Miranda Romanowicz is one of Canada’s leading experts on Personal Support Workers (PSWs) and the broader support-worker workforce. As CEO & Co-Founder of the Ontario Personal Support Workers Association (OPSWA) and the Canadian Support Workers Association (CANSWA), she has dedicated more than two decades to frontline care, professional advocacy, workforce development, standards, and healthcare policy.

 

A graduate of Mohawk College’s PSW program, Miranda began her career working in long-term care, home care, and hospital settings. Her frontline experience became the foundation for her work advancing the recognition, professionalization, safety, education, and accountability of PSWs and support workers across Canada.

 

Today, Miranda is regularly sought for her expertise by governments, media, healthcare organizations, educational institutions, standards organizations, and public inquiries. Her areas of expertise include workforce shortages and retention, education and training standards, professional accountability, workplace safety, regulation and oversight, scope and role clarity, and the evolving role of support workers within Canada’s healthcare system.

 

Her work has included collaboration and participation with organizations such as the Canadian Nurses Association, Canadian Medical Association, Mental Health Commission of Canada, and CSA Group (Canadian Standards Association), where she has participated in panel discussions and contributed the frontline support-worker perspective to conversations around standards, quality, and workforce practices.

 

Miranda’s expertise also extends internationally. She has worked with organizations including the Victorian Disability Worker Commission in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, exchanging knowledge on professional standards, workforce oversight, disability support, accountability, and public protection.

 

In recognition of her contributions to healthcare, Miranda received the Distinguished Fellow Honorary Diploma from Mohawk College and has been nominated for the Ontario Premier’s Award.

 

Miranda continues to be a leading Canadian authority and advocate for PSWs and support workers, ensuring their expertise and voices are represented in the decisions shaping healthcare. Her mission remains clear: support workers must be recognized, respected, protected, and valued as essential professionals within Canada’s healthcare system.