Centre for Urban Health Solutions Events

Centre Talks

Centre Talks, Black Futures Month edition: Context, history and the world in the room: Black patients and health care in Toronto

When: February 26, 2019

Where: Room 136, 209 Victoria St., venue is wheelchair accessible

Physicians Aisha Lofters and Suzanne Shoush in conversation, moderated by LLana James. Panelists will explore:

The distinction between ‘health equity’ and focused strategies to take on anti-Black racism in health care.
The complexities Black patients navigate when seeking care in the context of systems and societies that embed anti-Black racism.
Strategies for providers to reflect on their own attitudes and practices.
The importance of Black administrators, physicians, and allied health care providers across the health care system.
What health care would look like in Toronto if it were designed to care deeply for Black life.

Aisha Lofters, MD, PhD, CCFP, is a family physician with the St. Michael’s Hospital Academic Family Health Team and a scientist with the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital.

Suzanne Shoush, B. Eng, MD, CCFP, is a family physician/clinician-teacher with the St. Michael’s Hospital Academic Family Health Team and long term Inner City Health Associates physician.

LLana James applies critical analytic practices and advocates for targeted, systems-based approaches to turn the tide on exclusionary practices that target and impact Black and Indigenous people. LLana has held senior management roles in the health and research sectors, and is currently undertaking her doctoral studies at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute

Decoding the City budget process: a 101 for health care providers and researchers

Date: January 31, 2019

Presentation by: Beth Wilson, Senior Researcher at Social Planning Toronto

The Toronto City budget process is starting again soon. It will kick off with a proposed budget in January (one that usually includes a number of potential cuts to services). Then, people have an opportunity to weigh in through analysis, deputations, and contacting City Councillors and the Mayor. City Council votes on a final budget in early 2019. Join us to find out more about:

How City Council works these days
What’s in the proposed 2019 Toronto City Budget
Implications for health and social services and City-funded strategies
Ways to intervene

Presented by the Centre Talks Committee and Feedback Thursdays group from the Centre for Urban Health Solutions

Using An Intersectional Framework to Address Sexual Violence/Abuse

Date: Dec 11, 2018

The talk: Support efforts to address sexual violence/abuse should focus on the most marginalized communities, and consider how multiple forms of oppression such as sexism, racism, ableism and other forms of systemic oppression intersect with gender-based violence to impact the victim/survivor. These efforts should use a client-centered approach, which is about treating clients as they want to be treated, with knowledge about and respect for their values and personal priorities.

Speaker: Dr. Marilyn Oladimeji, PhD, is a Professor at George Brown College and an Expressive Arts Therapist with over three decades of teaching and counselling. In 2000, Marilyn became the President of the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres, a provincial body representing 32 sexual assault and rape crisis centres in Ontario. Her passion to mentor women on strategic interventions on the issues of violence against women is a priority of her teaching.

Marilyn has experience working broadly across the province within social services agencies, educational institutions and various communities. In addition to raising awareness, she works within a critical, feminist anti-oppressive approach and de-colonial radical perspective. Marilyn thinks that one of the most important theoretical contributions is the concept of “intersectionality” that describes the inseparable nature of multiple oppressions (class, race, sexuality, gender, disability, age, etc.).

Race, racism, and health: emerging data on the Canadian Story

Date: Sept 17, 2018

The talk: The association between racism and health is well established, primarily through research from the United States. Researchers are increasingly engaging in understanding racial inequalities in health in Canada. This talk will explore some of the emergent findings from Canadian research, their interpretations, and related issues.

Speaker: Dr. Arjumand Siddiqi is Canada Research Chair in Population Health Equity and Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, where she also holds appointments in the Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and the Hospital For Sick Children, as well as at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Siddiqi is interested in understanding how societal conditions produce and resolve inequities in population health and human development across the lifespan. Her research focuses primarily on the roles of resource inequities and social policies, the methods and metrics that enable scientific inquiry on health inequities and, mechanisms related to public and political uptake of the evidence. Dr. Siddiqi is an alumnus of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Global Academy and former Associate Member of its Program on Successful Societies. She was also a member of the World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health Knowledge Hub on Early Child Development, and has consulted to several international agencies including the World Bank and UNICEF. Dr. Siddiqi received her doctorate in Social Epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health.

