This 2020 publication from the American Public Health Association examines the relationships and connections between housing, health equity and health outcomes, framed within the broader context of structural racism and its effects on neighborhood segregation, access to health-generating resources and wealth accumulation.
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Dr. Sandra Allison (Medical Health Officer) and Megan Klammer (Director of Special Projects) at the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health). The interview took place in…
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Dr. Richelle Schindler, Medical Officer of Health, Calgary Zone Alberta Health Services, and Dr. William Stokes, Medical Microbiologist at the Alberta Public Health Laboratory- Alberta…
This article by Liu, et al describes the disproportionately high rate of recently homeless Ontarians to experiencing an emergency department visit due to drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic re-opening.
This report by A Way Home Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness summarizes survey data from workers in the youth-serving sector across Canada on youth homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.