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Promoting the health and well-being of members of the 2SLGBTQ+ French-speaking community, through community engagement and a diagnostic tool.
Community engagement
Public Health Speaks: Public health’s role in community organizing
Explore the transformational power of community organizing in public health in this Public Health Speaks resource. Hear insights from experts on bridging partnerships, overcoming barriers and centering advocacy for health equity.
Building community capacity by mobilizing knowledge shared through the Cost of COVID study
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with: The interview took place in August 2022, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. The Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University stretched institutional boundaries through its Cost of COVID research project by prioritizing collaboration in research protocols.
Community expertise, building community power and making change happen: Peer-2-Peer Program
Learning from community expertise is essential to make change happen. Storytellers from the Peer-2-Peer Program in Chatham Kent, Ontario will share insights from the work they’ve been doing to engage with people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will listen to stories about their work to amplify the expertise of people who use
Prioritizing reconciliation, collectives, trust and humanity
How we treat each other matters and coming together in good ways creates better possibilities for moving forward and advancing equity. In this session, Street Culture Project in Regina, Saskatchewan will share stories and reflections on reconciliation, the power of collectives, trust and humanity. Drawing on their work with youth, we will hear and reflect on a
Fourth COVID-19 Conversation Series – Shifting worldviews: stories about advancing equity and justice
In this fourth COVID-19 conversation series, we will share stories where barriers to advancing equity and justice were removed and views of a more equitable and just future came into being.
Hear Us, See Us, Respect Us: Respecting the expertise of people who use drugs
This report presents emerging and promising practices on engaging People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) respectfully and equitably at multiple levels in organizations serving PWUD. These practices are based on results of a national community-based research project.
New Brunswick prioritizes the social determinants of health in COVID-19 response efforts
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Heather Chase, Community Developer in the Community Health Portfolio at Horizon Health Network in New Brunswick. The interview took place in July 2022, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. While other provinces were redeploying a large proportion
Learning from Practice: Building Community Power for Health Equity – Nail Technicians in Greater Toronto
This case study highlights the experience of the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre in supporting nail technicians in the Greater Toronto Area to build community and worker power to advance equity.
Community health workers and Covid-19
This short commentary outlines how community health workers can be integrated into multidisciplinary healthcare teams to promote the health of groups experiencing inequities in times of crisis and beyond. The authors illustrate how community health workers play a critical bridging role between clinicians and community members. They conduct wellness checks, facilitate medication delivery, address misinformation, navigate virtual health appointments, provide social connection and more.