Canadian Association of Physician Assistants

Thank you, Minister Jones, for joining CAPA’s Ontario PA Advocacy Day and recognizing the important role Physician Assistants play in strengthening Ontario’s healthcare workforce.

We appreciated the opportunity to discuss key priorities for the profession at Queen’s Park, including expanding PA education and training capacity, supporting policies that enable effective physician–PA collaboration, and establishing sustainable funding frameworks to support PAs within Ontario’s primary care workforce strategy.

We look forward to continuing these important conversations.

Our government is continuing to take action to protect Ontario's healthcare workforce for years to come.

While speaking with the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants, I shared how we are adding up to 150 physician assistant education seats to connect even more people to care.

Advocacy Day Ontario💪

On May 27, CAPA was at Queen’s Park, advocating for Physician Assistants across Ontario and advancing important conversations about healthcare workforce solutions.

As healthcare pressures continue and demand for timely care grows, Physician Assistants are already delivering care across hospitals, emergency departments, primary care, and community settings throughout Ontario.

Throughout the day, CAPA focused conversations on three priorities for strengthening healthcare delivery:

✔ Expanding PA training capacity across Ontario
✔ Supporting sustainable funding models and fair compensation in primary care
✔ Strengthening physician-PA teams across care settings

We were also proud to welcome speakers at our Ontario Advocacy Day reception, including The Honourable Sylvia Jones , Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, MPP France Gélinas , MPP Dr. Adil Shamji and MPP Aislinn Clancy. We thank you for your support.

A sincere thank you to every PA, partner, and advocate who showed up, shared their experiences, and helped move these conversations forward.

This is exactly what team-based care looks like in action. Grateful for your support and excited to keep building this together for patients across BC.

Collaboration is key for better patient care! We believe that physician assistants (PAs), under the supervision of family doctors, can greatly improve healthcare by enabling many benefits to patients including faster access.

We’ve written a letter of support to the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants calling for the integration of PAs into BC’s primary care system.

Read the full story here: https://na3.hubs.ly/y0tL-X0

On May 27, PAs from across Ontario will be at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, meeting directly with MPPs to highlight the impact of our profession.

CAPA Reception for MPPs, Staff & Stakeholders May 27, 2026 | 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Room 230

This is a key opportunity to ensure MPPs hear firsthand how PAs are improving access to care, reducing wait times, and supporting healthcare teams across the province.

Take 2 minutes to invite your MPP - CAPA’s AdvoKit makes it quick and easy:
at (https://www.canadadeservespas.ca/)

No drafting required; you can send a message in just a few clicks. If you have a moment to personalize your note, it makes an even bigger impact:

- Share your role or experience
- Highlight a real example from your work
- Encourage them to attend on May 27

Why it matters:
MPPs are more likely to attend and support our profession when they hear directly from constituents.

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Le 27 mai, des AM de partout en Ontario seront présents à l'Assemblée législative de l'Ontario afin de rencontrer directement des député(e)s provinciaux (MPP) et de mettre en lumière l'impact de notre profession.

Réception de l'ACAM pour les MPP, le personnel et les parties prenantes 27 mai 2026 | 11 h 30 – 13 h 30 Salle 230 (Ę dwaę na ga da:t)

Il s'agit d'une occasion clé de permettre aux MPP d'entendre directement comment les AM améliorent l'accès aux soins, réduisent les temps d'attente et soutiennent les équipes de soins de santé partout dans la province.

Prenez 2 minutes pour inviter votre MPP - La trousse AdvoKit de l'ACAM rend la démarche simple et rapide :
(https://www.canadadeservespas.ca/fr/)

Aucune rédaction requise : vous pouvez envoyer un message en quelques clics seulement. Si vous avez un moment pour personnaliser votre message, son impact sera encore plus grand :

- Mentionnez votre rôle ou votre expérience
- Partagez un exemple concret de votre pratique
- Encouragez-les à être présents le 27 mai

Pourquoi c'est important:
Les MPP sont plus susceptibles de participer et de soutenir la profession lorsqu'ils entendent directement leurs électeurs.

PAs are helping redefine what primary care looks like in Canada.

At ACCESS Fort Garry in Winnipeg, an interdisciplinary primary care team, including 5 PAs, 13 family physicians, 12 NPs, and other health professionals serve more than 10,000 patients. PAs are core members of the primary care team, delivering integrated, collaborative care that improves access for patients.

The Medical Post is highlighting this model this month, and CAPA is proud to represent the professionals strengthening healthcare teams and expanding access to care across the country.

This is a proven example of how team-based primary care can expand access, strengthen continuity, and better support both patients and providers. The opportunity now is to scale what is already working.

April 2026 Issue

CAPA was proud to exhibit at this week at the International Centre in Toronto (May 6-8), and the energy was unlike anything we've seen before. Healthcare professionals stopping at our booth to say they agree that every doctor deserves a PA. Colleagues sharing how much they love working with their PAs. And more conversations about how to get a PA than ever before, which tells us something important: awareness is growing, and it's changing practice.

Thank you to our Director of Advocacy and Communications Kristy Corrente, Events Coordinator Belana Millham, and Ontario Director Kevin Kitzul for representing CAPA on the ground and making this happen. And to everyone who visited our booth (and used our WiFi): we loved meeting you.
Big things are happening for the PA profession in Canada.

If you were at Pri-med, we would love to hear your experience in the comments below!

Live from May 6–8 at at Pri-Med.ca | At The International Centre – Hall 2, Toronto, ON

As the official Wi-Fi Sponsor, we’re proud to support connection , both digitally and across healthcare teams.

Stop by to learn how Physician Assistants are strengthening care delivery across Canada, how the PA education pathway works, and what it looks like to integrate a PA into your team.

We’ll also be connecting attendees to upcoming opportunities at the CAPA 2026 Annual Conference and National PA Job Fair.

📍 Booth #330