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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 6d

There is often a very important difference between terror attacks in the US versus elsewhere and that key difference is not background levels of antisemitism, Islamophobia, misogyny, racism, political rhetoric etc. globalnews.ca/news/1146091...

2 dead, several injured after Manchester, U.K. synagogue attack - National | Globalnews.ca

The incident took place as people gathered at an Orthodox synagogue on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.

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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 15d

Good questions. But I wish colleagues would stop assuming that a building is good because it is new. TDSB’s new schools are in fact very bad, and expensive, and their handling of their real estate portfolio has been abysmal.

Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 15d

What happens to $20 B worth of land under provincial supervision. The province didn't respond to my questions, the TDSB can't speak to media. My latest for @thelocal.to thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove...

What Happens to TDSB’s $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? | The Local

The TDSB is one of Toronto’s largest landowners. When the province took over the board, it also took over its subsidiary that manages its properties—and it’s not saying what’s next.

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 15d

What happens to $20 B worth of land under provincial supervision. The province didn't respond to my questions, the TDSB can't speak to media. My latest for @thelocal.to thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove...

What Happens to TDSB’s $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? | The Local

The TDSB is one of Toronto’s largest landowners. When the province took over the board, it also took over its subsidiary that manages its properties—and it’s not saying what’s next.

thelocal.to

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27d

The AI "enhanced" photos of the Utah shooting suspect tells me one thing - people don't understand how AI works.

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Aug 27

We can choose to take care of each other, which means demanding proper funding and accountability in our health system.

Thanks for reading. Thanks especially to Rheanna's sister, Kassandra, for advocating in hopes others don't have to suffer as she has.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

An Ontario woman died of an infection after an abortion. Her sister says doctors failed her

When Rheanna Laderoute fell ill, doctors failed to follow up on signs of sepsis. Her sister wants accountability

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Aug 27

I am in awe of the compassionate and brilliant health workers who work in Ontario - including those who helped answer my many medical Qs as I wrote this. We can have a world-class health system here. Many of us can remember when ERs weren't crowded, when specialists weren't booked years in advance.

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Aug 27

Health workers and families have been sounding alarms for years about severe underfunding of health care.
There have been two other major stories in the past week about sepsis deaths in Ontario hospitals. A mother who left behind three children, including a newborn. And an 18-year-old boy.

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Aug 27

Zooming out further, it wasn't just the ER that failed Rheanna. It was also the larger health system -- specialist consults were delayed and nurses fought for hours to get Rheanna transferred to the ICU. An ICU doctor was cautioned for missing red flags and dismissing nurses' concerns.

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Aug 27

She explains that female physicians practice differently than male physicians, and their presence can positively influence the practices of their male colleagues. (Despite the "woke" battles, studies objectively show that diversity in health care leads to better outcomes for everyone).

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Aug 27

Dr. Michelle Cohen, one of the physicians who initially complained about Dr. Duic, points out that other male emergency doctors who saw Rheanna also didn't take her symptoms as seriously as they should have.

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Aug 27

On the second visit, it was Dr. Duic who saw her. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario found his management of Rheanna “showed a lack of knowledge, skill and judgment” and pointed out he had been cautioned or counselled four times in the past. His license was suspended.

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Aug 27

In early 2022, 19-year-old Rheanna Laderoute visited Southlake emerg, explaining she had an abortion 2 weeks earlier and was still experiencing pain and bleeding - concerning signs of an infection. She would visit the hospital three times total, in the space of 10 days, before she died of sepsis.

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Aug 27

After that investigation, Dr. Marko Duic resigned as chief but he continued to practice as a physician at Southlake hospital's emerg. Since 2018, Southlake added 2 women to its emergency department of 17 physicians -- it remains an outlier when compared to other departments its size.

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Aug 27

In 2018, I investigated a story for the Globe about a doctor who didn't hire female physicians over a 16 year period, as emergency dept chief at two different hospitals in the GTA. Health workers shared discriminatory comments he had made to and about women, and allegations about his patient care.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · Aug 27

A horrifying and preventable death.

It's Ontario in 2025. Nobody should be dying from an abortion.

An Ontario woman died of an infection after an abortion. Her sister says doctors failed her

When Rheanna Laderoute fell ill, doctors failed to follow up on signs of sepsis. Her sister wants accountability

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · Aug 27

I've been 💔 about this case ever since I learned about it several months ago. Rheanna Laderoute deserved so much more than what she got at Southlake hospital.

Terrific reporting as always from @wendyglauser.bsky.social, who has been holding Southlake and Marko Duic to account since 2018.

An Ontario woman died of an infection after an abortion. Her sister says doctors failed her

When Rheanna Laderoute fell ill, doctors failed to follow up on signs of sepsis. Her sister wants accountability

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Jul 28

What's most concerning about the Ford government's takeover of school boards is that the provincial government doesn't seem to want to talk to media about it. thelocal.to/school-board...

Inside the Takeover of Toronto-Area School Boards | The Local

The province says its decision to put multiple school boards under supervision is about restoring financial stability. But observers see a larger play for power.

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Jun 4

Sometimes, it’s just best to hire a medical writer.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · May 9

I wish American media would read Israeli media.

www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...

We cannot look away from the images of children killed in Gaza | Editorial

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www.haaretz.com

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · May 8

I don't often get to write about working conditions and pay issues in health care, even though they're massively important to wait times and care quality.
It was an honour to work with @maddidellplain.bsky.social, Dr. Sahil Gupta, Nicole Naimer, and Dr. Maria Raveendran on this series.

National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · May 6

🧵 Stitched Together

@healthydebate.bsky.social

Finalist for Best Science & Technology Storytelling at the 2025 Digital Publishing Awards

Congrats @wendyglauser.bsky.social , and team!

🔗 zurl.co/ic05U

#DigitalPublishingAwards #DPA25

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Mar 20

Given the state of journalism, there are far too many stories we’re not hearing about the state of health care. I’m so glad for @monicakidd.bsky.social, an expert in both realms, and her journalism - thewalrus.ca/private-heal...

Need a Knee Replacement? You Can Get It at the Mall | The Walrus

Canadians are paying to jump the surgical wait list. It’s unravelling the fabric of public health care

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Feb 20

Enraging

ProPublica @propublica.org · Feb 20

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://propub.li/43487Tj

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Feb 20

@tuthanhha.bsky.social‬ the link is fixed in this one :)

Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · Feb 20

Hospitals need to stay operational and safe, despite wildfire smoke, floods, and extreme heat.

My CTV article describes how climate resilience drove the design of the new St. Paul's hospital.

www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

Hospital as ‘climate bunker’: How one health facility is preparing for the future

The health impacts of climate change are increasingly obvious, which is why one Canadian hospital is making climate change resilience central to its design.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · Feb 9

I get pushback every time I say this, but I will die on this hill. Women are harmed when doctors refuse/defer indicated pelvic exams.

Screenshot of my tweet from Sep 10, 2019:

Dear acute care docs,

The following are NOT acceptable reasons to defer an indicated pelvic exam:

❌no♀docs on shift
❌using a chaperone is annoying
❌I don't insert IUDs, why should I troubleshoot them?
❌pt has a psych hx
❌gyne will do it
❌"follow up with FP"
❌ew, vagina

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