Different approaches to death and dying

Panelists Sun Drews and Marco Mascarin will discuss different ways to navigate death and dying both inside and outside of hospitals. They will offer concrete strategies for health care providers who wish to support a range of approaches to end-of-life care.

When: Sept 10 2018

Moderator:

Leonard Benoit is Qalipu Mi’Kmag, his people come from the territory of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Leonard has an Ontario Nursing license and has been practicing for the last 17 years. He has worked in acute care, community care and corrections. During his nursing career he has won many awards, including a nomination for the Nightingale Nursing Award of Excellence. He currently volunteers as a nurse at the Toronto People with Aids Foundation.

Leonard has completed a Community Services Worker program which he has married to his nursing. This allows him to hold the position of Aboriginal Patient Navigation Specialist with Cancer Care Ontario (Toronto Aboriginal Cancer Program), through which he provides a variety of supports to Indigenous community members who are on their cancer journey. Leonard will complete his studies to be a Death Doula in September, 2018.

Panelists:

Sun Drews is the co-founder of the International Death Symposium and worked as a funeral director in downtown Toronto for over eight years.

After making thousands of funeral arrangements she found herself questioning the status quo and our larger system that seemed to be failing people at the end of their lives. She has since pursued education and training as a death doula and mediator to support individuals and communities in navigating challenges that arise around dying and death.

Marco Mascarin PhD RP has been involved in various educational initiatives concerned with end of life care – foremost with the Contemplative End of Life Care program at the Institute of Traditional Medicine offered in Toronto and Calgary.

In his private practice he supports grieving individuals and facilitates Grief circles throughout the year.

Chaos: A Visual Narrative of Colonialism and Informed Consent

Speaker: Lisa Boivin

When: July 10 2018

Details: With advancements and innovations in health care delivery, arts-based methodologies have been used as a pedagogical strategy to encourage health care professionals to be more reflexive in their clinical practice. This presentation will offer a visual module of Canada’s colonial history and demonstrate how it impacts clinical relationships today. Paintings will be presented to explicate Indigenous experience, perspectives and identity. This will provide a visual overview of how colonialism impedes the process of informed consent between health care professional and Indigenous patients.

Speaker bio: Lisa Boivin is a member of the Deninu Kue First Nation in Northwest Territories. She is an interdisciplinary artist and a health care educator. Lisa is a PhD student at Rehabilitation Sciences Institute at University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. She is writing and painting an arts-based thesis on Indigenous perspectives of wellness and the disabling effects of colonialism. Lisa strives to humanize clinical medicine as she situates her art-based practice in the Indigenous continuum of passing knowledge through images.

From Intention to Impact: Achieving Indigenous Social Value in Health Services

Date: June 19, 2018

Despite “good intentions” health services in Canada are commonly of limited social value for Indigenous peoples. Indigenous/non-Indigenous health inequities are striking, pervasive, and persistent. The City of Toronto is home to approximately 55,000 Indigenous peoples – roughly one fifth of the total Indigenous population in the province. Despite the geographic access to high quality health services provided by urban residence, health status inequities do not improve in cities and in some cases are worse. In this presentation, Dr. Smylie will first describe 3 underlying dilemmas that are preventing health services from achieving positive value and impacts for Indigenous populations. She will then draw on Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report to provide the audience with concrete actions to address these problems

Opening

Alita Sauve

Dzime Deka’l Ma (Tahltan meaning White Bird Mother)

Alita is a woman of two nations – Tahltan from British Columbia and Cree from Saskatchewan. She provides traditional teachings and ceremonies handed down to her through both her maternal and paternal bloodlines. A mother of 4 ranging in ages 27-44 and 3 grandchildren, Alita is also the adopted Mother or Auntie or Grandmother for many Indigenous community members of all ages in Canada, United States and Mexico. Also a descendant of Traditional Medicine Societies, Alita has a lifetime of training from both male and female knowledge keepers from both her bloodlines. These beautiful gifts make it possible for her to share many teachings and ceremonies.

