As we celebrate Franco-Ontarian Day today, and all the contributions that Francophones make to the culture and communities across the province, we call for action from Ontario on a provincial Francophone Primary Care Strategy. The health outcomes of thousands of Francophones living in Ontario depend on urgent action to ensure health equity for French speakers in the province.
Today’s announcement by the Ontario government to close 10 Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) sites, seven of which are embedded within Community Health Centres across Ontario, is hugely disappointing. This decision means vitally needed services and programs will disappear at a time when they’re needed most. It means that people will disappear in far greater numbers in months and years ahead, from fatal and avoidable poisonings. Moms, sons, daughters, dads, uncles, cousins, friends, colleagues will disappear from people’s lives forever with this sudden policy change.
This Pride Month, what’s first and foremost in our minds and hearts at the Alliance for Healthier Communities is the safety and security of each and every 2SLGBTQ+ person’s life, and the peace of every community across the planet.
This month, we mark and celebrate Indigenous Peoples History Month and Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21. This is a time to find deeper understandings and recognize the rich and diverse histories, cultures, knowledges and artistic landscapes of Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island.
TORONTO, ON – Today, a coalition of Ontario’s community health care assoc
We mark and celebrate International Women’s Day with a call to action in support of women’s and girls' health in Ontario, in Canada and around the world.
Women’s health touches a vast array of advocacy fronts at local, national, and international levels. These include access to housing, settlement and refugee services; reproductive health care including access to abortion services and no-cost contraception options; mental health care and supports for women and girls facing domestic violence; and more. All of these things are interrelated.
Each February, as we pause to reflect, celebrate and to listen during Black History Month, we’re invited into a space to recognize and reckon with the past, to take accounting of the present, and to dream, plan for and commit to equitable and just futures for Black people and communities in Canada.
Findings From Sector Compensation Survey Shows Widening Wage Gap Between Community Health Workers and Workers in Other Areas and Health Sectors
TORONTO, Dec. 12, 2023 /CNW/ - Ontario's community health sector is facing a critical staffing crisis, stemming from a widening wage gap between community health care workers and health workers in other sectors. Action from the Ontario government is needed to close this gap and secure the stability of Ontario's health care system.
The recent violence between Hamas and Israel has laid bare for the world once again the costs and horrors of oppression. Along with many other people in Canada, we mourn the loss of life in Gaza and Israel in recent weeks.
Hate, intolerance and abuse of power continue to see innocent people hurt, displaced and killed – only because of where and when they exist. Through no fault of their own, civilians, including children and the elderly, are bearing the brunt of the costs of military conflict.
[Toronto, ON - October 12, 2023] – Community members are invited to join a day of ‘Social Prescribing for Human Connection’ events across Ontario to support community engagement and combat the issue of social isolation.