The College of Midwives of Ontario, in collaboration with the College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists, invites you to an upcoming webinar on Addressing Ableism in Health Care with speaker Hilary Brown – Associate Professor, Department of Health & Society, University of Toronto.
Webinar: Addressing Ableism in Health Care
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00 pm EST.
This session will cover:
- The definition of ableism
- What ableism can look like in health care
- The impacts ableism can have on client/patient care
- Strategies for providers to challenge and dismantle ableism in health care
Learn more about our speaker:
Dr. Hilary Brown is 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 Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and an Adjunct Scientist at Women’s College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), she holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Disability & Reproductive Health. Her research program uses epidemiologic methods to examine maternal and child health across life course, with a particular focus on populations with disabilities and chronic disease.
If you have any questions in advance of the webinar or issues with your registration, please email us at cmo@cmo.on.ca.
Spots are limited, register today!