Webinar: Reducing health care barriers for uninsured clients in Ontario

Join the Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) Community of Interest and the Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project for their upcoming webinar, "Reducing health care barriers for uninsured clients without OHIP."

Despite our universal health care system, there are a number of reasons why someone may be living in Ontario without OHIP, the public health insurance coverage. People who are uninsured due to their immigration status face considerable barriers to health care, receive differential care, and have poorer health outcomes.

As we take action to address health inequities, racism, and exclusion in our health system, it is critical that we understand and address the needs of uninsured populations.

In this webinar, we will explore:

• how people become uninsured
• what barriers uninsured populations face in the health care system
• what you can do, as an individual and organization, to support clients who do not have health coverage due to immigration status.

Register

About the presenter:

Rebecca Cheff is a researcher at the Wellesley Institute, where she advances health equity and action on the social determinants of health in Toronto, through research, policy analysis and convening. As the co-chair of the Health Network for Uninsured Clients, she works with over 40 health and social service organizations to reduce barriers to health care for Toronto residents without public health insurance.

Rebecca has a Master of Public Health, with a specialization in Health Promotion, from the University of Toronto. She has experience in community-based and partnered research related to healthy cities and communities, LGBTQ health, and newcomer health and employment security through her work at Access Alliance, CAMH, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

About the organization

The Health Network for Uninsured Clients was convened by the Wellesley Institute in Toronto. It is a collaboration of over 40 health and community service organizations that work together to improve access to health care for people living in Greater Toronto Area without provincial health insurance.

Learn more about the HEIA and the HEIA Community of Interest here.

Find out more information about the Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project here.