WOW! This is the view from the The George Washington bridge running from Manhattan, New York to New Jersey. - This is all stemming from Central Canada, where wildfires are burning in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. - In total there are 211 reported wildfires burning in

Respect women at work. Respect women at home. Respect women at school. Respect women in politics. Respect women on the road. Respect women in the streets. Respect women on public transport. Respect women online. Respect women EVERYWHERE. RT if you agree!

“Across Canada, surgical specialists treating women are reimbursed at a lower rate than surgical specialists treating men, for similar procedures” canjsurg.ca/content/66/4/E…

"It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are very beautiful and very smart... and it breaks my soul that you think you're not good enough, like we're always supposed to be extraordinary, but somehow we're always doing it wrong. We have to be skinny, but not too much and

Imagine if we spoke to young men the way we speak to young women and told them their value comes from being husbands/fathers and not from professional accomplishments. We need to stop assuming and start rooting for women to achieve the goals they set for themselves.

Today's the start of Gender Equality Week CAEP dedicated to raising awareness of contributions girls, women and gender-diverse communities have made across the globe, to celebrate achievements in advancing gender equality, to acknowledging gaps to realize full equality

This is an excellent point. Family medicine has always been a pink collar specialty, with relatively high numbers of women. Has The College of Family Physicians of Canada consider the impact on the #GenderPayGap of forcing a group of mostly female doctors to delay their careers so they can provide cheap labour?

One of the coolest stories you will see this week: Prescriptive housing from the University Health Network. The Hospital network is building 51 modular housing units that can be prescribed to homeless individuals who are highly dependent on emergency rooms. (Thread) #ONpoli

From a LOR for residency. What about the not males on the selection committee? definitely not holding this against the applicant. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Association is not causation BUT, to all women in medicine, you can be proud of the great work do // Association n’égale pas causalité, MAIS à toutes les femmes en médecine, vous pouvez être fières du travail que vous faites 💪👩🏽‍⚕️ theguardian.com/society/2023/a… CAEP AMUQ

EM Female residents receive more negative feedback in their narrative comments than male residents . Bias is everywhere, and while we can’t eliminate it, let’s at least recognize it. doi.org/10.1002/aet2.1… Isabella Menchetti, MD

CALL FOR RESIDENTS🫵 The CAEP WEM committee organizes our resident panel event for medical students! We hope to recruit resident volunteers to sit on our panel and answer questions. The event is tentatively set for Jan. 10th. evening & you can sign up using the Google doc below👇

Great piece of work by so many amazing EM women 💪 Gillian Sheppard Judy Morris Chau Pham Isabella Menchetti, MD Teresa Chan | 陳敏怡 Ayesha Zia (She/Her)

We hadn't been able to use Etomidate for quite a while because it had been on backorder. Finally having access, Dr. Isabella Menchetti, MD has done a great comparison of Ketamine and Etomidate in multiple specific clinical scenarios, super useful! emottawablog.com/2024/02/ketami…

Women are leaving EM careers in frightening numbers & far sooner than men. As someone in constant contemplation regarding the same, I think it is a complex array of factors that cannot even be captured by in literature but glad some are trying. journals.lww.com/em-news/fullte…

Meet Isabella Menchetti, MD 👋 PGY3 EM Ottawa & WEM Resident Representative since 2021. She's the driving force behind the CAEP WEM mentorship program! Did you know about it? CAEP #WomeninEM

« Gender inequity in emergency medicine affects women-identifying providers at all levels of training across Canada » 🗣️ Great research from the team Qemresearch QueensEM Gabriele Jagelaviciute Melissa Bouwsema Damon Dagnone Melanie Walker CJEM link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s…

Our WEM Vertical Mentorship is now recruiting. It is a great opportunity for collegial mentorship, collaboration and networking 🙌 Just fill in the form below 👇 forms.gle/A2XAMSHyG2xmog…

Gender differences in EM resident assessment: A scoping review by Isabella Menchetti, MD Jen Leppard Warren Cheung Dr. Deb Eagles onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100… Make sure to check out this great article which was one of the top 10 most #TopCitedArticle in AEMETOnline cc: CAEP Women in Emergency Medicine

It’s that time of year again! Sign up for the CAEP WEM vertical mentorship program! Deadline to register is July 22! 🥳🥳 forms.gle/A2XAMSHyG2xmog…