Gender-based violence has significant immediate and long-term impacts on health, yet it has not been systematically addressed by public health systems. This webinar presents a framework developed to enable local public health agencies to respond to the increasing calls to address gender-based violence as a public health priority.
Join us for a timely discussion on practical strategies, resources, and opportunities to improve access to public health and health care services for medically uninsured migrants in Ontario at an individual, program, organizational, and policy level.
Transforming social and health service systems to better meet the safety, inclusion, and equity needs of French-speaking 2SLGBTQI+ individuals in a minority setting
French-speaking 2SLGBTQI+ individuals in Manitoba are faced with unique challenges at the crossroads of their sexual orientation, their gender identity, and their status as members of a linguistic minority. During this webinar, participants will be given the opportunity to explore two of the Collectif LGBTQ* du Manitoba key research projects. The webinar will end with a presentation of the project now underway—Vers des soins pour tous.tes (Towards care for all)—which explores how health systems can be made more accessible and equitable for 2SLGBTQI+ individuals.
This webinar will present results of a 2023 review of the literature which identified 47 actionable health equity frameworks. Key themes about co-creation, use and implementation of frameworks were identified by public health practitioners and will be highlighted in this session. In this webinar, panelists from three organizations, a local public health unit in Ontario, a provincial health agency in Nova Scotia, and a state health and wellbeing agency in Queensland, Australia, will share their practical stories about laying the groundwork and implementing health equity frameworks. They will highlight opportunities and challenges experienced.
What are the factors that influence health? And, what are the opportunities for integrated, networked public health action at multiple levels?
In this webinar, Pemma Muzumdar and Jonathan Heller, authors of “Let’s Talk: Determinants of Health”, will explore these questions and more, and reflect on the wider forces and systems that interact with the conditions of daily life.
This webinar will explore the connections between food systems and health inequities and provide action steps for the public health community to advance food justice. Through an overview of core concepts and illustrative examples, attendees will be equipped with a deeper understanding of food systems and strategies to advance food justice at different scales.
Work is a powerful condition of everyday life that can harm or promote the health of workers and their families. Employment conditions and working conditions are two interrelated social determinants of health. Workers who experience structural oppression are disproportionately exposed to the precarious employment and hazardous working conditions that are harmful for physical and mental
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
Building community power and privileging community expertise is required to collectively disrupt the status quo. Hogan’s Alley Society in Vancouver, B.C., will share stories of how they engaged with people from diverse Black communities to understand their COVID-19 vaccine intentions, and overcome histories of anti-Black racism. In this conversation, we will reflect on ways to
Organizations are working to advance equity, use trauma-informed practice, and apply an anti-racism and anti-oppression approach. We can learn from these organizations. In this session, we will hear from organizations who have collaborated in Belleville, Ontario to create and sustain a drop-in centre. This centre addresses inequitable access to essential resources experienced by communities. We
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