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Moving on the promise of health equity, diversity and inclusion
During 2020, many healthcare organizations were moved by the disparities within the impact of the pandemic, as well as our collective raising of consciousness towards racism. Like other sectors, many made internal and public commitments to address systemic racism and focus on addressing health inequities in accessing or experiencing care. Our host organization CHEO was among them. Read more
Featured Member
Renette Amirault-Laing is among the first graduates of the N4-SPU Online Program. She shares her perspective from the healthcare sector. Working as a nurse for the last 24 years, she has seen an influx of newcomers during her time at IWK Health Center in Halifax over the last 15 years. Read more
New Members
Some of the cities and provinces our newest members come from:
Red Deer, AB · Gatineau, QC · Winnipeg, MB · Edmonton, AB · Windsor, ON · Vancouver, BC · Midhurst, ON · Moncton, NB · Sault Ste. Marie, ON · Regina, SK · Ottawa, ON · Halifax, NS · Saskatoon, SK
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Featured Partner
Newcomers to Canada Clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital
In 2018, Dr. Shazeen Suleman, a physician at the pediatric clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, and her interdisciplinary team, identified gaps in care for newcomer children who have some kind of medical complexity or psychosocial complexity. Read more
New Partners
- 19toZero, Calgary, AB
- Association for Canadian Studies, Toronto, ON
- Frayme, Ottawa, ON
- Irish Canadian Immigration Centre, Toronto, ON
- London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON
- Mother's Matter Centre, Vancouver, BC
- Rainbow Refugee, Vancouver, BC
Featured Webinar
Apr 28, 2021 · 1:00 PM EST · English · Free · Register now!
Speakers:
Dr. Anna Banerji - Pediatric Infectious and Tropical Disease Specialist, UofT
Dr. Sarah Funnell - Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health
Dr. Esther Ajiboye - Content Specialist, Refugee 613
Upcoming Webinars
Apr 28, 2021
Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Misinformation
Speakers: Dr. Anna Banerji, Esther Abijoye, Sarah Funnell · Register now
May 12, 2021
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Maternal Health of Newcomers
Speakers: Dr. Deshayne Fell, Yusra Qadir · Register now
May 26, 2021
Understanding the Intersection of Health and Immigration Law
Speakers: Nicholas Hersch, Laila Demirdache · Register now
Jun 23, 2021
LGBTQI+ Refugee Services
Speakers: Kelly Ernst and Centre for Newcomers (Calgary Team) · Register now
Aug 11, 2021
Vicarious Trauma
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- You can watch anytime, anywhere.
- You can download extra resources.
- Each webinar is followed up by a discussion inside Meeting Place.
Join the Conversation
Newcomers and the International Arrival Quarantine
The process for every international traveler coming into the four designated Canadian airports is complex and not understood well. For newcomers, this has proven all the more complex. Share Your Thoughts
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Featured Resources
If you are interested in learning more about health equity, diversity and inclusion, check out these resources in the Resource Toolkit library:
- APHA: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion - Action Toolkit for Organizations
- 2020 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration
- Sport for Life for All Newcomer to Canada
- The Language of Universal Health: Equitable Accessibility and Quality of Canadian Healthcare for Racialized Immigrant Communities
- Health Equity Impact Assessments: LGBT2SQ Populations Supplement
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Upcoming Events
Apr 27, 2021 · Live-stream · By MySafeWork
Courageous Stand Up To Unsafe Work
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Apr 28, 2021 · Webinar · By EAPO
Cultural Perspectives and Elder Abuse Supporting Healthy Aging, Respect and Safety of South Asian Older Adults
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Apr 28, 2021 · Webinar · By IWS
Equity, diversity and inclusion in different workplaces
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May 19, 2021 · Panel · By N4
Ethicist-led Case Discussions
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Mullen, Consultant Bio-ethicist at CHEO and Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa
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Featured Training
If you would like to learn more about health equity, diversity and inclusion, you can find the following resources in the e-Learning collection:
- Racism and Medicine
Speaker: Dr. Fahad Masud, Pediatric Emergency Medicine - CHEO - Institutional LGBTQ Inclusion
Speaker: Dale Boyle - Safer Spaces Program Manager - Empathy: The Secret Sauce in Effective Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Speaker: Christina Sackeyfio - Boldly Inclusive
News Feed
Ramadan Mubarak!
This is the second Ramadan being observed by millions of Muslims during this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic. May this holy month be a month of peace, compassion, and prosperity. Read more
N4 Re-Connect Event
On April 13th, the N4 Team was thrilled to re-connect via a virtual event with over 50 professionals from the health and settlement sectors across Canada to share findings from the newly released... Read more
Finding a job is a job
Message from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada - IRCC: This video provides newcomers with an overview of how to look for jobs and prepare to work in Canada. It also directs newcomers to... Read more
Ontario Shutdown Measures Explained - Multi-Language
Refugee 613 created a set of downloadable graphics to summarize the new Shutdown (or “Emergency Brake”) COVID-19 measures and restrictions in Ontario. Read more
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