Primary Care in 2025: What brought us to this point and where do we go from here?
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Lecture by:
Meredith Vanstone
Nearly 1/6 Canadians do not have access to a regular primary care provider. Those who do may struggle to schedule and attend appointments, and to gain access to other healthcare services. This lecture offers a primer to the primary care system in Ontario, tracing the roots of many of today’s challenges to policy legacies and educational traditions. Together, we will think through what is necessary to improve the quality and sustainability of our publicly funded health care system.
About Meredith Vanstone
Meredith Vanstone
Meredith Vanstone is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University, where she holds the David Braley and Nancy Gordon endowed Chair Family Medicine and a Canada Research Chair in Ethical Complexity in Primary Care. Dr. Vanstone’s research focuses on helping patients and clinicians navigate complex areas of primary care where evidence doesn’t exist, is ambiguous, or is not the most important part of decision-making. She is interested in how we can leverage health policy and medical education systems to create a more effective, sustainable, and equitable health care system.