Government of Canada invests nearly $4 million in the Alliance for Healthier Communities to promote mental health
Funding is part of a commitment of $100 million to support the mental health of those most affected by COVID-19.
Primary Care Leaders Urge Canada's Premiers and Federal Government to Strike a Deal That Focuses on Expanding Team-Based Primary Care Including Access to a Primary Care Provider
TORONTO, Feb. 6, 2023 /CNW/ - The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) is encouraging Premiers across the country, and the federal government, to strike a new Canada Health Transfer agreement that will focus on expanding team-based care and ensure that every Canadian has access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner within an interprofessional team.
Black History Month 2023 - the Alliance's statement
The Alliance for Healthier Communities stands together with Black people and communities to celebrate and help commemorate stories of Black lives, and the rich and ever-evolving Black histories shared over Black History Month.
Transgender Awareness Week statement: A time of celebration, remembrance and urgent action on transphobia
This week is Transgender Awareness Week, and we celebrate alongside trans folk and their allies.
Websites like It Gets Better Canada have great resources for celebrating and educating about transgender identities and people, including ways to be in allyship.
Community Health and Wellbeing Week 2022: Confronting Inequity, Celebrating Community
This week and this month, the Alliance for Healthier Communities along with 110 comprehensive primary health care members are inviting communities and partners across the province to join us in celebrating Community Health and Wellbeing Week (CHWW) 2022. Our theme this year is “Celebrating Community, Confronting Inequity”. This week is a time to celebrate community health work, while calling for efforts that confront inequity by building on work done made throughout the year to break down barriers to equitable health.
Statement on Truth and Reconciliation Day 2022
In the Globe and Mail earlier this month, in an essay calling for a public inquiry into the tragic events in Saskatchewan, “the intergenerational effects of residential schools, neglect and childhood exposure to family fragmentation and domestic violence” were noted as contributing factors. This was followed by yet another call that Canada, its institutions, leaders and citizens, “confront colonialism” and “what more than a century of racist dehumanization can create over the years.”
New Black-focused Social Prescribing Project aims to improve health in Black communities with a proven holistic approach grounded in Afrocentric principles of wellbeing
TORONTO, July 12, 2022 -- The Black Health Committee, a committee of the Alliance for Healthier Communities in Ontario, is launching a new Black-focused Social Prescribing Project. The project will take a holistic approach to improve the health of people in Black communities.
Alliance statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day – June 21, 2022
What is National Indigenous Peoples Day for us at the Alliance for Healthier Communities? What is it for Canada and its institutions, and for each of us living on these lands, Indigenous and non-Indigenous?
Policy Statement on Defunding the Police
To end police violence and killing of Black, Indigenous and other racialized people in Canada, we must defund the police and resource communities. The following statement traces how the Alliance for Healthier Communities and the 110 community-governed primary health care organizations that make up the Alliance arrived at this position, why, and what our next steps are to advocate for structural changes to policing in Canada.
Black History Month Statement 2022: Towards a more Hopeful Future for Black Communities across Ontario and Canada
Black History Month is a time to recognize and learn about Black people and their communities’ histories, honour and celebrate Black leaders and their work, both past and present, and acknowledge and celebrate their contributions to Canadian society. The Alliance for Healthier Communities is committed to advancing health equity and improving health outcomes of Black communities. Our work to advance Black Health is informed by our Black Health Committee, which is comprised of Black executive directors and chief executive officers of members of the Alliance for Healthier Communities.
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