Media
CBC Radio, October 2, 2023Radio/Podcast
Since Saskatchewan’s government introduced a new policy around informing parents if a child wishes to use a different name or pronoun in school, it’s drawn approval from some parents who think that education is excluding them as parents. We’ve heard worries that allowing kids to use different pronouns can lead to gender confusion - or lead kids to prematurely seek hormone therapy or even surgery to cope with dysphoria. We talk to a physician who provides gender affirming care to find out what that care involves, and what it doesn’t involve.
The Skeptic's Guide To EM Podcast, September 28, 2020Radio/Podcast
Dr.Michelle Cohen (@DocMCohen). She is a rural Family Physician, writer (CBC News, Toronto Star and McLean’s Magazine), Assistant Professor Queens University and the Co-Chair of the Advocacy Committee of Canadian Women in Medicine.
This is an SGEM Xtra episode based on an article by Dr. Cohen and Dr. Kiran published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). The article was called Closing the gender pay gap in Canadian medicine.
Please listen to the SGEM podcast to hear Dr. Cohen answer five questions and discuss the issue of gender pay inequity.
Body of Evidence Podcast, September 19, 2023Radio/Podcast
URL: https://bodyofevidence.ca/trans-people-need-gender-affirming-care-with-michelle-cohen
Chris and Jonathan talk to Michelle Cohen, MD, CCFP, FCFP, an assistant professor at Queen University’s Department of Family Medicine and a staff physician at Lakeview Family Health Team. Dr. Cohen provides gender-affirming care and is here to dispel myths surrounding trans people, especially the panic around the mistaken idea that children are being rushed to transition. If you have a child who is questioning their gender identity, make sure to listen to this episode before reading what the media typically reports on trans issues.
"That women will have the same opportunities as men"
Healthy Debate, March 6, 2024Online
URL: https://healthydebate.ca/2024/03/topic/women-same-opportunities-medicine/
No-cost contraception faces barriers of wellness influencers and social conservatives in Alberta
We are walking down the dangerous path of health care privatization
Spinning a Conspiracist Web to Support Anti-Trans Protests
The wellness profiteers of vitual health care
Healthy Debate, May 17, 2023Online
URL: https://healthydebate.ca/2023/05/topic/wellness-profiteers-virtual-health-care/
Sex toys for sexual health
Sex[M]ed, December 17, 2021Online
Why aren’t mainstream media holding fear-mongering MDs to account?
Toronto Star, September 29, 2021Online
Being healthy is not the same as being virtuous
Medium, March 4, 2021Online
URL: https://elemental.medium.com/being-healthy-is-not-the-same-as-being-virtuous-f1d3444c1b2c
Ontario’s vaccine rollout confusion is a deliberate political tactic
Toronto Star, February 22, 2021Online
Pain and Prejudice: A new book explores misogyny in health care
Chatelaine, February 17, 2021Online
What the gender pay gap in medicine tells us about women's health
Medpage Today, November 23, 2020Online
URL: https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/generalprofessionalissues/89848
Medicine's bigotry and bullying problem
Maclean's, July 8, 2020Online
URL: https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/medicines-bigotry-and-bullying-problem/
Why the abortion pill is more important than ever during the coronavirus
Maclean's, April 29, 2020Online
Coronavirus could decimate small and isolated communities in Nunavut
Maclean's, April 17, 2020Online
Lack of access to abortion in rural Canada severely limits its protection
We shouldn't wait for national pharmacare: We need universal contraception coverage now
CBC, July 22, 2018Online
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/universal-contraception-1.4740711
Goop has exploited the medical establishment's failures on women's health
CBC, August 27, 2018Online
Why can naturopaths mislead the public about their credentials? Because no one bothers to stop them
CBC, November 5, 2018Online
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/naturopath-credentials-1.4890971
Manitoba's health minister avoids accountability on abortion by punting questions to another ministry
CBC, March 29, 2019Online
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/abortion-manitoba-1.5069826
Most Canadian gun deaths are suicides. We need tighter controls
Ottawa Citizen, October 7, 2019Online
War mentality, and laws, required to protect medical staff
Toronto Star, March 23, 2020Online
Don’t insult health care workers by calling COVID-19 response ‘hysteria’
It took two years to close a cruel loophole in palliative care, even with legislative consensus. Why?
CBC, June 29, 2018Online
Anxieties over COVID-19 and possible PPE shortages prompting some health care workers to draft wills
CBC, April 6, 2020Online
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/covid-doctors-wills-equipment-shortages-1.5523357
Family doctors want term 'family medicine' protected legally
CBC, July 9, 2019Online
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/family-medicine-protection-1.5202224
Employers should have to foot the bill for mandatory sick notes
CBC, June 30, 2019Online
Breaking Canadians: Health Care, Advocacy, and the Toll of COVID-19
by Editor: Nili Kaplan-Myrth, Contributor: Michelle Cohen
University of Toronto Press
March 1, 2024
9781487548124
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on people worldwide. The death tolls, the economic disruptions, the impact on our children’s education, and the extended periods of social and physical distancing have left us feeling demoralized, exhausted, angry, and burned out.
Breaking Canadians brings together health care experts, community advocates, and average citizens from across Canada to offer a unique analysis of the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book explores the fragmentation of Canada’s health care system, the growth of social inequalities, and the impact of colonialism, racism, ableism, and ageism on the well-being of people in this country. It sheds light on the people our health care system undervalues and overlooks, including nurses, social workers, and essential caregivers.
An important collection of stories, insights, cautionary tales, and calls for action, Breaking Canadians is also a harbinger of what is to come if we do not learn, change our trajectory, and fix what is broken.
Violating Nature’s health laws: how an eccentric early 20th century influencer set the stage for the COVID infodemic
by Michelle Cohen
Published by Healthy Debate
October 11, 2022
Gender segregation, pay inequity. Understanding the ‘pink-collar’ tier in medicine
by Michelle Cohen
Published by Healthy Debate
June 19, 2022
Medical abortion is an essential service during the pandemic
by Michelle Cohen
Published by Canadian Family Physician
April 1, 2021
Closing the gender pay gap in Canadian medicine
by Michelle Cohen, Tara Kiran
Published by Canadian Medical Association Journal
August 31, 2020
End immigration detention: an open letter
by Michaela Beder, Michelle Cohen, Katrina Hui, Carolina Jimenez
Published by The Lancet
July 12, 2018
Biography
Dr. Michelle Cohen is a family physician at the Lakeview Family Health Team and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit. She holds a medical degree from the University of Toronto. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University and sits on the Ontario Medicial Association Women's Committee
Dr. Cohen has written articles for CBC, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, Maclean's, Healthy Debate, Chatelaine and other publications. She speaks widely on issues relating to primary care, rural health, women's health, equity in medicine and pseudoscience and health communication.