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Featured Member: Renette Amirault-Laing
Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2021 10:59 AM
Background, profession, and newcomer involvement
Renette Amirault-Laing is among the first graduates of the N4-SPU online program. She shares her perspective from the healthcare sector. Working as a nurse for the last 24 years, she has seen an influx of newcomers during her time at IWK Health Center in Halifax over the last 15 years. This center streamlines two types of service in particular: children and women’s health. The increase in cultural and linguistic diversity in Halifax and throughout...
N4 Re-Connect Event
Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2021 09:05 AM
On April 13th, the N4 Team was thrilled to re-connect via a virtual event with over 50 professionals from the health and settlement sectors across Canada to share findings from the newly released, Newcomer Navigation: Report on N4 Outreach and Site Visits. The N4 Team was pleased to hear feedback from those who participated and hear ideas about how the report findings could be leveraged.
To inform the development of its N4 Platform and online certificate program in newcomer navigation with Saint-Paul...
Upcoming N4 Webinar: Understanding the Intersection of Health and Immigration Law
Posted on Wednesday, April 07, 2021 10:11 AM
Register now! newcomernavigation.ca/law
This webinar focuses on the intersection of immigration law, health, and mental health. We will provide a broad overview of various immigration pathways such as refugee claims and humanitarian applications, the relevance of applicants’ health and mental healthcare conditions and needs, and eligibility for federal and provincial healthcare programs based on legal status.
Learning objectives
- Understanding of various immigration pathways
- The impact of the applicant’s...
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...
Upcoming N4 Webinar: Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Misinformation
Posted on Sunday, April 04, 2021 01:00 PM
Register now! newcomernavigation.ca/covid-misinformation
As of late 2020/early 2021, COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed to the global population, beginning the climb out of this pandemic. However, a subset of vaccine misinformation can be found circulating on certain social media platforms and to some extent physically to the public. This can put the most vulnerable including newcomers at great risk of the health consequences of the virus. This webinar panel will provide in-depth discussion...
Moving on the promise of health equity, diversity and inclusion
Posted on Friday, April 02, 2021 03:05 PM
During 2020, many healthcare organizations were moved by the disparities that were magnified by the current pandemic, including its impact and our collective raising of consciousness towards racism. Like other sectors, many made internal and public commitments to address systemic racism and focus on addressing health inequities in accessing or experiencing care. Our host organization CHEO was among them.
Building on its strong foundation of community partnerships, CHEO has joined with the CHEO Foundation...
INFO N4 Newsletter: March 2021
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2021 09:32 AM
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Nutrition Month: The Diversity of Healthy Eating
As Health Canada says: "Eat well. Live well." March is Nutrition Month and we at N4 want to take this opportunity to highlight how you can promote optimal nutrition in your work with newcomers. For newcomers, there can be additional challenges to... Read more
Upcoming Webinar
Mar 26, 2021 · 1:00 PM EST · English · Free · Register now!
Speakers:
Dr. Hassan Vatanparast,...
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2021 02:43 PM
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, is dedicated to raising awareness of, and to eradicating racist laws and practices world-wide.
N4 pays tribute to all those who are working to help vulnerable people and communities and to protect them from oppression and racism. N4 continues our own efforts at helping to eradicate racism through the sharing of numerous resources, offering informative webinars, raising awareness of socioculturally marginalized and disenfranchised...
Upcoming N4 Webinar: Learning more about vaccine hesitancy in pandemic time
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2021 06:03 PM
Bilingual · Free
When: April 7, 2021 · 01 PM EST
Register now! newcomernavigation.ca/vaccine-hesitancy
Vaccine hesitancy is not synonymous with vaccine refusal; a challenge for public health and health care professionals, it is a complex phenomenon that needs to be understood in its various dimensions in order to be able to help people accepting vaccination against COVID-19. In the case of minorities and migrants, it might take specific forms.
This webinar will address the phenomenon...
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