FAST Heroes Make a Global Impact: Canada Joins the World in Recognizing World Stroke Day 2025

Every minute counts when someone has a stroke—and this World Stroke Day, on October 29, 2025, Canadian elementary school classrooms are joining a global movement to help save lives through the FAST Heroes program. FAST Heroes is an international health education initiative designed to teach children aged 5 to 9, by their teacher over five weekly lessons, how to recognize the signs of stroke and take swift action. Through fun, animated learning modules and superhero storytelling, children become heroes in their own...

29 October, 2025
Exceptional individuals recognized for outstanding contributions to paramedicine

[gallery columns="2" size="medium" ids="18550,18549,18552,18551"]   At our annual Honours and Awards Ceremony and Dinner held in London, Ontario on September 25, 2025, the Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs (OAPC) presented several special awards to deserving recipients. The OAPC President’s Award recipients are: Retired Chief Michael C. Sanderson of Hamilton Paramedic Services Deputy Chief Melissa Roney of Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services Deputy Chief Sarah Francom of Halton Paramedic Services The Richard J. Armstrong Leadership Award recipient is: Chief Joseph Nicholls of Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services OAPC Humanitarian Award recipients are: Superintendent...

08 October, 2025
130 Ontario paramedics receive exemplary service medals

On Thursday, September 25th, the Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs (OAPC) awarded 130 paramedics the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal. These paramedics come from 37 of the province's 57 paramedic services.  “Paramedics in Ontario demonstrate every day the caring and compassion they have for their communities. It’s an honour to recognize these exemplary members on behalf of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, the Governor General of Canada,” said OAPC President, Chief Greg Sage. “The OAPC is privileged...

08 October, 2025
Strengthening emergency response: OAPC commends Toronto’s action on paramedic staffing

The OAPC is commending Mayor Chow and Toronto City Council for taking bold and effective action to address growing pressures on the 911 emergency response system by increasing the number of frontline paramedics serving the City of Toronto.  As Ontario's largest and most densely populated urban center, Toronto has faced rising challenges in maintaining timely emergency medical response. High call volumes, heavy traffic congestion, and prolonged offload delays at hospitals have put considerable strain on paramedic resources and response times....

25 June, 2025
Seven paramedics honoured with Ontario Medal for Bravery

We’re thrilled to announce that the Ontario government has presented seven paramedics from across the province with the prestigious Ontario Medal for Paramedic Bravery. The medals were given out at a special ceremony held at the Royal Ontario Museum. The paramedics were honoured for their extraordinary acts of bravery, such as wrestling a weapon away from a patient in crisis, saving them and the first responders on the scene from harm, rappelling into a collapsed excavation pit to triage injured construction workers,...

27 May, 2025