The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS or Penn Medicine) still requires employees to get the COVID-19 shot. Recently Penn Medicine sent a letter to its employees letting them know that if they have a religious objection to the vaccine related to aborted baby cell lines, the Novavax shot uses no such cells in its…

The lawyer for North York General Hospital (NYGH) threatened to take legal action against a former hospital employee for answering questions about her religious beliefs with verses from the Bible during the discovery phase of a lawsuit. Wanh Porter, a married Christian woman from Toronto, worked as a pediatric occupational therapist in the neonatal intensive…

An Alberta woman denied Employment Insurance (EI) benefits for refusing COVID-19 vaccination has appealed the ruling and won reconsideration of her case. Amanda Michaud, a biomedical equipment technologist with Alberta Health Services (AHS) in Grande Prairie, was placed on unpaid leave of absence during the pandemic due to non-compliance with her employer’s mandatory vaccination policy….

A Calgary woman who was denied unemployment benefits after being fired for not having a COVID-19 shot has filed an application in Federal Court for judicial review. Rebecca Abdo is a married, devout Christian who applied for a religious exemption after her employer, Canadian Blood Services (CBS), implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy. Abdo, who…

A high school teacher, who was suspended without pay after raising his voice in a pop-up COVID vaccine clinic while objecting to students receiving shots without parental permission, has been formally disciplined by the British Columbia Commissioner for Teacher Regulation. On Jan. 24, a consent resolution agreement was posted online by the provincial regulatory board,…

Quebec public health officials are recommending to Premier François Legault’s government that people under 60 years of age should not receive boosters, CBC reports. On Jan. 18, Radio-Canada reported that under a new vaccination strategy from the Quebec Immunization Committee, which has not yet been approved by the government, booster doses will continue to be offered…

As the critical shortage of nurses in the United States continues to climb, hospitals are still firing Registered Nurses for refusing to get the COVID vaccines even in red states like Florida that passed legislation against jab-or-job ultimatums. The lingering drive to force the COVID vaccine on health care workers continues even in spite of…