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Community-Based Perspectives On The Political Economy Of Immigrant Health

Faraz Vahid Shahidi |

Immigration is a prominent issue in Canada’s political landscape. Clarifying the political economy of immigrant health will bring us closer to understanding why and how policy action and inaction are shaping the social inequalities in health and well-being experienced by Canada’s immigrant populations.

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Exploring The Link Between Neighbourhood And Newcomer Immigrant Health Executive Summary

Nasim Haque, Nazilla Khanlou, Stephanie R. Montesanti and Brenda Roche |

This qualitative research study was conducted in St. James Town. It examined both “place-based” characteristics of SJT and individual-level factors, including newcomer immigrants’ perceptions of the neighbourhood, their social relations, and their access to health and social services in the neighbourhood. Focus groups and individual interviews were used with three ethno-racial immigrant populations: Tamil, Filipino, […]

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Not Lost in Translation: Interpretation and other drivers for health equity

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Bob Gardner spoke to the Healthcare Interpretation Network on November 23, 2009 and argued that interpretation was one essential enabler of equitable access to high-quality health care and support.  His talk set this in the context of other enablers and drivers of a comprehensive health equity strategy.

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.