Presentation

Dr. Janet Smylie

Dr. Janet Smylie is a family physician and public health researcher. She currently works as a research scientist in Indigenous health at St. Michael’s hospital, Centre for Urban Health Solutions (CUHS), where she directs the Well Living House Applied Research Centre for Indigenous Infant, Child and Family Health. Her primary academic appointment is as a Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She maintains a part-time clinical practice with Inner City Health Associates at Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto. Dr. Smylie has practiced and taught family medicine in a variety of Aboriginal communities both urban and rural. She is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, with Métis roots in the prairies. Her research interests are focused in the area of addressing the health inequities that challenge Indigenous infants, children and their families through applied health services research. Dr. Smylie currently leads multiple research projects in partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities/organizations. She holds a CIHR Applied Public Health Research Chair in Indigenous Health Knowledge and Information and was honoured with a National Aboriginal Achievement (Indspire) Award in Health in 2012. A Métis woman, Dr. Smylie acknowledges her family, teachers, and lodge.

Serving people who are non-insured due to immigration status – barriers, resources and next steps

Date: May 29, 2018

People who are non-insured due to immigration status face many obstacles and gaps in the health care system, with severe consequences for health and wellbeing. Panelists will explore these obstacles and their impacts. Presentations will also offer a ‘101’ on working with patients who are non-insured due to immigration status and possibilities for policy change.

Panelists:

Nadjla Banaei is currently working at South Riverdale Community Health Centre as a Client Care Coordinator, and has over 15 years of experience working in community health serving the uninsured community. The bulk of Nadjla’s experience has involved supporting individuals experiencing precarious immigration status. She has a thorough understanding of systemic barriers and social injustices faced by uninsured communities, and is passionate about the mental health and well-being of her clients. Nadjla advocates on a systemic level, while also providing intensive frontline work to reduce barriers to health care and social services.

Monika Dalmacio is a Registered Nurse and Health Coach at Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services, which serves immigrants and refugees in Toronto. She is passionate about advocating for equitable health care for marginalized newcomers including medically uninsured residents through her role as the Non-Insured Walk-In Clinic (NIWIC) coordinator. Her work as a Health Coach with the Health with Dignity program at Access Alliance focuses on supporting complex clients with self-management and health systems navigation.

Chelsia Watson is a 4th-year Kinesiology and Health Science student and a member of OHIP for All. This campaign is emerging from Solidarity City movements that have succeeded in passing municipal policies in Toronto and Hamilton that are meant to make municipal services eligible to all people regardless of status. In response, a Solidarity Ontario campaign is growing to push the province to expand access to provincial services, including health care. OHIP for All is a campaign to see access to health care services for all people in Ontario, regardless of status.

Centre Talks – Harm reduction: humanity and context

Date: April 6, 12:00pm – 1:30 pm

What does harm reduction look like in clinical practice when people’s realities are front and centre? A panel of frontline harm reduction workers will explore these and other questions, and suggest some key issues and best practices.

All panelists have been involved in the development and/or delivery of the Pieces to Pathways Program, a peer-led initiative creating Canada’s first substance use support program for LGBTTQQ2SIA youth ages 16-29 in Toronto, funded by the TC-LHIN.

Panelists:

Akia Munga is a 25 year–old Black Queer harm redux worker, discourse disruptor and Blacktavist. He has lived experience in being locationally displaced, substance use and trauma. Akia most recently organized “We Grieve Thousands,” a demonstration and protest regarding systemic oppression experienced by those living in poverty and the opioid crisis. In addition to working at the Overdose Prevention Site, Akia is the acting secretary at Toronto’s Harm Reduction Alliance (THRA). He also works as a client support worker at Pieces to Pathways and a harm reduction worker at Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre.

Faith is a mixed race non-binary artist, grassroots community organizer, and writer of Filipinx descent. They describe their style as a “tomboy femme,” existing on the transfeminine spectrum. Faith identifies as a sober addict in recovery and has been sober for over 11 years. In their activism, art and writing, they wish to politicize their experiences with substance use and sobriety while unraveling the limited representation of the addicted body. Faith uses “they / them” pronouns and if you don’t know what that means, they suggest “Googling” it.

Tim McConnell is a trans-masculine person with lived experience of mental health, substance misuse and trauma. They have previously worked as a peer support worker and substance abuse counsellor at a youth residential addiction treatment facility in New Brunswick, and as a community outreach worker and workshop facilitator with several agencies in Toronto.

Moderator:

Anne Rucchetto is a Research Coordinator at the Upstream Lab at the Centre for Urban Health Solutions.

This session is co-presented by the Centre Talks Committee at the Centre for Urban Health Solutions and the Pieces to Pathways program, Breakaway Addiction Services.

