This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Sabina Vohra-Miller, co-founder of the South Asian Health Network. The interview took place in June 2022, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. The South Asian community, which represents 30% of the overall population in Ontario, represented 45% […]
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Fae Johnstone, Executive Director of Wisdom2Action. The interview took place in July 2022, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. Deadnaming, misgendering and other forms of discrimination and stigma in the health care system foster fear in the
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Dr. Sandra Allison (Medical Health Officer) and Megan Klammer (Director of Special Projects) at the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health). The interview took place in December 2021, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. When the COVID-19
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Dr. Richelle Schindler, Medical Officer of Health, Calgary Zone Alberta Health Services, and Dr. William Stokes, Medical Microbiologist at the Alberta Public Health Laboratory- Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL). The interview took place in March 2022, and its details should be considered within the context
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Manuela Hermida (Public Health Inspector) and Natacha Peters (Public Health Nurse) from Niagara Region Public Health & Emergency Services (NRPH&ES), and Michelle Johnston (Program Manager) from Niagara Region. The interview took place in March 2022, and its details should be considered within the context
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Alana Wade (RN) and Cristina Zaganelli (NP) from Alberta Health Services. Their leadership team includes Dr. Ron Lim (Medical Director) and Stacey Whitman (former Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy Manager.) The interview took place in March 2022, and its details should be considered within the
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Anila Lee Yuen, President & CEO of the Centre for Newcomers and Chair of the Calgary East Zone Newcomers Collaborative. The interview took place in September 2021, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. If English is not
As we wrap up our conversation series on recovery and regeneration, we come together for a final session on hope. Moving into summer, we turn our attention to making peace with the natural world and reconnecting with one another to explore how doing this can help us seize hope. We reflect on how recent crises have endangered hope and
In this webinar we will reflect on how public health practitioners can show courage through listening, by disrupting the status quo and in speaking out against systems built on core values inconsistent with health equity.
The report by Généreux et al. explores interventions for strengthening sense of coherence, a protective factor in stressful events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, to improve individual and community adaptability.
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