The Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy represents the vision and coordinated efforts of many groups, including the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), Ontario Women's Health Council, Osteoporosis Canada, health care and research professionals, and numerous other community-based stakeholders.
The Ontario Women’s Health Council provided the original ground work for the Strategy, launched and funded by MOHLTC in 2005. Two important consultations and resulting documents facilitated the development of the Strategy.
- "A Framework and Strategy for the Prevention and Management of Osteoporosis" (Ontario Women’s Health Council, 2000)
- "Osteoporosis Action Plan: An Osteoporosis Strategy for Ontario" (Ontario Women’s Health Council Osteoporosis Action Plan Committee, February 2003). This document was submitted to the Ministry and received approval in March 2003.
The stakeholders and professionals now implementing the Strategy work across the continuum of osteoporosis
prevention, screening and management.
Stakeholders and partners
Government of Canada
• Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
Government (Ontario)
• Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation
• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Health Promotion
• Ministry of Tourism and Recreation
• Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
• Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat
Non-government organizations, associations (Key stakeholders)
• Dairy Farmers of Canada (Ontario)
• Foundation for Medical Practice Education
• McMaster Health Sciences Centre
• Ontario College of Family Physicians
• Osteoporosis Canada
• St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
• Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
• Women’s College Hospital
• Ontario Orthopedic Association
Canadian BMD Facility Accreditation
Non-government organizations, associations (Other partners)
• Association of Local Public Health Agencies
• College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
• Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine
• Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies
• Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada
• Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres
• Ontario Association of Radiologists
• Ontario Long-Term Care Association
• Ontario Medical Association
• Ontario Pharmaceutical Association
• Ontario Physiotherapy Association
• Ontario Public Health Association
• Public health units
• Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
