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Advancing health equity in organizations and systems using frameworks as a tool Events

Advancing health equity in organizations and systems using frameworks as a tool 

February 11, 2025 | 11:30 – 1:00 pm ET | English 
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health 

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NEW REPORT by PHAC: Inequalities in Mental Health, Well-being and Wellness: Social Determinants and Changes Over Time Forum topic

Check out this new report released by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Inequalities in Mental Health, Well-being and Wellness: Social Determinants and Changes Over Time (https://health-infobase.canada.ca/mental-health/inequalities/report.html).

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Pronoun and Language Guidelines for Trans-Affirming Workplaces in the Mental Health and Addictions Sector Forum topic

This guide is designed to help mental health and addictions organizations create safer and more inclusive spaces for trans staff, volunteers, service users, and community members people. It includes current terminology and pronouns, consideration of overlapping identities, and tips for the use of gender-inclusive language (language that doesn’t discriminate against a particular gender or gender identity).
 

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Call for Focus Group Participants: Co-designing a Fairness Dashboard Forum topic

We are recruiting participants for a 90-minute virtual focus group! We are recruiting folks to share their perspectives on the collection of health equity data (i.e., race, gender, age, etc) and the visualization of this data in a data dashboard.

Eligible participants include those who are over the age of 18, reside in Canada, and identify as as person with lived or living experience of a mental health or substance use disorder. Please see the attached poster for additional study details.

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The Future of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Events

We are excited to share that Stepped Care Solutions is hosting an upcoming webinar: Synergy: The Future of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

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The 3rd Annual Canadian Children, Youth and Communities (CCYC) Health In | Equity Conference Events

The 3rd Annual Canadian Children, Youth and Communities (CCYC)
Health In | Equity Conference

October 20-21, 2023 — Digital Conference

The Canadian Children, Youth and Coes (CCYC) In | Equity Conference is an interdisciplinary conference designed to bring together pediatric health and allied health care professionals to address health care inequities from birth to adolescence using a family-centred approach.

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Special event: Advancing racial health equity in mental health care Events

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.

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Help inform a smoking cessation intervention for Black communities in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Forum topic

CAMH and Black Health Alliance (BHA), in partnership with TAIBU Community Health Centre and CAFCAN, are working on a health equity project to design a culturally safe smoking cessation intervention that is grounded in the voices and lived experiences of diverse Black communities in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

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Moving Knowledge to Action: OPOC Health Equity Improvement Course Launch Event Events

In 2021, the Provincial System Support Program (PSSP) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) conducted a survey that showed many users of the Ontario Perception of Care Tool for Mental Health and Addictions (OPOC) feel uncertain about how to use the tool to help assess and address health equity issues in the delivery of service.

We have heard your feedback and have created a new OPOC equity improvement course to help build agency capacity to collect, understand, and use their client experience data for health equity-related service improvement.

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