Equity & child welfare advocate, urban narrator, educator, #SDoH - Candidate for Ward 1 Local in Ajax. Executive Director https://xitter.cf/t.co/7V9WoRIlbt.
Toronto, ON
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It’s official: I’m running for Ward 1 Councillor in Ajax! 🗳️
Everyone deserves a seat at the table. My priorities:
🏠 Tackling housing instability
🚦 Managing growth & traffic calming
🌳 Infrastructure & green spaces
Join the movement at jaiforajax.ca! #JaiForAjax
In 1990, the education sector received 60% of its funding from the province - it has since dropped to 16.7%. The current post-secondary education system can hardly be considered publicly funded. apple.news/AXlGWtrcgQLOII3Hx…
Want a solution to addressing the imminent risks of gang-involved youth, a Hub Model - multi-agency collaboration, aiming to reduce harm and improve community safety. #CrimePrevention
Over 2.5 million Ontarians are without a family doctor, and it's projected to rise to four million in two years. This is not acceptable. Let’s make health care a priority and work together to #StopTheCrisis. StopTheHealthCrisis.ca #HealthcareCrisis #Onhealth
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"We're holding on by a thread," says David Hatt, whose son Christopher can’t find a cardiologist or family doctor for his serious heart condition.
The Hatt family isn’t alone. It’s time to stop the crisis and fix our health care.
Learn more at stopthehealthcrisis.ca
We wanted them when we were struggling with a labour shortage during the pandemic. Now we are reneging on our promise of a pathway to permanent residency and chasing them out.
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If you don’t have a supervised injection site, your whole community becomes an unsupervised injection site.
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At CAFCAN, we are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of our respected elder Louis March.
Louis March, with over 40 years of dedicated community activism, was a truly inspiring figure with unwavering commitment and passion for the African Canadian community. (1 of 3)
BTN: approx 670,000 Ontarian’s live more than 50 kilometres from their family doctor, nearly 133,000 people in the province live more than 200 kilometres from their doctor - 2.52 million people in Ontario didn’t have family doctor as of last year, up from 1.83 million in 2020.
Bill C-226, sponsored by Green Leader Elizabeth May, became law Thursday evening. The law will require the federal government to develop a national strategy on environmental racism within two years.
About once every hour in Canada, someone succumbs to an overdose, in communities as rural as Bell Island, N.L., or as urban as Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Indigenous ppl disproportionately impacted by homelessness. While 5% of the population identified as Indigenous in 2021 Census, at least 31% of ppl experiencing homelessness identified as Indigenous. cbc.ca/amp/1.7204674
What does equity look like in the operating room? Ont. hospitals with more than 35% female physicians had better patient outcomes, fewer deaths, in the following 3 months after surgery. Team diversity not only an equity issue but also catalyst for improved performance.
Study here: academic.oup.com/bjs/article…
Data collection takes on an added urgency with our rapidly aging and diversifying population. By 2041, more than one-quarter of seniors will belong to a racialized group.
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You need to eat well to be able to learn well. Canada is the only G7 country without a national school food program. Ranking 37th out of 41 of the world’s wealthiest countries when it comes to feeding kids at school: @C4HSchoolFood
