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Featured Organization: Language Access Interpreter Services, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 10:24 AM
WRHA Language Access employs trained, accredited interpreters who provide services in many languages. Professional interpreters help bridge barriers between health care providers and patients who do not share a common language. This can help to:
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Enhance patient safety
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Increase patient understanding and satisfaction
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Improve equity and quality of care
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Ensure informed consent
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Improve accessibility
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Protect confidentiality and impartiality
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Build relationships between providers and patients
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Support providers...

Featured organization: Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers Inc. (OHCOW)
Posted on Monday, August 23, 2021 11:09 AM
To align with our monthly theme of worker well-being, we’re excited to highlight the work of the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers Inc. (OHCOW).
“The Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) was established in 1989 by the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) and is funded through the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL). The first clinic opened in 1989 in Hamilton, with subsequent clinics opened in Toronto, Windsor, Sudbury,...

Featured Partner: Rainbow Railroad
Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 04:05 PM
rainbowrailroad.org · Toronto, ON
Rainbow Railroad is global not-for-profit organization that helps LGBTQI+ people facing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. In a time when there are more displaced people than ever before, LGBTQI+ people are uniquely vulnerable due to systemic, state-enabled homophobia and transphobia. These factors either displace them in their own country or prevent them from escaping harm.
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Featured Partner: Rainbow Refugee
Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2021 10:31 AM
rainbowrefugee.com · Vancouver, BC
Rainbow Refugee is a community group that supports people seeking refugee protection in Canada because of persecution based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression (SOGIE) or HIV status.
- It provides support to LGBTQI+ refugees through community engagement and belonging activities, direct support for newcomers, advocacy and education, and a private sponsorship program.
- Its programming and partnerships aim to create communities in BC that offer...
Featured Partner: Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project - IRMHP
Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 02:47 PM
The Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project (IRMHP) was developed by CAMH’s Office of Health Equity, with funding from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and in collaboration with experts in the field. This bilingual project aims to strengthen the settlement, social and health sectors’ capacity to effectively address the mental...
Featured Partner: Newcomers to Canada Clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital
Posted on Sunday, April 04, 2021 07:34 PM
stmichaelshospital.com · Toronto, ON
Learn how a physician at the pediatric clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, and her team, identified gaps in care for newcomer children and how they implemented a plan to serve newcomer families
In 2018, Dr. Shazeen Suleman, a physician at the pediatric clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, and her interdisciplinary...
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