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Ontario Senator Rosemary Moodie is a member of the Independent Senators Group.

Forging a path for women’s leadership 

  • Women’s leadership is vital for building equitable, inclusive societies, yet bias and institutional obstacles continue to silence their voices.
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE, STEPHANIE HOSANG, SHALAKA DIXIT | March 5, 2025
Members of the African Canadian Senate Group with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, centre, Africa’s first democratically-elected female head of state, during her December 2024 visit to the Red Chamber. Photograph courtesy of Sen. Moodie's office

Forging a path for women’s leadership 

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE, STEPHANIE HOSANG, SHALAKA DIXIT | March 5, 2025
  • Women’s leadership is vital for building equitable, inclusive societies, yet bias and institutional obstacles continue to silence their voices.

Forging a path for women’s leadership 

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE, STEPHANIE HOSANG, SHALAKA DIXIT | March 5, 2025
  • Women’s leadership is vital for building equitable, inclusive societies, yet bias and institutional obstacles continue to silence their voices.
Members of the African Canadian Senate Group with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, centre, Africa’s first democratically-elected female head of state, during her December 2024 visit to the Red Chamber. Photograph courtesy of Sen. Moodie's office

Keep young children safe by vaccinating them against COVID-19

  • On Nov. 19, Health Canada took an important step in the fight against COVID-19 by approving Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty vaccine for use in children aged
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR MOHAMED-IQBAL RAVALIA, ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARIE-FRANçOISE MéGIE, ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | November 29, 2021
Vaccination provides an additional layer of protection for our young children who are experiencing the disastrous consequences of COVID-19 firsthand, such as class closures, write Independent Senators Mégie, Moodie, Ravalia, and Kutcher. Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Keep young children safe by vaccinating them against COVID-19

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR MOHAMED-IQBAL RAVALIA, ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARIE-FRANçOISE MéGIE, ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | November 29, 2021
  • On Nov. 19, Health Canada took an important step in the fight against COVID-19 by approving Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty vaccine for use in children aged

Keep young children safe by vaccinating them against COVID-19

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR MOHAMED-IQBAL RAVALIA, ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARIE-FRANçOISE MéGIE, ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | November 29, 2021
  • On Nov. 19, Health Canada took an important step in the fight against COVID-19 by approving Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty vaccine for use in children aged
Vaccination provides an additional layer of protection for our young children who are experiencing the disastrous consequences of COVID-19 firsthand, such as class closures, write Independent Senators Mégie, Moodie, Ravalia, and Kutcher. Photograph courtesy of Pexels

We are being cheap with our children

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep flaws in our social policy. The most vulnerable amongst us have borne the brunt of the health, economic,
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | October 14, 2020
Parliament also needs to take spending on children much more seriously. In the face of massive spending, little pause was taken to debate and consider how children would be impacted, writes Senator Rosemary Moodie. Unsplash photograph by Rene Bernal

We are being cheap with our children

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | October 14, 2020
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep flaws in our social policy. The most vulnerable amongst us have borne the brunt of the health, economic,

We are being cheap with our children

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | October 14, 2020
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep flaws in our social policy. The most vulnerable amongst us have borne the brunt of the health, economic,
Parliament also needs to take spending on children much more seriously. In the face of massive spending, little pause was taken to debate and consider how children would be impacted, writes Senator Rosemary Moodie. Unsplash photograph by Rene Bernal

The hidden crisis of COVID-19: the kids are not alright

  • Canada is failing its children. As a country, we have been steadily dropping in global rankings over the past decade when it comes to
Opinion | BY SARA AUSTIN, ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | May 20, 2020
Arguably, one of the greatest immediate impacts of the coronavirus is the sudden and extensive disruption of children’s lives, with kids finding that their sources of security, stimulation, and stability have been suddenly ripped away, write Senator Rosemary Moodie and Sara Austin. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

The hidden crisis of COVID-19: the kids are not alright

Opinion | BY SARA AUSTIN, ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | May 20, 2020
  • Canada is failing its children. As a country, we have been steadily dropping in global rankings over the past decade when it comes to

The hidden crisis of COVID-19: the kids are not alright

Opinion | BY SARA AUSTIN, ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | May 20, 2020
  • Canada is failing its children. As a country, we have been steadily dropping in global rankings over the past decade when it comes to
Arguably, one of the greatest immediate impacts of the coronavirus is the sudden and extensive disruption of children’s lives, with kids finding that their sources of security, stimulation, and stability have been suddenly ripped away, write Senator Rosemary Moodie and Sara Austin. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Canada’s children face barriers to accessing safe and effective medications

  • Canadian children do not enjoy the same standards of safety, efficacy, availability, or access to drugs that Canadian adults enjoy. When it comes to
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | September 16, 2019
Both the European Medicines Agency and the United States Food and Drug Administration are empowered to demand paediatric studies when a drug is likely to be prescribed for children, and they receive funding to provide incentives for such work. It is bewildering that Health Canada policies seldom require drug manufacturers to submit paediatric data, even when the data has been made available to other jurisdictions or when use among children and youth is foreseeable. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Canada’s children face barriers to accessing safe and effective medications

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | September 16, 2019
  • Canadian children do not enjoy the same standards of safety, efficacy, availability, or access to drugs that Canadian adults enjoy. When it comes to

Canada’s children face barriers to accessing safe and effective medications

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE | September 16, 2019
  • Canadian children do not enjoy the same standards of safety, efficacy, availability, or access to drugs that Canadian adults enjoy. When it comes to
Both the European Medicines Agency and the United States Food and Drug Administration are empowered to demand paediatric studies when a drug is likely to be prescribed for children, and they receive funding to provide incentives for such work. It is bewildering that Health Canada policies seldom require drug manufacturers to submit paediatric data, even when the data has been made available to other jurisdictions or when use among children and youth is foreseeable. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
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