10/10/2025
🌿 Advancing Team-Based Care with Ontario Leaders 🌿
This past week, the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors (OAND) was honoured to meet with key provincial leaders alongside our Board Chair and CEO:
🤝 Hon. Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health
🤝 MPP Silvia Gualtieri, Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General (MPP Mississauga East-Cooksville)
🤝 MPP Graydon Smith, Associate Minister, Municipal Affairs & Housing (MPP Parry Sound–Muskoka)
Representing OAND:
✨ Dr. Audrey Sasson, ND – Chair, OAND Board of Directors
✨ Jennifer Joseph – Chief Executive Officer, OAND
Together, we discussed how Ontario’s 1,500+ licensed naturopathic doctors can support provincial health priorities by:
• Expanding access to team-based primary care
• Strengthening chronic disease prevention & management
• Increasing care in rural, northern, and underserved communities
• Supporting Indigenous initiatives
As we celebrate 100 years of naturopathic medicine in Ontario, OAND is committed to working collaboratively with government and health partners to ensure Ontarians receive the right care, at the right time, from the right provider. 🌿
Sylvia Jones Silvia Gualtieri Graydon Smith