About dealing with health problems and/or care. This can include the basics of the healthcare system in Ontario and Canada, as well as systemic barriers to services and the doctor shortage in many regions.
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What does it mean to act FAST if you witness the signs of a stroke?
Your health status can change as you adapt to your new life here. Worrying about how you will provide for your family, find a place to live, take on jobs that are hard on your mental and physical health, and a change in diet can all contribute to health issues.Last updated Jan 17, 2025
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Motivational Interviewing virtual training
Free Motivational Interviewing Training for Healthcare Providers Supporting Clients with Chronic ConditionsLast updated Jan 16, 2025
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Health & Safety Awareness Presentation
WSPS' Health & Safety Awareness Presentation (HSAP) gives students, new immigrants and other vulnerable workers the crucial information they need to ensure their health and safety on the job.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Health Toolkit for Refugees (Ottawa-Specific)
This toolkit was developed in an effort to assist sponsors and healthcare providers access health information quickly and efficiently in order to support refugees. It serves as a guide to help connect refugees to appropriate and timely health services and information.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Online Resources to Help Celebrate Safety and Health Week
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), along with organizations across North America, will be celebrating Safety and Health Week from May 3-9, albeit, a little differently this year.Last updated Oct 21, 2024
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Peterborough Newcomer Health Clinic helps immigrants and refugees transition to Canada’s health care system
Paul Rellinger Kawartha Now February 14, 2023
Walk, for a moment, in the footsteps of an immigrant or refugee newly arrived in Peterborough.
As a stranger in a strange land, everything is, well, strange. Add fear of the unknown to the equation. Trepidation rules as they wonder…
Published February 16, 2023
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Government of Canada improves sickness benefits under the Employment Insurance system
Canadians who are facing illness or injury need to feel confident that they are supported and that their jobs are protected as they recover. That is why the Government of Canada is taking action to improve Employment Insurance (EI) sickness benefits.
Published December 20, 2022
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Refugee Health Clinic scales back as demand outpaces support
Terry Pender The Record Mon., Nov. 28, 2022
KITCHENER — At a time when more refugees and newcomers than ever before are arriving in the region, a medical clinic that specializes in helping them has to cut back operations because of a lack of funding.
Beginning Jan. 1, the Refugee…
Published November 29, 2022
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When you are Black, elderly and a woman, health care discrimination is a triple whammy
Rogene Reid · for CBC Opinion · Posted: Nov 03, 2022
Earlier this year, my 79-year-old mother was attacked on public transit. She was taken to the hospital, where I met up with her a few hours later.
Once there, I found myself paying close attention to the ways in which the…
Published November 4, 2022
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Mei-ling Wiedmeyer and Omar Chu: All people who live and work in Canada should have access to health care
Mei-ling Wiedmeyer and Omar Chu Vancouver Sun Oct 18, 2022
An estimated one in five British Columbians do not have a primary care provider, and some have gone to desperate lengths to find one. These stories are heartbreaking, and we think that everyone living in B.C. deserves…
Published October 19, 2022
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Ottawa Public Health confronts systemic racism, initiates action plan for reform
By Gail Pope Capital Current October 17, 2022
A report examining systemic racism within Ottawa Public Health has highlighted various challenges faced by racialized employees at the City of Ottawa agency that’s leading local efforts to fight COVID-19 and bring greater “health…
Published October 19, 2022
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Continuing care assistant recruitment strategy fails refugees and immigrants: report
Relying on newcomers to fill labour shortages in Nova Scotia’s long-term care sector needs to come hand-in-hand with big changes to both the immigration and health-care systems in the province.
A report published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) said existing…
Published January 27, 2022
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Ontario Releasing Guidance to Support Proof of Vaccination Policy
TORONTO — As the province continues to respond to the fourth wave of the pandemic driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant, the government is further protecting Ontarians through continued actions that encourage every eligible person to get vaccinated and help stop the…
Published September 16, 2021
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Ontario to Require Proof of Vaccination in Select Settings
TORONTO — To further protect Ontarians as the province continues to confront the Delta-driven fourth wave of the COVID-19, the government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, will require people to be fully vaccinated and provide proof of their vaccination…
Published September 16, 2021
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Ontario Taking Steps to Enhance Delivery of Home Care Services for Children and Youth in Champlain Region
OTTAWA — Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, issued an order under the Connecting Care Act, 2019 to transfer the delivery of home care services for children and youth in the Champlain region from Home and Community Care Support Services Champlain to…
Published September 13, 2021