budget Submission on the MLT Shortage Crisis in Ontario Laboratories....

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Dec 23, 20201 min read
COVID-19: End of Year Survey
Over the next few weeks, we'll be speaking with the media about the experience of COVID-19 for Medical Laboratory Professionals and what...

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Dec 22, 20202 min read
MLPAO Holiday Playlist
This year we made a MLPAO Holiday Playlist of medical laboratory professionals' favourite songs to listen to over the holidays. Here's...

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Dec 22, 20204 min read
COVID Fatigue: Resilience Resources for Healthcare Professionals
Suzanne Dennison DCS., RP (cert)OAMHP Registered Psychotherapist - Clinical Supervisor Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy...


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Nov 12, 20202 min read
RFP: Research Initiative - Clinical Placements And The Shortage Of Medical Laboratory Technologists
Issue Date: November 15, 2020 Proposal Due: November 29, 2020 ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND/OVERVIEW Medical Laboratory Professionals'...

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Oct 28, 20203 min read
Member Profile: Rajwant Johal
Rajwant Johal, cMLA/TMLPAO is an MLA/T specializing in phlebotomy in the Emergency Department at Brampton Civic Hospital. After finishing...
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