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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ICES Report on COVID-19 in Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto
The ICES recently published a report on the impact of COVID-19 in Immigrants, Refugees and Other Recent OHIP Registrants in Toronto, data as of November 1, 2020 and trends over time as of November 7, 2020, fully titled "Key findings from ICES Report on COVID-19 in Immigrants
Last updated Jan 20, 2021
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
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. Free of charge, these sessions can be presented to classrooms of any size – including
Last updated Jan 15, 2021
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Online Tool Kit Helps Workplaces Build Customized COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has launched a new customizable tool kit resource to help workplaces across Canada operate safely and prevent the spread of infection during the COVID-19 pandemic.Last updated Oct 14, 2020
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Course/Training
Post-Pandemic Business Playbook
A guide for COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness and Response.Last updated Aug 28, 2020
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COVID19 Information/Resource Presentation for Newcomers
Health Advocacy for Refugees Program (HARP) at McMaster University. This is a student run program that aims to promote health and well-being for refugees and recent immigrants to Canada.Last updated Jun 17, 2020
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COVID-19: A Guide for Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada
On this page What COVID-19 (coronavirus) is What you need to know before you leave your country What to know for your initial period of quarantine in Canada What to know for the rest of your stay in Canada COVID-19 income support measures Contacts for questions or help relatedLast updated May 27, 2020
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Course/Training
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. With the physical distancing in place during the pandemic, workplacesLast updated May 4, 2020
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Research/Dataset
COVID-Alert Risk Evaluation (CARE) Project
Shelter, Support and Housing Administration and Inner City Health Associates (ICHA) are partnering on the Covid-19 Alert Risk Evaluation (CARE) project.Last updated Apr 27, 2020
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COVID-19 Screening Tool for Staff and Visitors in Homelessness Service Settings
COVID-19 Screening Tool for Staff and Visitors in Homelessness Service Settings Shelter, Support and Housing Administration.Last updated Apr 27, 2020
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Glossary/Factsheet
Factsheet: COVID-19 Emergency Benefit for People Receiving Social Assistance
Please note: In response to COVID-19 the Federal Government has established an Emergency Response Plan to help individual business and non-profits.
Applications for the Canada Emergency Response Benefits are now open.
A factsheet on the COVID-19 Emergency Benefit for people
Last updated Apr 13, 2020
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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