Andrew Padmos: TMU's new medical school is bringing about needed change

Toronto Metropolitan University is purposefully building a medical school that better supports underserved communities

This is an article that I wish was unnecessary to write, but following a thread of misinformed and misrepresented commentary around the launch of Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) School of Medicine, I must.

Let’s start with what we know about our health-care system today: millions of Ontarians have no family doctor. For those who do, it often means lengthy travel — 670,000 Ontarians live over 50 kilometres from their primary care office. The more rural or northern you live, the greater that distance. People from diverse backgrounds and disadvantages suffer greatly because of cultural, financial and social adversities.