A Multidimensional Social Inquiry into the Loneliness Problem: Urbanization, Technological Mediation, and Neoliberal Individualism

Loneliness is a compelling, complex, and multifaceted social issue of the times, which cannot be reduced to a personal trouble writ large. Loneliness is not one thing. There is a need for a broad and multidimensional social approach to loneliness—even broader than a public health approach—that could take up the problem of loneliness as a complex phenomenon.

Primary health care utilization in the first year after arrival by refugee sponsorship model in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study

#Abstract

#Background

Canada’s approach to refugee resettlement includes government sponsorship, a pioneering private sponsorship model and a third blended approach. Refugees are selected and supported differently in each approach including healthcare navigation.

Experiences and Needs of Young Black Canadian Mothers in Toronto: A Community-Based and Black-Centered Research

This report focuses on the experiences of young Black mothers in navigating the challenges of motherhood while facing systemic racism. TAIBU CHC and Researchers from Brock University draw on themes including maternal experiences of racism and gendered oppression, compounding stressors affecting Black mothers, and the impact of racism on early childhood growth and development. This research project is the first of its kind in Canada to explore this topic in a significant way.

Prescribed Safer Supply Programs: Emerging Evidence

This evidence brief synthesizes the most up-to-date research on safer supply, success factors and challenges within programs, and what clients say about their experiences with safer supply so far. It is a brief summary of the current evidence about prescribed safer supply for lay audiences, political briefings, and the media. It draws on findings from peer-reviewed research articles and commentaries, as well as all program evaluation reports that have been published to date. 

Considerations for collecting data on race and Indigenous identity during health card renewal across Canadian jurisdictions

#Key Points

  • Canada’s health care systems do not routinely collect self-reported race and Indigenous identity data and often lack a standardized and consistent approach to data collection that would permit comparisons between organizations or jurisdictions.

Digital Equity: Building a Coalition for Collective Impact in Guelph and Wellington County, Ontario

This poster, presented at the 2023 Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) Conference, describes the University of Guelph's Regional & Rural Broadband (R2B2) Project, an initiative which provides research and advocacy support to the Guelph/Wellington Digital Equity Coalition. 

“Can you hear me now?”: a qualitative exploration of communication quality in virtual primary care encounters for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities

#Abstract

#Background

High quality communication is central to effective primary care. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a dramatic increase in virtual care but little is known about how this may affect communication quality.

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.

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