@InnerCityFHT

We aim to improve the health and well-being of people who have experience w/ homelessness. #Harmreduction #mentalhealth #developmentaldisability #Braininjury

 Toronto, ON
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Joined August 2015
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OMG look at that beautiful smile and you can imagine what a caring, loving nurse she was. @DrFullertonMPP @fordnation @celliottability @RNAO THIS has to stop. Emergency aid, army assistance #LTC now. Vaccinate entire province LTC now.
Naheed Dosani@NaheedD6 Jan 2021
The healthcare community is in mourning today! #RIP Maureen Ambersley, a frontline nurse who worked in #LTC at Extendicare Mississauga, has died of #COVID19. Her colleagues say her death was preventable & the result of ongoing policy failures. We need change now! 💔💔💔
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As their sales, profits, dividends all went up, Loblaws cancelled the pandemic pay for its essential workers while the pandemic raged on. toronto.citynews.ca/2021/01/…

Loblaw reports COVID-19 cases at 60 GTA stores since Christmas Eve

Loblaws says over 75 employees at 60 stores in the GTA have tested positive for COVID-19 since Christmas Eve.

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‘We’re the vulnerable ones’: Why women living in Toronto’s public parks during COVID-19 choose...

Several women in encampments say they intend to stay outside – preparing to hunker down as the winter takes hold.

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Trench fever, rare disease that afflicted WWI soldiers, detected in homeless Winnipeggers | CBC News

An infectious diseases specialist is calling on doctors to be aware of the signs of a rare illness he recently diagnosed four times among people experiencing homelessness in Winnipeg — one that...

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I hate to start a week w/ bad news + I told you so's but ... the REITS are taking over Canada's affordable housing stock. I warned Govt of Canada abt this on 19 March. I still await a response! @HonAhmedHussen @ewsiddall @JustinTrudeau @TOAdamVaughan theglobeandmail.com/business…

Sophisticated investors are desperate to buy Canada’s apartment buildings; values soar despite...

Renewed hunger for rental properties has led to a surge of bidding wars this fall that would routinely draw 10 or more interested buyers

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Calling Central intake, waiting on hold and no male beds have been available all day.... #Toronto #sheltercrisis @IntakeStatus
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Dr Mark Tyndall@DrMtyndall4 Nov 2020
It is so important to have this breakthrough in #Oregon. In Canada, we must use this result to push for similar legislation. Criminalizing people for drug possession has never reduced drug use and has deadly “unintended” consequences. @MySafeProject
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The 519@The5193 Nov 2020
The 519, along with our communities, demand answers from @TPS43Div and @SIUOntario in regards to the death of a Black trans woman who died in hospital after being apprehended by police under the Mental Health Act. #TPSWhatHappened? Read full statement: the519.org/news/what-happene…
#TPSWhatHappened against a black background.

ALT #TPSWhatHappened against a black background.

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Staff calling central intake, to only be told no shelter beds available. Its rainy and cold and only October. #Toronto #COVID19 #sheltercrisis
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Ahmed Ali@DrAhmednurAli22 Sep 2020
Homelessness is a policy choice. thestar.com/opinion/contribu…

Homelessness and poverty have long been linked to differences in life expectancy. We need basic...

Canada’s governments need to act on recent reports that chart a way forward that addresses those communities most affected, among them youth, women, refugees, LGBTQ2S and BIPOC communities, medical...

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Dr. Jennifer Kwan@jkwan_md22 Sep 2020
#COVID19 in #Ontario [Sept 22]: 47752 known cases* (478 new cases) 2832 total deaths (3 new deaths) 41342 resolved (196 new resolved) See THREAD for more graphs📈⤵️ #onhealth #COVID19ontario #onpoli
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Greg C@c_shadowspaces21 Sep 2020
September 23, 5pm at Moss Park!! That’s this Wednesday. Be there!!! Let’s support our neighbours in encampments and demand #HousingForAll #NoEvictions #JustTransition
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Amid rising hostility toward drug users in Vancouver, Gabor Maté urges empathy | CBC News

Addictions expert Dr. Gabor Maté encouraged people to ask themselves why someone may turn to illicit substances.

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The onus should not be on Canadians to ask for the same clinician or care team, to repeat traumatic stories at each point of care, or to compile tomes of health info to bring to appointments. Continuity matters. I wrote why @HealthyDebate. healthydebate.ca/opinions/to…

To revitalize primary care policy, focus on relationships - Healthy Debate

Growing up, I knew there was something special about the relationship I had with my family doctor, the only physician I knew for my first two decades of life.For those two decades, our family doctor...

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Theresa Boyle@theresaboyle12 Aug 2020
Toronto overdose deaths hit a grim new record in July, taking more lives than COVID-19 by ⁦@dmrider⁩ flip.it/.zRNht
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Great article by some Wellesley’s ex junior fellows - now all working in health or policy healthydebate.ca/opinions/ra…

Protests paving the way for racial justice in health care - Healthy Debate

As Canada grapples with the dual crises of COVID-19 and police brutality and their disproportionate impact on Black, Indigenous and people of colour, we have seen academic institutions and healthcare...

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Neurologists+Treat+Homeless+People+Where+They+Live+%3a+Neurology+Today journals.lww.com/neurotodayo…

Neurologists Treat Homeless People Where They Live | Neurology Today

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Tomorrow (Tuesday noon) follow @HolyTrinityTO Facebook for the live virtual #homelessmemorial Tragically at least 3 names being added. All died of #overdose in city's hotel shelters and apartment/shelter on Broadway. @djjohnso will be hosting with Zach and Holy Trinity team.
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