Bob Gardner, director of policy and research at the Wellesley Institute, has recently been working with the Toronto Central LHIN to help them develop health equity policies.
Resources On Community Engagement In Health Planning
Ontario is undertaking significant reforms of its health care system by implementing Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) and developing a new overall health strategy. Community engagement is seen as a crucial element of these and other reforms. How can community members be involved in developing strategic priorities and planning? Below is a selection of articles and reports on approaches used […]
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Resilience in Career Building for New Canadians
The 13th Annual IEP Conference for internationally educated professionals in engineering, healthcare, finance, IT or sales and marketing met on February 26th to learn about career advancement and leveraging skills for success. Good jobs that pay a living wage, have benefits, predictability and regular hours are important to good health. Dr. Kwame McKenzie opened off […]
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Residents And Agencies Working And Learning Together Executive Summary
“How can residents and agencies be more effective partners in addressing needs and services within the Lawrence Heights and Neptune community?” This was the question that led to BePart, a collaborative project between residents and local agencies in Lawrence Heights and Neptune, two related social housing neighbourhoods in North Central Toronto. The project was guided by […]
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Residents And Agencies Working And Learning Together
“How can residents and agencies be more effective partners in addressing needs and services within the Lawrence Heights and Neptune community?” This was the question that led to BePart, a collaborative project between residents and local agencies in Lawrence Heights and Neptune, two related social housing neighbourhoods in North Central Toronto. The project was guided […]
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Regional Planning Commissioners of Ontario Make Strong Case for Inclusionary Housing
The Regional Planning Commissioners of Ontario (RPCO) represents the planning directors, commissioners and other senior planning officials of municipal governments across Ontario. Its current membership includes the Cities of Chatham-Kent, Guelph, Greater Sudbury, Hamilton, Kingston, London, Ottawa, Thunder Bay and Windsor; the Regional Municipalities of Durham, Halton, Niagara, Peel, Waterloo, and York; Counties of Simcoe and Haldimand; […]
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Refugee Health Care Cuts In Canada: System Level Costs, Risks And Responses
Recent reforms to federal immigration policies have resulted in preferential treatment to some refugee claimants. The amendments to the Interim Federal Health (IFH) program have created conditional and differential model of health coverage in Canada for refugees. The implications for refugees are grave—many will end up falling through the cracks due to systemic barriers that […]
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Reducing Health Inequities: Enablers To Inter-Sectoral Collaboration
Addressing systemic health disparities and their underlying social determinants are complex and challenging social and policy problems. One increasingly important direction that addresses the dynamic and inter-dependent nature of the social determinants of health, says author Audrey Danaher, has been through collaboration across different policy and program sectors.
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Reducing Health Disparities: How Can The Structure Of The Health System Contribute?
The role of the health care sector in reducing disparities still must be defined and integrated into the system. This paper is a discussion and analysis of how to organize Ontario’s health-care system to increase the potential for reducing health disparities. The reduction of health disparities must be in the foreground of discussions on health […]
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Reducing Disparities and Improving Population Health: The Role Of A Vibrant Community Sector Flip Sheet
Reducing Disparities And Improving Population Health (2011) Audrey Danaher Through a review of the literature on the links between population health, the community sector, and community characteristics and resilience this paper explores how a vibrant and responsive community sector can enhance overall population health and ameliorate the impact and severity of health disparities for those communities most affected […]
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