After being dismissed from this position, she "represent[ed] herself in a human rights tribunal case against her former hospital", which was ultimately successful.
After a one-year surgical internship, Cybulsky applied for a residency position, which she did not receive, potentially due to her gender.
[1] By 1995 Cybulsky was employed at Hamilton General Hospital, starting as a clinical assistant and later becoming the director of the cardiac surgery residency program.
According to a profile in Toronto Life, "the experience taught her a lesson: organizations need policies to protect employees from discrimination".
[1] Cybulsky was named head of cardiac surgery at Hamilton Health Sciences in 2009, becoming the first woman to ever hold such a position in Canada.