• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
CAR - The Canadian Association of Radiologists
MENUMENU
  • About
    • President's Message
    • Board and Executive
      • Call for Nominations
    • 2018-2022 Strategic Plan
    • Annual Reports
    • History
    • Associates
      • Canada Safe Imaging (CSI)
      • Canadian Radiological Foundation
      • Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology
      • Canadian Heads of Academic Radiology
      • Canadian Society of Breast Imaging
    • Corporate Partners
    • Policies
      • Disclaimer and Privacy Policy
      • Conflict of Interest Policy
      • Endorsement Policy
      • Communications Policy
      • Social Media Policy
    • Contact us
  • Membership
    • Member Benefits
      • STATdx
    • Join / Renew
    • CAR Affiliate Societies
      • Canadian Emergency, Trauma and Acute Care Radiology Society
      • Canadian Society of Abdominal Radiology
      • Canadian Society of Pediatric Radiology
      • Canadian Society of Thoracic Radiology
    • Awards
      • Fellowship of the CAR Award
      • Gold Medal Award
      • Distinguished Career Achievement Award
      • Young Investigator Award
      • Scientific and Educational Awards
    • Career Opportunities
    • Working Groups
    • Trainees
      • Medical Student Network (MSN)
      • Resident and Fellow Section (RFS)
      • Canadian Fellowship Opportunities
  • Advocacy
    • Submissions to Government
    • Day on the Hill
    • Radiology Resilience
    • Value of Radiology
    • Get Involved
    • International Day of Radiology
  • Patient Care
    • Practice Guidelines
    • Referral Guidelines
    • Guides
    • Statements and Advisories
    • Mammography Accreditation Program
    • Patient Resources
    • COVID-19
  • Conference
    • CAR 2023
    • CAR 2022
      • CAR 2022 Snapshot
      • 2022 Certificate of Attendance
    • CAR 2021
      • CAR 2021 Snapshot
      • 2021 Certificate of Attendance
  • Education
    • RAD Academy
    • Events and Webinars
    • Accreditation of CPD Activities
      • CPD Accreditation Application
    • Peer Learning
  • Journal
    • Member Access
    • Author Resources
    • Insights4Imaging
  • Innovation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Suggested Reading on AI
    • Specialty-Specific Resources for AI
  • News
    • Iodinated Contrast Media (ICM) Shortage

CAR - Canadian Association of Radiologists

The Canadian Association of Radiologists is the national specialty association for radiologists, dedicated to medical imaging excellence in patient care

  • Français
  • Contact
  • RAD Academy
  • Member Login
MENUMENU
  • About
    • President's Message
    • Board and Executive
      • Call for Nominations
    • 2018-2022 Strategic Plan
    • Annual Reports
    • History
    • Associates
      • Canada Safe Imaging (CSI)
      • Canadian Radiological Foundation
      • Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology
      • Canadian Heads of Academic Radiology
      • Canadian Society of Breast Imaging
    • Corporate Partners
    • Policies
      • Disclaimer and Privacy Policy
      • Conflict of Interest Policy
      • Endorsement Policy
      • Communications Policy
      • Social Media Policy
    • Contact us
  • Membership
    • Member Benefits
      • STATdx
    • Join / Renew
    • CAR Affiliate Societies
      • Canadian Emergency, Trauma and Acute Care Radiology Society
      • Canadian Society of Abdominal Radiology
      • Canadian Society of Pediatric Radiology
      • Canadian Society of Thoracic Radiology
    • Awards
      • Fellowship of the CAR Award
      • Gold Medal Award
      • Distinguished Career Achievement Award
      • Young Investigator Award
      • Scientific and Educational Awards
    • Career Opportunities
    • Working Groups
    • Trainees
      • Medical Student Network (MSN)
      • Resident and Fellow Section (RFS)
      • Canadian Fellowship Opportunities
  • Advocacy
    • Submissions to Government
    • Day on the Hill
    • Radiology Resilience
    • Value of Radiology
    • Get Involved
    • International Day of Radiology
  • Patient Care
    • Practice Guidelines
    • Referral Guidelines
    • Guides
    • Statements and Advisories
    • Mammography Accreditation Program
    • Patient Resources
    • COVID-19
  • Conference
    • CAR 2023
    • CAR 2022
      • CAR 2022 Snapshot
      • 2022 Certificate of Attendance
    • CAR 2021
      • CAR 2021 Snapshot
      • 2021 Certificate of Attendance
  • Education
    • RAD Academy
    • Events and Webinars
    • Accreditation of CPD Activities
      • CPD Accreditation Application
    • Peer Learning
  • Journal
    • Member Access
    • Author Resources
    • Insights4Imaging
  • Innovation
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Suggested Reading on AI
    • Specialty-Specific Resources for AI
  • News
    • Iodinated Contrast Media (ICM) Shortage
You are here: Home / Advocacy / Day on the Hill