Care, Colour, and the Quality Chasm: Towards Client-Centered Care for African/Black Diaspora Populations in the Context of Structural Racism

Inaugural Centre Talks Black History Month Keynote Address.

Date: Friday, February 16

“Across the globe, Africans and the African Diaspora continue to suffer inequality and disadvantage because of the legacy of colonialism and slavery.” – The United Nations Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024.

Effective health care interventions for African/Black Diasporic populations must begin by understanding the context and impacts of structural racism, which extend to:

The experiences people are having outside of the health care system.
The experiences people are having within the health care system.
The ways that the health care industry operates.

Dr. LaRon E. Nelson will share examples that illustrate the ways in which his research deliberately intersects with activist-scholars, artists, health providers and policymakers to address these realities.

Dr. Nelson is a public health nurse and a scientist at the St. Michael’s Hospital Centre for Urban Health Solutions. He is also the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Research Chair in HIV Program Science with African, Caribbean and Black Communities. He is recognized as the world’s leading authority on the application of self-determination theory to develop interventions and care models to optimize the HIV care continuum for African and African Diaspora populations. He is also an elected Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

Presented by the Centre Talks committee from the Centre for Urban Health Solutions in partnership with the High Impact Field-based Interventions Lab (HiFi Lab).

IND-equity: moving from benevolence to a rights-based health care approach for Indigenous populations

Date: Dec. 5^th, 12 – 1:30 pm

Presenter: Dr. Bernice Downey

Details: Health equity is upheld as a way to assist people to reach their full potential and receive high quality health care that is fair and appropriate to them and their needs. Where they live, what they have and who they are is not supposed to matter.

The literature supports a need to balance the implementation of universal measures for improving population health with targeted approaches aimed at improving health outcomes for marginalized populations.

As federal/provincial health system planners further engage in the development and implementation of strategies to improve health equity, how will the needs of Indigenous people be considered? The notion of ‘IND-equity’ is proposed in an effort to explore this question within the current reconciliation and rights-based environment.

Bio: Dr. Bernice Downey

Dr. Bernice Downey is a woman of Ojibwe and Celtic heritage, a mother and a grandmother. She is a medical anthropologist with research interests in health, health literacy and Indigenous Traditional knowledge and health/research system reform for Indigenous populations. Bernice is currently cross appointed to the School of Nursing and Department of Psychiatry and Neuro-Behavioural Sciences and is the Indigenous Health Lead for the Faculty of Health Science at McMaster University. She is also the Regional Aboriginal Cancer Lead for Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto-Central Region. She is a life-long advocate in the work towards addressing the serious health inequities among Indigenous populations in Canada.

Centre Talks – Decoding the City budget process: a 101 for health care providers and researchers

Date: December 6th

Presentation by: Beth Wilson, Senior Researcher at Social Planning Toronto

The Toronto City budget process is starting again soon. It kicks off with a proposed budget in November (one that usually includes a number of suggested cuts to services). Then, people have an opportunity to weigh in through analysis, deputations, and contacting City Councillors and the Mayor. Then, City Council votes on a final budget in early 2018.

Join us as Beth Wilson, Senior Researcher at Social Planning Toronto tells us:

What’s in the proposed 2018 Toronto City Budget
Implications for health and social services
Ways to intervene

Presented by the Centre Talks Committee and Feedback Thursdays group from the Centre for Urban Health Solutions.

Centre Talks: Research metrics and health equity research

A researcher’s success is typically measured in grants and publications, but how do these metrics and conversations associated with these markers of success impact the questions we ask and the ways in which we ask them? Dr. Stephen Hwang will explore some of the implications for research related to health equity.

Date: Nov. 6

Moderated and introduced by: Dr. LaRon Nelson, Scientist & OHTN Research Chair in HIV Program Science with African, Caribbean and Black Communities and Principal Investigator, High Impact Field-Based (HiFi) Interventions Lab, Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital

Speaker: Dr. Stephen Hwang, Director of the Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital

Centre Talks: Collecting race-based data-what is your conceptual framework?

Date: Tuesday October 10th, 2017

Presentation by: Rinaldo Walcott

Introduced and moderated by: Llana James

Details here.

Centre Talks: Health Equity – contradictions the workplace

Dates: Wednesday Sept 20th, 2017
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm
Location: Room 241, 209 Victoria St., venue is wheelchair accessible
Presentation by: Nanky Rai
Introduced and moderated by: Malika Sharma

Details here.

