equity and justice

Program Description

Are you on your way in your cultural humility journey or want to learn more about getting started? Are you using identity affirming practices in your work with clients & interested in what this looks like? Join to hear about how your own cultural humility & identity affirming practices make a difference to clients & families, both individually & collectively.

Are you on your way in your cultural humility journey or want to learn more about getting started? Are you using identity affirming practices in your work with clients & interested in what this looks like? Join to hear about how your own cultural humility & identity affirming practices make a difference to clients & families, both individually & collectively.

Join a patient-led and designed conference on patient engagement. The very first PxP (For Patients, By Patients) conference will be September 12-14 (for those in Europe, Africa or North and South America), or 13-15 (Asia and Oceana). This free, virtual event aims to bring you a wealth of knowledge, skills and resources on Patient Engagement.

News of PxP is already spreading quickly by word-of-mouth. It has become a must-attend event for these two reasons:

Learn how to navigate racial slurs with a trauma informed approach. Words are harmful and can have lasting impacts on racialized people, we simply cannot ignore racial slurs when they occur because we are uncomfortable. This interactive session will give you concrete strategies and practice navigating these difficult conversations for various interactions with any child, youth, or adult, including those with a developmental or cognitive disability.

The Mental Health Commission of Canada is holding public consultations on a proposed approach to promote more equitable access and outcomes in mental health policy and programs. The IDEALSS framework integrates intersectionality, decolonization, health equity, anti-racism, lived and living experience, social determinants and sex- and gender-based analysis models.

Registration is now open for the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH) virtual conference,Dialogue to Action.

The conference will be hosted virtually on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.

The conference will offer 25 workshops featuring best, promising and emerging practices in the sector.

The Upstream Lab at the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael's Hospital is developing the SPARK Tool to collect data on people’s characteristics (such as gender, language preference, race) and social needs (such as income, housing, food security) in health care in Canada! Social needs can impact a person's health. Understanding someone’s characteristics and social needs can help improve healthcare.

To develop and validate the SPARK tool, they need a large number of Canadians to complete the tool so that they can make it better.

Within this webinar, Dr. Sarah Funnell - Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Health Research and Education, Faculty of Medicine, uOttawa and an Assistant Professor in uOttawa's Department of Family Medicine with a cross appointment to the School of Epidemiology and Public Health - will provide the audience with a discussion that critically analyzes and explores root causes of Indigenous health inequity and recognizes the strengths in Indigenous communities, including that culture is healing.

Countering Islamophobia: The Role of Social Workers as Allies

June 19, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ET

Presented by: Nuzhat Jafri

The Countering Anti-Islamophobia 1O1 webinar seeks to address the realities of Islamophobia and the way in which it manifests within Canadian society.

OASW Sault Ste. Marie & Area Presents:

From Diversity to Belonging: Setting the stage for meaningful conversations about differences

May 24, 2023 @ :00 p.m. - 18:30 p.m. ET

Presented by: Dr. Keith Adamson

Realizing Human Rights in Mental Health

(in partnership with the Empowerment Council, Eviance, and Transforming Communities for Inclusion)

Foundations of Africentric Social Work

March 24, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET

Presented by: Amma Gyamfowa, RSW

About the webinar:

The Provincial Support System Program (PSSP) invites you to join us on Monday, March 13, for a two-part special event that engages the expertise of diverse, multi-professional speakers working as clinician scholars, educators, and community leaders across healthcare and health professions education.

The Regional Geriatric Program of Eastern Ontario is virtually offering it's hallmark 2-Day 'Core Introduction to Geriatrics' on February 27th and 28th. Come learn with other clinicians who are passionate about providing the best possible care to our older adult clients/patients. The format is a mix of formal presentations followed by active small-group discussions of the topic applied to real client scenarios. Feedback from participants continues to indicate that we exceed their learning expectations.

Redefining and Revitalizing Multiculturalism

January 31, 2023 @ 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET

Presented by: Dr. Karen R. Mock

New Beginnings: From Victimization to Victory

January 30, 2023 @ 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET

Presented by: Catherine Chan, BA, BSW, MSW, RSW

The Collision of Intersectional Racial Identities: Understanding the Mental Health Impact of Navigating the Self and Professional Use of Self in Social Work

January 26, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET

Presented by: Audrey Thompson BA, MSW, RSW

Dr. Mireille Norris, Dr. Jenny Yu Qing Huang and Dr. DenBow-Burke will share their insights on the experiences black older adults and racialized older persons encounter in health care, barriers faced in accessing supports due to systemic racism and inadequate services, what systems need to change, and the conversations and actions that should take place to advocate toward healthy, safer communities.