Janet Ko, Co-Founder and President of the Menopause Foundation of Canada joined a panel discussion on March 26, 2025 at  the Economic Club of Canada’s Breaking Barriers: Elevating Women’s Health in Canada. The event highlighted barriers to access to care for women in menopause and in other critical areas of women’s health, and discussed solutions to improve equity.

Janet urged the recognition of menopause as a major health transition impacting half the population, a health transition that requires systemic changes—from better access to evidence-based therapies to better education for care providers— to begin to address its impact. She also reiterated the significant role employers have in supporting people through every stage of life, including menopause, which frequently  affects  women in the prime of their working lives.