Image-based storytelling: creating a visual narrative of the self

Dates: July 26th OR July 28th
Time: 2 pm – 5 pm
Location: Room 241, 209 Victoria Street, venue is wheelchair accessible
Speaker/facilitator: Lisa Boivin
Details here.

Traditional Drumming, Singing and Dancing as Art and Healing

Date: June 6, 2017
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30pm
Location: Room 136, 209 Victoria Street, venue is wheelchair accessible
Presented by: Red Spirit Singers
Details here.

Serving people who are non-insured due to immigration status – barriers, resources and next steps

Date: May 5, 2017
Time: 11:30 am – 1:00pm
Location: Room 240, 209 Victoria Street, venue is wheelchair accessible
Speakers: Nadjla Banaei, Monika Dalmacio, Simone Donaldson, Justin Lam, Viviane Rutabingwa
Details here.

Racialization, health care, and health care research

Date: May 2, 2017
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Location: Room 136, 209 Victoria Street, venue is wheelchair accessible.
Speakers: Dr. Onye Nnorom, Dr. Arjumand Siddiqi, Dr. Philip Awadalla
Moderators: Dr. Aisha Lofters and Dr. Patricia O’Campo
Details here.

Centre Talks: Image-based storytelling: A module for Culturally Safe Care

Date: March 28th, 2017
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30pm
Location: 209 Victoria Street, room 136, venue is wheelchair accessible
Speaker: Lisa Boivin
Details here.

Harm reduction practices at St. Michael’s Hospital and beyond: where we’re at, where we’re going

Please join us for an exploration of harm reduction practices at St. Michael’s Hospital.

Date: November 23, 2016
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Speakers and Moderators: Peter Leslie, Ahmed Bayoumi, Michelle Klaiman, Maya Nader, and Wip Lamba
Details here.

Precarious work and health: walking the talk in health care organizations

Please join us to find out how working conditions in the health care sector are impacting the health of workers.

Date: October 5, 2016
Time: 12:30 – 2:00
Speakers and Moderators: Deena Ladd, Daniyal Zuberi, Axelle Janczur, and Dr. Andrew Pinto
Details here. [Presentation PDF]

Reconciling Relationships: Understanding and Addressing Racism as a Determinant of Indigenous Health

Please join us to find out more about how health care and social service providers can understand and address racism as a determinant of Indigenous Health.

Date: June 15, 2016
Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Speakers and Moderators: Dr. Janet Smylie, Cheryl Ward, Chelsey Branch, Alita Sauvé/Es’Tlu Je Ma/Niinokosiin.
Details here.

Serving people who are non-insured: practical tips & policy change

Please join us to find out more about how to work with Toronto-area community health centres to serve people who are non-insured, and about the potential for broader policy change.

Date: May 31, 2016
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Speakers and Moderators: Nadjla Banaei, Steve Barnes, Dr. Michaela Beder, Sideeka Narayan, and Viviane Rutabingwa.
Details here.

Waiting for Pharmacare: navigating access to prescription medication

In this session, speakers offer some guidance around navigating the patchwork of programs and options available in Ontario to help access prescription medications.

Date: March 1, 2016
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Speakers: Karen Tomlinson, Jon Hunchuck, and Dr. Nav Persaud
Details here. [Presentation PDF]

UNGASS 101: What you need to know about the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs

A session exploring the implications of the upcoming (April, 2016) UN General Special Session on Drugs for drug policy and harm reduction programs in Canada and Canada’s role in influencing international drug policy.

Date: February 16, 2016
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Speakers: Dr. Daniel Werb and Nazlee Maghsoudi
Details here.

[Presentation PDF]

Harm reduction: key policy issues impacting services, spaces and experiences in Toronto

Please join us for a session exploring key policy issues impacting harm reduction in Toronto.

Date: January 27, 2016
Time: 11:45 – 1:00 pm
Speakers: Dr. Ahmed Bayoumi, Zoe Dodd and Dr. Carol Strike
Details here.

Moving it forward: universal prescription drug program for Canada

What are the options for reform, and how much can change can we expect after the recent federal election?

Date: January 21, 2016
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Speakers: Danyaal Raza
Details here.

