Five regional priorities panels are providing 180 Canadian residents with the opportunity to meet, learn about primary care and write their own report about the reforms they believe Canada needs.
Each Priorities Panel will convene over several days. The members of each panel are volunteers who have been randomly selected to broadly match the demographics of the province they represent.
Each priorities panel follows a detailed curriculum developed in consultation with our provincial advisory committees, in order to:
Learn about the role of primary care in keeping people and communities healthy;
Understand how primary care is delivered in other jurisdictions;
Consider how different approaches might strengthen their province’s primary care system
Recommend actions which government, professional associations, and other healthcare actors should take to ensure sustainable, equitable primary care for all residents
Panel Reports
In each province, members of the public spend 30-40 hours learning about primary care from experts and deliberating with each other. They are strangers who bring different perspectives but through the process come to consensus on core values, key issues and recommendations for a better primary care system. At the end of the process, they write a report summarizing their views.
Manitoba | Sep - Oct 2023 - Report published Dec 12 2023
Manitoba Members’ Final Report in English (.pdf)
Manitoba Members’ Final Report in French(.pdf)
Manitoba Report Highlights in English (.pdf)
Manitoba Report Highlights in French (.pdf)
Quebec | Apr - May 2023 - Report published Nov 7 2023
Quebec Members’ Final Report in English (.pdf)
Quebec Members’ Final Report in French(.pdf)
Quebec Report Highlights in English (.pdf)
Quebec Report Highlights in French (.pdf)
Nova Scotia | May - Jul 2023 - Report published Sept 26 2023
Nova Scotia Members’ Final Report in English (.pdf)
Nova Scotia Members’ Final Report in French (.pdf)
Nova Scotia Report Highlights in English (.pdf)
Nova Scotia Report Highlights in French (.pdf)
British Columbia | Apr - Jun 2023 - Report published Sept 19 2023
British Columbia Members’ Final Report in English (.pdf)
British Columbia Members’ Final Report in French (.pdf)
British Columbia Report Highlights in English (.pdf)
British Columbia Report Highlights in French (.pdf)
Ontario | Nov 2022- Feb 2023 - Report published Apr 4 2023
Ontario
Hear what OurCare: Ontario has to say
2 minutes - English only
Between November 2022 and February 2023, 35 randomly selected people from across Ontario learned more about primary care and developed consensus recommendations towards a more accessible, equitable, and connected system. Learn more about OurCare and the Ontario Priorities Panel recommendations in this short video.
Ontario Priorities Panel Keynote Presentations
Videos are in English only.
British Columbia
Quebec Priorities Panel Keynote Presentations
Videos are in French, unless specified. as (English dub).
Manitoba
British Columbia Priorities Panel Keynote Presentations
Videos are in English only.
Nova Scotia Priorities Panel Keynote Presentations
Hear what OurCare: Nova Scotia has to say
2 minutes 45 seconds - English only
34 members of the Nova Scotia public came together between May and July, 2023. They volunteered more than 30 hours each of their time to learn about primary care in Nova Scotia and beyond, ultimately writing a report including consensus recommendations to improve the primary care system for all. Here is some of what they have to say.
Nova Scotia
Hear what OurCare: British Columbia has to say
3 minutes - English only
Between April and June 2023, 31 members of the British Columbia public volunteered 30+ hours of their time to the OurCare Priorities Panel on Primary Care. Together, they learned from guest experts about primary care in BC and beyond and developed 25 consensus recommendations to improve the system for everybody. Here is some of what they had to say.
Videos are in English only.
Manitoba Priorities Panel Keynote Presentations
Hear what OurCare: Manitoba has to say
3 minutes 1 second - English only
In September and October 2023, 30 people in Manitoba dedicated more than 30 hours each of volunteer time to creating recommendations for a more equitable primary care system. Here is some of what they have to say.
Videos are in English only.