This report describes how circumstances of opioid-related poisonings changed in Ontario during the pandemic, noting a disproportionate impact on people experiencing houselessness.
This systematic review identifies the health impacts of COVID-19 on the mortality, morbidity, and hospital admission rates of Black populations across Canada.
This article contains a feminist analysis of public policy responses and social protections implemented in many countries during the COVID-19 pandemic using a conceptualization of care based on paid and unpaid care and domestic work.
This resource offers information on how researchers can implement respectful, culturally safe, and trauma-informed practices during engagement with First Nations Peoples and communities during COVID-19.
Use this guidance to support clinicians, researchers, decision makers, and funders to consider ways to address gaps in reporting inequities in health outcomes to enhance health equity.
This 2022 report presents an overview of pandemic response activities in Montreal between February 2020 – May 2022. Reflecting on these activities, the report provides 11 recommendations for future pandemic response.
This national 2022 Report Card from Campaign 2000 analyzes tax data and includes policy recommendations to eradicate child and family poverty.
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.
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Amanda Hudson-Frigault, e-Mental Health Consultant from the Nova Scotia Mental Health and Addictions Program. The interview took place in June 2022, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. Nova Scotia Health responded to a growing need for virtual
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Sam Hung, Program Manager at the Assisted Self-Isolation Site (ASIS). The interview took place in April 2021, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. At the end of the day, it’s really about housing. Housing as a basic
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