Connecting Truth and Reconciliation to Health and Wellbeing

You are invited to a special presentation by Clayton Shirt, an Aboriginal Elder, Traditional Teacher and Mentor.

Date: November 25, 2015
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Speakers: Clayton Shirt
Details here.

Equity research and policy at City Hall

In this special, KT-focused session, Dr. Alex Abramovich (CAMH) will share his experience of making change at City Hall, one deputation at a time.

Date: December 9, 2014
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Speakers: Dr. Alex Abramovich
Details here.

Well Living House Events

National Indigenous Cultural Safety Learning Series

Webinar Title: Racism, Reconciliation, and Indigenous Cultural Safety
Date: Jan 26, 2017
Time: 1:30 pm – 3:00pm
Location: Webinar Register Here
Speakers: Shelagh Rogers interview with Senator Murray Sinclair

Click Here for more information.

Well Living House open house

Panel Discussion “Rooting for our lives through stories”

Date: April 7, 2016
Time: 4:00-8:00pm

FIIRE Network Webinar: Resurgence for Body Self Determination, An Indigenous Youth-Led Webinar on Addressing Structural Violence

Webinar by the Native Youth Sexual Health Network.

Date: January 26, 2016
Time: 2:00-4:00pm

First Peoples, Second Class Treatment: a community conversation on racism in health care

Panel discussion moderated by Connie Walker, lead reporter for CBC News Aboriginal.

Date: February 3, 2015
Time: 6:00-8:30pm
Speakers and Moderators: Dr. Janet Smylie, Dr. Billie Allan, Dr. Yin Paradies, Dr. David R. Williams, Dr. Ricci Harris, Dr. Donna Cormack, and Connie Walker.
Details here.

Approaching Reconciliation in Health Research

Join Well Living House for a webinar on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report Recommendations and the Role of the FIIRE Network.

Date: November 3, 2015
Time: 2:30-4:00pm

Indigenous Music of Non:wa (Now)

Workshop: Indigenous Music of Non:wa (Now) with Grammy-nominated Mohawk cellist, vocalist, composer, and educator: Dawn Avery.

Date: May 14, 2014
Time: 2:00-5:00pm
Speakers and Moderators: Dawn Avery
Details here.

SPIRIT MOON at the Well Living House

Join the Well Living House for our 2nd Annual Fundraiser to support an action research centre for Indigenous infant, child and family health.

Date: May 14, 2014
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Speakers and Moderators: Dr. Evan Adams, Elder Jan Kahehti:io Longboat, and Dawn Avery
Details here.

Well Living House inaugural fundraiser: “Investing in Our Future”

You’re invited to an exciting evening of visual art, live music, Aboriginal-inspired cuisine and documentary film.

Date: May 9, 2013
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Details here.

Other Events

Webinar: Exploring the link between gambling and poverty

Date: March 22nd, 2017
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:o0pm
Speakers: Dr. Flora Matheson, Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik and Sarah Hamilton-Wright.
Details here.

Reframing our view of ‘unnecessary’ emergency department visits

Date: October 13, 2016
Time: 12:00-1:00pm

Details: A session exploring a recent paper exploring frequent emergency department use for mental health concerns. Plain language summary here. Paper abstract here.

How can communities evaluate their own programs?

Policies, infrastructure and programs are often evaluated by the same institutions responsible for their funding, design and implementation. For example, the City of Toronto is often responsible for evaluating its own progress on issues like access to community centres and recreation programs. Similarly, community organizations often evaluate their own programs.

Date: February 5, 2015
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Speakers and Moderators: Patricia O’Campo
Details here.

Concept Mapping 101 – Part 2

Training in concept mapping, an exciting research method that allows a group of people to collaboratively identify problems and strengths, and suggest next steps.

Date: December 4, 2014
Time: 9:00-12:00pm or 1:30-4:00pm
Speakers: Dr. Patricia O’Campo and Dr. Alisa Velonis
Details here.

Concept Mapping 101 – Part 1

Free training in an exciting research method called concept mapping that allows a group of people to collaboratively identify problems and strengths, and suggest next steps.

Date: November 27, 2014
Time: 1:00-5:00pm
Speakers: Dr. Patricia O’Campo and Dr. Alisa Velonis
Details here.

Collaboration in Service Provision Forum, Mississauga: Women’s Housing Stability, Health and Wellbeing