by cfigu | May 25, 2020 | Canada Focused, Harm Reduction, Homelessness, Housing, Key Concepts, Public Health
Saskatoon Homelessness shares five interdependent principles that make up Housing First. Housing First is made up of five interdependent principles that require simple yet profound, transformative shifts in thinking. The principles are: Immediate access to housing...
by cfigu | May 25, 2020 | Canada Focused, Featured Homepage, Homelessness, Housing, Learning Tools, SK Focused
Kayla DeMong, the Housing Lead for the Saskatoon Inter-Agency Response to COVID-19, discusses the need for housing as a response to homelessness during COVID-19. Kayla discusses the challenges of COVID-19 to the homeless population in Saskatoon and the importance of...
by cfigu | May 22, 2020 | Canada Focused, Food Security, Vulnerable Populations
According to PROOF’s latest report on household food insecurity in 2017-2018, more Canadians are food insecure than ever before, and the problem is only getting worse. Drawing on data for 103,500 households from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Community Health Survey...
by cfigu | May 21, 2020 | Canada Focused, Health Equity, Public Health
The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) is hosting a series of community conversations exploring equity-informed responses through action on the social and structural determinants of health. These conversations connect practitioners with...
by cfigu | May 21, 2020 | Canada Focused, Health Equity, Public Health
The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) has compiled a list of resources related to health equity and the social determinants of health that are of relevance to Canadian public health. This resource also includes links to COVID-19...
by cfigu | May 21, 2020 | Canada Focused, Featured Food, Food Security, Food Systems
This action plan from Food Secure Canada (FSC) is a call for renewing the country’s food system in response to Covid-19. The pandemic is magnifying the structural inequalities in our food systems, the insufficiencies of our social protection programs, and the...
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