A Bridge to Universal Healthcare: The Benefits of Ontario’s Program to Make Hospital Care Accessible to All Residents of the Province

In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) issued a directive to extend funding for all medically necessary hospital care to residents without health insurance. Members of the Health Network for Uninsured Clients (HNUC) have observed significant improvements to healthcare access for uninsured clients since the MOH directive has been in place.

Learning from Practice: Building Community Power for Health Equity- Nail Technicians in Greater Toronto

This case-study, cowritten by the NCCDH and Parkdale Queen West Community Health Center (CHC), highlights how the CHC invested resources and effort to support community engagement, community organizing and coalition building in the nail technician community of the Greater Toronto Area in order to improve and enhance occupational health and safety in the industry.

“A Missing Part of Me:” A Pan-Canadian Report on the Licensure of Internationally Educated Health Professionals

#EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Canada’s health care system is understaffed and facing both recruitment and retention challenges. As part of a wider health human resources (HHR) strategy, the National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) is investigating internationally educated physicians and nurses as a key demographic to help meet staffing needs.

Emergency Department Costs Averted Attributed to Community Health Centres in Ontario

Community Health Centres (CHCs) provide comprehensive interprofessional primary health care to equity seeking populations who typically face barriers to accessing care. CHCs address their clients’ needs by going beyond medical care to offer community-oriented social and health promotion services that focus on the social determinations of health.

What We Heard: COVID-19 Fatigue and Healthcare Provider Burnout

The primary objective of Immunization Partnership Fund’s (IPF) community of practice (CoP) is to provide opportunities for partnership and knowledge exchange amongst recipients. These sessions continue to provide a rich source of qualitative knowledge that supplement the program’s regular reporting activities. The October CoP hosted 75 individuals from 49 unique recipient organizations.

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