There isn’t an immediate need for moderators, but I know how difficult it is to find moderators who have experience in the healthcare system.
If you are a physician, nurse, or other healthcare professional, and you would like to be added as a moderator, please send me a message.
Plan for Community
Hi everyone,
This community is now the official replacement for the r/MedicineCanada subreddit, which is now privated. Thank you to the moderator who reached out!
The community on Reddit was still being developed and it was quite small. I expect that to be similar in the early stages on Lemmy as well. While I have thoughts on how this community should be run, I’m also open to changing things up depending on how the community grows.
For now, I’m in agreement with how the other subreddit was being developed. If you would like to read the vision of the subreddit, you can find it here:
I want to help make this Subreddit into a Canadian equivalent for r/Medicine. While there is a lot of overlap, and a lot of Canadian physicians and medical professionals likely use the larger subreddit, it seems useful to have a space to focus discussions on the Canadian medical system.
In recent years, and especially in recent months, there’s a clear need for a place where medical professionals in Canada can discuss relevant issues. Given that this can become a divisive topic where there are also often other stakeholders (political, financial, or otherwise) that may want to guide discussion and push certain views, I’m hoping to slowly develop the Subreddit and follow the model of r/Medicine. I hope that by doing so, the actual medical professionals will feel comfortable using this Subreddit for their discussions. I’m not affiliated with the moderators in r/Medicine, although I plan on reaching out to them for tips and supports while I set things up. As this would be a smaller community, even when full of users, I am also planning on communicating with and/or requesting a few other similar Subreddits, so I can redirect traffic accordingly.
I’m not yet a healthcare professional. I’ll become and start practicing as a Registered Nurse in summer 2026. I have an undergrad health sciences degree. I work at a hospital. I’ve co-authored papers published in Canadian Medical Association Journal Open (CMAJ Open) and Canadian Journal of Anaesthesiology.
I’m really troubled by the anti-science, anti-truth influences shaping the US and the rest of the world right now. I cherish lemmy.ca and want it to remain a more enlightened place to connect.
I would be aghast if someone lacking scientific literacy were appointed moderator of this community. Therefore, despite not yet being a healthcare professional but feeling like I can contribute something given a lack of other qualified offers, I would be happy to be a moderator of this community. I have been an active lemmy.ca user for 2 years, and I’m a mod of other communities already
I appreciate you stepping up, and also for your contributions across Lemmy. I’ve added you as a mod on this community. Congratulations on becoming a Registered Nurse!
Thank you very much for your great contributions that make Lemmy.ca possible, for adding me as a mod here, and for the kudos on soon becoming an RN! I appreciate them all. Time permitting, I hope to help this community grow by posting more research and news!