Day on the Hill

CAR’s Virtual Week on Parliament Hill -2022

From February 14-18, the Canadian Association of Radiologists hosted its second Virtual Week on the Hill. For the last several years the CAR has traditionally hosted the Day on the Hill to coincide with the International Day of Radiology (November 8), however, given the 2021 was an election year we decided to move this event to winter 2002. The purpose of the Day on the Hill is to advocate for the advancement of radiology at the national level and to raise awareness of the important role that radiologists play in the healthcare system. Each year radiology leaders from across Canada would travel to Ottawa to meet with ministers, MPs, and senators to discuss our priorities for improving patient care delivery for Canadians. In the midst of the pandemic and in an effort to minimize the spread of the pandemic we shifted our focus to host meetings with MPs virtually. Despite the challenges of not meeting face-to-face, your Board of Directors represented the association with a high degree of professionalism and ease. We were fortunate to have over 20 meetings with MPs from across the country and from a range of political parties, including the Minister of Health’s office, the Minister of Finances office as well as various members of the Standing Committee on Health. The CAR Board representatives effectively communicated the CAR’s top priorities for medical imaging now and in the future.

Radiology Resilience Now and Beyond

The CAR also commissioned Nanos Research to undertake a public opinion poll focused on wait times for medical imaging. The results demonstrated Nine out of ten Canadians support new investments for medical imaging equipment. In addition 53% of respondents felt that wait times for medical had worsen since the pandemic. This, coupled with the advocacy work that was done over the years including the Conference Board of Canada’s Value of Radiology report, enabled us to provide an overview of medical imaging in Canada in the past, present and future.

The CAR’s “asks” for federal government investment focused on the following areas:

  1. Invest $1.5 billion in medical imaging equipment and health human resources.
  2. Create a National Data Science Institute to harness the strategic application of AI related to medical imaging for enhanced patient care and support a sustainable healthcare system.

Excessively long wait times for medical imaging and the need for an investment of $1.5 billion in imaging equipment resonated with all the MPs that we spoke to. There was a clear understanding of our focus on health human resources and MPs also responded well to need to harness new technologies to augment the services of radiologists. Some of the MPs offered to champion these initiatives and to write letters to the Ministers of Finance and Health with these requests. We were very pleased with the reception that we received and did see the advantages of meeting virtually as it allowed for more uninterrupted focused time with political representatives.

It is essential that we keep the momentum going and the lines of communication open if we are going to make progress in helping Canadians to have timely access to medical imaging procedures. We have also been quite prominent on social media and in the traditional news media regarding these priorities, drawing attention to the Backlog for Medical Imaging in Canada, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the International Day of Radiology/MRT Week. We would like to thank our CAR superstar members who stepped up to represent radiology in Canada.

As a radiologist, you too can become involved by engaging in grass roots advocacy in your community. We encourage you to reach out to your MP and to talk about how the pandemic has impacted your practice. The more individuals we have communicating the same message the more successful we will be in our advocacy. We are here to help. Should you need tools or resource to assist you in your outreach effort please contact us at: [email protected].

