News & Stories from the Menopause Foundation of Canada

News Stories

  • Ontario Health Releases New Menopause Quality Standard

    October 15, 2025

    Ontario Health has released a new Menopause Quality Standard to help ensure that people experiencing perimenopause and menopause receive ...

  • Menopause Support Gains Ground in Canadian Workplaces

    October 14, 2025

    NEWS RELEASE: Insights from HR leaders reveal how simple changes unlock outsized benefits for employees, employers, and the economy ...

  • Sharing Expertise with Menopause Advocates in Mexico

    October 14, 2025

    Trish Barbato, Co-founder and Director of the Menopause Foundation of Canada, was honoured to be a featured speaker for an ...

  • World Menopause Month 2025

    October 1, 2025

    New era of conversation welcome, fuels need for evidence-based information, says Menopause Foundation of Canada

  • Take Charge of the Menopause Transition

    September 21, 2025

    October 16, 2025, 6:30-7:30 p.m. EST

  • New Tool Helps Women Assess Virtual and Private Menopause Care

    September 15, 2025

    Access to quality menopause care can be a challenge—especially if you don’t have a family doctor or your provider ...

Voices of Women

  • Tracy: Menopause Symptoms Cost Me My Job

    October 16, 2024

    Now 54 and postmenopausal, Tracy’s perimenopause journey began at age 47 – though she didn’t know it at the ...

  • Luisa: No One I Knew Was Feeling Like Me

    October 15, 2024

    Luisa was 36 years old when her doctor told her that her pituitary gland wasn’t working properly because her ...

  • Grace: What’s Happening to Me?

    October 16, 2023

    Around age 45, Grace started experiencing dramatic moods shifts. She had no idea what was happening. “It was affecting my ...

  • Darlene: Menopause Champion and Changemaker

    October 16, 2023

    Darlene didn’t know what perimenopause was until she was in it and then it hit like a storm. She ...

  • Katherine: Protecting Menopausal Women in the Workplace

    October 16, 2023

    For Katherine, perimenopause came with a bang. On her honeymoon, she passed out at Edinburgh Castle and fell on ...

  • Deepti: The Hardest Years of Her Life

    October 16, 2023

    When Deepti started going through menopause, everything changed. “I was a very good sleeper before menopause. Fifteen minutes after ...

Workplace Case Studies

  • Workplace Case Study: Metrolinx

    October 9, 2025

    “When we tell people they can (and should) bring their ‘whole selves’ to work, we need to back that ...

  • Workplace Case Study: IKEA Canada

    September 9, 2025

    “IKEA Canada aims to support all co-workers through various life stages, encouraging them to be themselves at work. Partnering ...

  • Workplace Case Study: Sun Life

    October 2, 2024

    “This work is helping to dismantle the institutional bias that still exist within workplaces, preventing many women from ...

  • Workplace Case Study: Arthritis Society Canada

    October 2, 2024

    “Nearly nine in 10 of our employees are women, and becoming a menopause inclusive workplace is weaved into ...

  • Workplace Case Study: PwC Canada

    October 2, 2024

    “At any time, it is likely that over 15% of our female workforce are experiencing the menopause transition. ...

  • Workplace Case Study: BMO

    October 2, 2024

    “At BMO, we understand the importance of supporting our colleagues through all of life’s major milestones – including ...