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Letter to Premier Ford, Minister Elliott, re: Directive 6 and implementation of mandatory vaccine policies for team-based primary care

To: Hon. Doug Ford, Premier; Hon. Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier, Minister of Health

Cc: Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health; Matthew Anderson, CEO, Ontario Health; Helen Angus, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health (outgoing)

Re: Directive 6 must apply to patient-facing team-based primary care providers during COVID-19

September 3, 2021

Dear Premier and Deputy Premier,

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How We’re Marking July 1

This Canada Day isn’t like any other, and it shouldn’t be. Like many, we feel as if the usual celebrations and recognition of a history from which so many Indigenous people and their lives are erased simply does not make any sense. This is a year and a time for reflection, understanding, and facing hard truths about Canada, its history, and ourselves.

So this year, on July 1, we:

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Alliance Pride Statement 2021

At a time like the present, when we see starkly the trauma and impacts of colonization, of racism and hate, and homophobia, transphobia and biphobia, the Alliance for Healthier Communities stands together with all people who identify as 2SLGBTQ+ in defiance of hate and oppression in all its forms.

After a year like no other, we also look forward this weekend to a celebration of Pride like no other. In many ways, this will be a joyous time as people re-connect to celebrate and mark solidarity around action for the lives, safety, health and rights of 2SLGBTQ+ people and communities.

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Black Health Strategy Fact Sheet

TORONTO -- June 25 -- Today we want to share a Factsheet that outlines the coming Black Health Strategy for Ontario, created and advanced by the Black Health Committee. This strategy will be crucial in addressing anti-Black racism and addressing police and other systemic violence as public health issues.

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Alliance for Healthier Communities and Older Adult Centres’ Association of Ontario partner on new project to address loneliness and impact of pandemic measures

Supporting older adults who face health impacts from isolation with connections to social and recreational opportunities

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Federal funding for Community Health Centres to increase vaccine confidence and uptake among marginalized individuals and groups across Canada

TORONTO // VANCOUVER – June 10, 2021 – On Tuesday, June 8, the Public Health Agency (PHAC) of Canada announced $2.5 million in funding to boost the work of Community Health Centres (CHCs) in increasing vaccine confidence and uptake across Canada, with special emphasis on the continued roll out of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Statement on Islamophobic attack on London family and actions we need to address racism and hate in Canada

We express our sadness, grief and solidarity with the Muslim communities of London, Ontario, and Canada after the white supremacist, Islamophobic-fueled killing of a four family members and the serious injuring of another in London on the evening of June 6. We remember and we grieve Salman Afzaal, Madiha Afzaal, Yumna Afzaal, and Salman's mother. We hold young Fayaz Afzaal in our thoughts and hearts as he is treated for serious injuries from this attack.

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Statement on discovery of mass grave on the site of the former Kamloops residential school

Two hundred and fifteen. Two hundred and fifteen lives taken. Not a footnote for Canada’s history books. Not part of a “dark chapter”, as if it were a story told long ago and now just remembered or revealed to the original authors with surprise. No, 215 lives, the lives of children violently ripped from families, from their communities, their cultures, their languages, their lands. Children whose ruptured and denied histories transmitted trauma out for generations of their loved ones.

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Submissions to Standing Committees regarding Bill 276 and 283

The Alliance has provided written submissions this week for the following bills that are tabled at the Ontario Legislative Assembly:

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Ontario government’s paid sick leave legislation doesn’t go far enough and too many workplaces remain open: Workers need protection that provides flexible paid sick leave for illnesses, to self-isolate and to get vaccinated

TORONTO – April 30 – Simply put, this just isn’t enough. As well, far too many workplaces are still classified as “essential” in Ontario, putting workers, their families, and the stability of our health system at risk.

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