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Webinaire : Health equity in student research: Sexualized violence services and pandemic homelessness policy

Le webinaire s'est déroulé en anglais seulement. La recherche universitaire est souvent citée comme source d’information pour éclairer les mesures prises en santé publique pour favoriser l’équité en santé. Les travaux universitaires qui traitent avec lucidité des déterminants sociaux de la santé ne sont pas seulement le fruit de spécialistes ou d’étudiants de deuxième cycle. En effet, […]

Pandemic proof: Synthesizing real-world knowledge of promising mental health and substance use practices utilized during the COVID19 pandemic with young people who are experiencing or have experienced

This report from Thulien et al. presents the findings of a survey and focus groups on promising approaches used during the COVID-19 pandemic. The approaches studied were those used to address mental health and substance use for youth in Canada related to homelessness, including recommendations for practice, research and policy.

Pandemic housing policy: Examining the relationship among eviction, housing instability, health inequity, and COVID-19 transmission

This journal article from Benfer et al. considers how housing displacement exacerbates COVID-19 infection rate and death, including a discussion on eviction, transiency, overcrowding, chronic conditions, and the perpetuation of health inequities among Black and Latinx people, proposing housing stabilization measures as critical components to a comprehensive COVID-19 strategy.

“More exposed and less protected” in Canada: Systematic Racism and COVID-19

This report from Western University’s Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children highlights how systemic bias makes Black, Indigenous and people or colour (BIPOC) more vulnerable to COVID-19. It focuses on the areas of healthcare, labour/housing and community support and includes recommendations to address these disparities.

Alternative federal budget recovery plan

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ 2020 Alternative Federal Budget Recovery Plan takes a health-in-all-policies approach to planning for a just recovery from COVID-19. The plan outlines concrete plans for a caring economy, income support, healthier

Social distancing, social justice, and risk during the COVID-19 pandemic

This article from de Silva and Smith argues that people living with inequities are at increased risk of harms caused by social distancing as well as greater biological risks of COVID-19, and that social distancing must occur in a socially just manner, requiring dialogue with affected populations.

Resources: Coronavirus COVID-19

This website from the Canadian Network for the Health and Housing of People Experiencing Homelessness offers resources, best practices, tools, tips and community examples to help its sector respond to a COVID-19 outbreak.

COVID-19 response and recovery

This web page from the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII) links to COVID-19 recovery resources including a four-point recovery plan, health and policy considerations and possible strategies to improve worker safety.

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