CASLPO News

Recording Now Available: E-Forum on Addressing Ableism in Healthcare

CASLPO, in collaboration with the College of Midwives of Ontario (CMO), held an E-Forum on Addressing Ableism in Healthcare on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. This event was part of CASLPO’s DEI webinar series. A recording of the session along with the slide presentation have been posted to our website HERE.

This session covered: 

• The definition of Ableism
• What Ableism can look like in healthcare
• Its impact on patient care 
• Strategies for health providers to challenge and dismantle Ableism in healthcare 

Our Speaker:
The session featured Dr. Hilary Brown, an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Health & Society and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Cross-appointed to the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and a Senior Adjunct Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, she holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Disability & Reproductive Health. Her research program examines maternal and child health across the life course, with a focus on disability, the social determinants of health, and health equity.

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