Megan Ogilvie

1 week ago | thespec.com | Amy Dempsey Raven |Megan Ogilvie

On a warm evening in September 2023, a car pulled up to the Lighthouse Inn, a rundown roadside motel set behind a pub in the city of London, Ontario. The teenager in the passenger seat had been crying since her mother left her in the lobby of the children’s aid society office that afternoon, but now she looked numb. Jade was 14, with bright eyes and a sun-kissed complexion. She loved riding roller coasters, singing karaoke and eating popcorn with apple slices.

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Megan Ogilvie |Kris Rushowy

Proposed changes by the Ford government to bring new controls over the province’s children aid societies focus too much on finances and not enough on kids’ wellbeing, critics charge. The legislation, announced in late May as part of the sweeping Supporting Children and Students Act, would give the province greater financial oversight of children’s aid societies, as well as require increased transparency over how the organizations operate.

1 month ago | thespec.com | Megan Ogilvie

As Ontario confronts a primary care crisis, an increasing number of family doctors are deciding not to practise comprehensive family medicine, instead choosing to work in emergency departments or take on other hospital roles, new research shows. The study, published Tuesday, looked at 30 years of data and found that while there are now more family doctors practising in the province, fewer are providing full-service family medicine.

1 month ago | therecord.com | Megan Ogilvie

Dr. Michelle Barton worried when measles found a foothold in southwestern Ontario last fall. The infectious disease specialist knew childhood vaccination rates hadn’t bounced back to pre-pandemic levels in Ontario, leaving some kids exposed to the virus. There were also communities with high numbers of unvaccinated people near her hospital in London that were especially vulnerable to the extremely infectious disease. Anyone who wasn’t immune would likely get measles.

1 month ago | thespec.com | Megan Ogilvie

Dr. Michelle Barton worried when measles found a foothold in southwestern Ontario last fall. The infectious disease specialist knew childhood vaccination rates hadn’t bounced back to pre-pandemic levels in Ontario, leaving some kids exposed to the virus. There were also communities with high numbers of unvaccinated people near her hospital in London that were especially vulnerable to the extremely infectious disease. Anyone who wasn’t immune would likely get measles.