Anthony Fong
Class of 2022
Anthony Fong is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a general practitioner with experience in rural regions of Canada. He practised family medicine in the Canadian Arctic from 2011 to 2015. In 2020, he acted as a medical lead on a disaster relief mission during hurricanes Eta and Iota in Honduras — the third time he has been to Honduras as a medical volunteer. In his spare time, Anthony organizes dance events, is a multi-instrumentalist and loves improv comedy. He is currently based in Metro Vancouver.
I never thought I would be deployed for the Red Cross to help with Canada’s shortage of doctors
Medicine vs. Journalism? Navigating the tension between two fields
DOCTOR SHORTAGE
For two weeks I was Fogo Island’s only doctor
‘Medical gaslighting’ harming long-COVID patients
RESPONDING TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE
Canada needs to be as welcoming to Afghan refugees as it is to Ukrainians
Lack of government supports leaves Ukrainian refugees at risk of human trafficking in Canada
The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Providing Health Care in Ukraine’s Conflict Zone
‘Good intentions are not enough’: Volunteers who just show up in Ukraine contributing to dangerous 'disaster tourism’
From music to medicine: Organization strikes a new note at the Ukrainian border
Trying to provide a glimmer of hope to Ukrainian refugees
‘I’m not scared of bombs. I’m not scared of war. I became a nurse for a reason’: Volunteers at the Ukraine-Poland border
Airbnb cash transfers to Ukrainians can help, but they’re disrupting charities
‘All the trends paint a dire picture’: B.C. facing looming shortage of family physicians
‘Really frustrating’: Most communities in Nunavut have no banks
Nunavut struggling with crisis that ‘won’t go away’
For Olympic hopefuls, long COVID poses career threat
Emergency departments at a ‘tipping point’
Risky dancers: Putting health on the line for that ‘human touch’
Legal reform is needed to protect young women from the growing threats of online sexual violence
TALKING TABOO
Legal reform is needed to protect young women from the growing threats of online sexual violence
Legal reform is needed to protect young women from the growing threats of online sexual violence
Inuit communities bracing for return of RSV in babies
Dating app users are disclosing STI and vaccine status for safer encounters and queer apps are leading the way
Study debunks ‘women choose to work less’ myth behind health-care pay gap
What happened when one B.C. doctor flew to the rescue amid a natural disaster
