Social Planning Toronto and Dr. Naomi Lightman of Toronto Metropolitan University are pleased to invite you to a community forum and the launch of a new report:
Caring about Care Workers: Centring Immigrant Women Personal Support Workers in Toronto’s Home Care Sector
This report takes an in-depth look at the working conditions of immigrant women employed as Personal Support Workers (PSWs) in Toronto’s home care sector. It examines pathways for building collective worker power and advancing fairness and justice for home care PSWs.
Drawing on interviews with 25 immigrant women PSWs, the research amplifies their experiences, perspectives, and calls to action, highlighting the urgent need for transformational change in Ontario’s home care system. The project was additionally informed by interviews with individuals with labour and community organizing and policy experience regarding personal support work and home care in Ontario.
The researchers put forward detailed recommendations for the Ontario and federal governments, home care service provider organizations, unions, and the community sector, aimed at ensuring fair and decent compensation and working conditions for home care PSWs. A goal of the report is to provide clear direction towards transforming the provincial home care system in the interests of Ontarians and home care PSWs, and building the collective power of home care PSWs to support much-needed change.
Facilitators:
- Jin Huh, Social Planning Toronto
- Stacia Stewart, Social Planning Toronto
Speakers:
- Beth Wilson, Social Planning Toronto
- Naomi Lightman, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Connie Ndlovu, President of CUPE 7797 and Home Care PSW
- Ella Tan, Employment and Family Support Worker, North York Community House