ROUNDTABLE (Toronto) - South Asians and Health Care Governance - THIS FRIDAY

The Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) is hosting a round table discussion on:

South Asians and Health Care Governance: Challenges, barriers and opportunities

Date: Friday, February 26th, 2010
Time: 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Location: Scadding Court Community Centre,
Room 4, 707 Dundas St. W., Toronto

Refreshments will be served. The outcomes of the roundtable will inform the next steps for CASSA

Space is Limited. Please RSVP Farhat Hasan at farhat[at]cassa.on.ca by Feb. 24th

CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities. Our mission is to facilitate the economic, social, political and cultural empowerment of South Asians by serving as a resource for information, research, mobilization, coordination and leadership on social justice issues affecting our communities.

COUNCIL OF AGENCIES SERVING SOUTH ASIANS (CASSA)
2401 Eglinton Ave. E., Suite 212, Toronto, ON, M1K 2N8 Phone: (416) 932 1359 Fax: (416) 932- 9305
Email: cassa[at]cassa.on.ca Website: http://www.cassa.on.ca/
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EVENT (Toronto) - Health for All: Fixing a Broken Healthcare System for Immigrants and Refugees (March 4/2010)

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Health for All: Fixing a Broken Healthcare System for Immigrants and Refugees

March 4th, 2010

6:30 PM

Location: Bahen Centre, Room 1180

Address: 40 St. George Street

SPEAKERS:

Dr. Meb Rashid, Family Physician

Jackie Esmonde, Immigration Lawyer

Manavi Handa, Registered Midwife, WestEnd Midwifery Collective

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The cost of healthcare has been established as a barrier for under and uninsured migrant communities in accessing healthcare for decades. Despite the talk, few affordable healthcare options have been made available to these communities.

In recent years, the midwifery model of care in Ontario has proved to be a cost effective, accessible option for uninsured populations in Ontario to access maternity care. Payment structures that resulted from collaboration between the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and professional midwives have served as an innovative way for persons without status living in Ontario to access maternity care.

Community Health Centres are another point of access to primary healthcare for underinsured populations in Ontario. Interdisciplinary staffing and coordination of care, with alternative payment structure arrangements from the Ministry of Health, seek to ensure that uninsured populations have access to primary care.

This evening will look at the opportunities and barriers to ensuring health for all! The panelists will discuss the successes of these two models of care, and the victories won by various professionals and communities in providing healthcare for the uninsured. As the momentum and pressure to recognize the fundamental human rights of those residing in our cities and communities grows, so must our organizing efforts within the health sector and beyond.

Join "Health for All" for an evening where we re-envision what a just healthcare system looks like and show how we are working to make it a reality!

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For more information, please email healthforalltoronto@gmail.com

‘Health For All’ is a group of healthcare professionals, students, and activists. We believe health is a fundamental human right. Health requires not only access to medical, mental health and dental care, but also full economic, social, environmental and political rights for all people. We call for universal health coverage and full regularization for all people to ensure health for all!

Endorsers:

Canadian Doctors for Medicare, University of Toronto

Health Providers Against Poverty

Law Union of Ontario

Medical Reform Group

Public Health Interest Group, University of Toronto

No One Is Illegal - Toronto

Ontario Public Interest Research Group, University of Toronto

Right to Health Coalition

Residents Without Borders, University of Toronto

Right to Health Coalition

Health Is Political

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CONFERENCE (Toronto) - Healthcare for the undocumented and uninsured (Feb 12/2010)

Where: 155 College Street, Suite 610,Toronto
When: Feb. 12, 2010 at 9:00 am UTC to 4:00 pm UTC

Presented by:

Women’s College Hospital’s Network on Uninsured Clients
Wellesley Institute
Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
York Institute for Health Research (YIHR), York University

Register by Monday February 1, 2010
This event is free but space is limited.
Refreshment breaks and lunch will be provided.

Download the registration form in Microsoft Word
Send a completed form to linda.gardner[at]wchospital.ca

Conference Goals
This one-day research conference in Toronto aims to gather local academic and community researchers with interest in health services for uninsured and undocumented clients.

The goals of the conference include:
To document and share research on the health and health care for undocumented and uninsured clients;
To bring researchers together to coordinate and collaborate on their research efforts; and
To produce and disseminate a summary report and policy recommendations based on the research findings and discussions that emerge at this conference.
Review the preliminary agenda for details on this conference.
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EVENT (Toronto) - Pathways to mental health care for ethnic groups in Toronto - Dr. Kwame McKenzie - February 19, 2010

MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
GRAND ROUNDS

Pathways to mental health care for ethnic groups in Toronto
Presenter: Dr. Kwame McKenzie

Senior Scientist Social Equity & Health Research section, Deputy Director of Continuing & Community Care, Schizophrenia Program,
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto,
Professor, Institute of Philosophy Diversity and Mental Health, University of Lancashire

One of Dr. McKenzie’s key interests is health equity, in particular improving the health outcomes for racialized people. Dr. McKenzie is committed to using scientific investigation to help build inclusive, humane and effective models of mental health care for everyone. He is a member of the Tri-Hospital Patient Data Collection project, which MSH coordinates.

Date: Friday, February 19, 2010
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon
(Grand Rounds will start promptly at 10:40 a.m.)

Location: 18th floor auditorium, Mount Sinai Hospital

Learning Objectives:
Understand the differences in pathways to care for different ethnic groups
Understand the reasons for the differences in pathways to care for different ethnic groups
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