Before Ontario’s historic $213M investment in team-based primary care, there was already a blueprint — drawn by people who believed in a better way to deliver care. In this opening episode, Dr. Ivy Oandasan, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Care at the University of Toronto, and Duff Sprague, Chief Executive Officer of the Peterborough Family Health Team reflect on how Ontario’s team-based care models were originally designed, where they’ve been strained, and what it will take to rebuild with purpose.

From compensation models to collaborative practice, this conversation honours the leaders and clinicians who shaped the foundation of primary care — and continue to act as its architects today.