Day on the Hill 2020

Meeting_MP_Michelle_Rempel
MP Schmale
MP_Aboultaif_best
MP_Carrie
MP_Davies
MP_Dreeshen
MP_Hughes_2
MP_Jowhari
MP_Kitchen
MP_Lalonde_best
MP_Sahota
MP_Schmale_best
MP_Zahid_best
Senator_Marie_Francois_Megie

Day on the Hill 2019

D5a2uN2WkAI5_gV
D5a4MpfWkAEH49h
D5biu3NUUAAxIwI
D5blDzfU0AA7zOB
D5blDzfUEAA6ucw
D5blDzhV4AA-wLP
IMG_1163
IMG_1166
IMG_1168
IMG_1173
IMG_1175
IMG_1175-edit
IMG_1177
IMG_1183
breast scan image

Day on the Hill 2018

45464360_960840450790499_8203021694340694016_o_960840444123833
45543860_960840270790517_265222356606124032_o_960840267457184
45757854_960840057457205_3994006589538304000_o_960840054123872
45669409_960840210790523_6135896098469838848_o_960840200790524
45737142_960840154123862_8390118067551600640_o_960840147457196
45591172_960840350790509_2398345124321951744_o_960840347457176
45588447_960840180790526_1597738661724553216_o_960840174123860
45742633_960840420790502_5915589191290322944_o_960840414123836
45487239_960839874123890_6660636751515615232_n_960839870790557
45661004_960839910790553_5003408944450764800_o_960839907457220
45582284_960842600790284_4357080352825540608_o_960842594123618
45668800_960841767457034_6439119818904829952_o_960841760790368
45679760_961495354058342_7751484352218791936_o_961495350725009
45598290_960842914123586_8992395554738667520_o_960842907456920
45621145_960901764117701_2583068532396785664_o_960901760784368
45521458_960842057457005_6442775978535026688_o_960842044123673
45596920_960842740790270_5343626755804495872_o_960842734123604
45595420_960847774123100_396844803372875776_o_960847770789767
45581730_960842777456933_641918476256018432_o_960842774123600
45527295_960902067451004_7878403951530344448_o_960902060784338
45593404_960842467456964_1788912268864389120_o_960842460790298
45759645_960854974122380_2074583634781667328_o_960854970789047
45633481_960842210790323_1957663032867815424_o_960842204123657
45540550_960841890790355_3420133314512551936_o_960841884123689

Day on the Hill 2017

IMG_6804
Cherpak-Lee-Warawa-Kielar
CAR members and staff on Parliament Hill on November 7, 2017 for the CAR Advocacy Day
DOTH-2017-Wicke-Guest-VanKesteren-Barry
DOTH-2017-Tang-Eggleton
DOTH-2017-Seely-Miller-Sorbara-Tang
DOTH-2017-Miller-Levitt-Tang-Seely
DOTH-2017-McKinnon-Wicke-Barry-Guest
DOTH-2017-Lefebre-Dennie
DOTH-2017-Lee-Dea-Kielar
????????????????????????????????????
DOTH-2017-Kielar-Easter-Lee-Cherpak
DOTH-2017-Guest-Albas-Barry
DOTH-2017-Gray-Kmiec-Taylor-Tu
DOTH-2017-Gray-Cherpak-Holland-Miller-Tu
DOTH-2017-Delegation
DOTH-2017-Cherpak-Lee-Poilievre-Kielar
DOTH-2017-Cherpak-Kielar-Lee
4M2C5004
4M2C5000
2I4A3063
2I4A3058-2
2I4A3037
2I4A3031
2I4A2993
2I4A2823
2I4A2827
2I4A2831
2I4A2910
2I4A2913
2I4A2926
2I4A2937
2I4A2941
2I4A2948
2I4A2814
2I4A2803
2I4A2780
2I4A2768
2I4A2759

Footer

Mailing Address

The Canadian Association of Radiologists
1120-220 Laurier Ave W
Ottawa, ON K1P 5Z9
Canada

Contact

Tel.: 613 860-3111
email: [email protected]

Connect

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Disclaimer

The material provided on this website is only intended for informational purposes. The CAR is committed to maintaining the accuracy, security and confidentiality of your personal information in accordance with applicable legislation. All personal information collected by the CAR via this website or otherwise is done so in accordance with the CAR privacy policy https://car.ca/about/disclaimer-and-privacy-policy.

© Copyright 2023

X