3. Environmental Structural Social Determinants of Health

The following resources on Racism and Mental Health were originally prepared for ECHO Ontario Mental Health, then supplemented by the CAMH library. This list contains librarian-curated information on various topics from allyship to racial microagression, mental health care, impact of racism on mental health, and referrals to social services and organizations in Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area. 

Please add resources you know of in the comments section.

The COVID-19 outbreak in the far north village of La Loche and Clearwater River Dene Nation, Saskatchewan was one of the first outbreaks in a remote community in Canada. With a population of just over 4000, the communities are approximately 95% Indigenous (First Nations and Métis). On April 15, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the area and was then transmitted rapidly throughout the community.

Working with Hard to Reach Clients

Date: July 2, 2020
Time: 2:00- 3:00
Presented by: Empowering Community Minds
Note: This program will be held virtually.
 
About the Event: 

Join Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO) to learn and discuss how Youth Wellness Hubs are creatively addressing young people's emerging needs, such as access to technology, food, and income.

Presenters:

During Nursing Week the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario https://rnao.ca/ share plan to give a system reform direction, via ECCO … 3.0 report. 

Just what the Nightingale’s ordered for the emerging health teams approach in the age of Covid.

Hi everyone,

The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health is hosting a webinar conversation series for the topic: Health equity, determinants of health and COVID-19. This is a weekly conversation among public health practitioners.

The COVID-19 pandemic is progressing and continues to reflect and amplify inequities. This is an excellent start to crucial considerations in the face of COVID-19 and an opportunity now for all of us to center health equity as we plan and respond.

Hi everyone,

The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health is hosting a webinar conversation series for the topic: Health equity, determinants of health and COVID-19. This is a weekly conversation among public health practitioners.

The COVID-19 pandemic is progressing and continues to reflect and amplify inequities. This is an excellent start to crucial considerations in the face of COVID-19 and an opportunity now for all of us to center health equity as we plan and respond.

Editorials of the summer from the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, St. Catherine’s Standard and Toronto Star seek to sort out the good and bad of the expected income benefits policy reforms by the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.  While there is the potential of discussion sounding too political on government decisions, there are also facts about these actions that impact on the decades of building effective resources to advance the Recovery Model, but how to find them?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Review the social determinants of health
2. Understand impact of government financial assistance programs
3. New ideas for change in how we provide financial social services, with a focus on the British Columbia "Cheque Day Study"

Presenter: Dr. Taryn Lloyd  MD, PGY-4 FRCPC Candidate, Emergency Medicine.  Addictions Medicine Fellow, CAMH/U of T 

Do you have questions regarding your work and the mental health of newcomers?

We want to answer them.