Tara Kiran
Dr. Tara Kiran is a family doctor at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and the leader of OurCare, a pan-Canadian initiative focused on improving public engagement in primary care. Recently, she was in the news for her visits to Denmark and the Netherlands, where she explored their health care systems to uncover insights that could help Canada enhance its primary care delivery.
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Recent news mentions
Dr. Kiran launched the OurCare project four years ago to quantify the breadth and depth of a national primary-care shortage that worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Atlantic provinces, Quebec trail in access to family doctors, study says
Canada· 2026-02-24
Dr. Kiran led the new survey as part of OurCare, a project which in 2022 set out to quantify the depths of the primary-care shortage in Canada.
More Canadians have primary care now compared with 3 years ago, study findsCanada· 2025-12-08
Tara Kiran discussed the gender pay gap affecting female doctors in Canada, particularly in obstetrics and gynecology.
OB/GYN shortage in B.C. threatens collapse in local maternity careCanada· 2025-09-24
Tara Kiran is a family physician and primary-care researcher at the University of Toronto and one of the authors of the new study.
Ontario has more family doctors, but fewer are working in primary care, study showsCanada· 2025-05-27
Tara Kiran is a family physician and scientist at Unity Health Toronto.
The federal party leaders didn’t debate the future of health care, but our expert panel didCanada· 2025-04-23
Dr. Tara Kiran is a family physician and scientist at Unity Health Toronto.
Watch live: What’s the state of Canada’s health care system?Canada· 2025-04-15Dr. Tara Kiran is a family doctor at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and the leader of OurCare, a pan-Canadian initiative to engage the public about the future of primary care.
Opinion: The Dutch and Danes have much to teach Canada about better health careCanada· 2025-02-09