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Decent Work and Health Network @decentworkhlth.bsky.social · Aug 6

New research shows 22% of workers are hoarding time off for emergencies. Over a third of Canadians don’t have paid sick leave. We need 10 paid sick days in Ontario so people can rest, not ration. #PaidSickDays

Read more at thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...

Skipping Time Off? You’re Not Alone | The Tyee

Two polls find that many Canadians don’t take all of the vacation days they are owed.

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Decent Work and Health Network @decentworkhlth.bsky.social · Aug 14

Doctors shouldn't have to choose who "deserves" care. As emergency physician @bernardho.bsky.social said, "This is a health equity issue for Ontario’s most vulnerable."

We need a permanent program that provides #Healthcare4All regardless of immigration status.

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Ontario doctors don't get paid when they treat uninsured patients. Here's how that might change | CBC News

Several times a week, a man comes to the busy ER in Toronto where Dr. Bernard Ho works — and the doctors treat him, despite the fact that they’re not being paid for it. The Ontario Medical Association...

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West Elgin Community Health Centre @wechc.bsky.social · 2d

October is Community Health and Wellbeing Month and Community Support Month - its an opportunity to celebrate and raise awareness about the vital importance of these healthcare services and the amazing work of the West Elgin Community Health Centre.

#CHWM
#StandingTogether

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · 6d

Are you planning to expand primary care to increase attachment? Join us for this hands-on webinar: Practical Guidance for Interprofessional Primary Care Team Expansion EOI: Applying the Neighbourhood Health Home Model on Thursday, October 9, 2025, 8:00 AM ET: ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Alliance for Healthier Communities-branded graphic with text that reads: Free Webinar: Practical Guidance for Interprofessional Primary Care Team Expansion EOI: Applying the Neighbourhood Health Home Model. Thursday, October 9, 2025. 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · 7d

Welcome to Community Health and Wellbeing Month 2025! We’re excited to join w/ Alliance members + their partners throughout October to highlight the ways we’re #StandingTogether for #CommunityHealth, #HealthEquity, and accessible #PrimaryCare. Follow #CHWM + #StandingTogether to join in! #ONhealth

Community Health and Wellbeing Month October 2025 with graphic of people standing together, including one in a wheelchair, of different colours, supporting each others shoulders. With text that reads: "Standing Together for Community Health"

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · 8d

A key enabler of reconciliation in health and wellbeing is the call to action from Indigenous leaders: “Indigenous health in Indigenous hands.” The Alliance stands in solidarity w/ the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council and its calls to action. Full statement: www.allianceon.org/news/Nationa...

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks for re-sharing it, Kerryn. We were re-sharing it as well, from the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council, via our twice a month bulletin.

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · 13d

There's still time to register for the Alliance's 10th annual Privacy Officers' Professional Learning Event. It's happening in person this year. To see the full agenda and register now, visit----> www.allianceon.org/10th-Annual-...

Alliance branded graphic with text that reads: Professional Learning Event. 10th Annual In-Person Privacy Officers' Professional Learning Event Friday October 3, 2025. 8:30am to 4:30pm. Crown Plaza Toronto Airport. $275-$325+HST.

Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · 13d

L'Ontario va dans la bonne direction en matière de santé des francophones, mais il reste encore beaucoup de travail à faire. Veuillez lire notre déclaration complète : www.allianceon.org/fr/news/En-c...

Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · 23d

Learn more about the Interprofessional Primary Care Team (IPCT) Expansion Toolkit to increase primary care operational capacity and increase #attachment, w/ useful resources for all of #primarycare. Register today for the Free Webinar on Oct. 6 @ 12pmET: www.allianceon.org/event/Launch... #ONhealth

Alliance for Healthier Communities-branded graphic that reads: "Free Webinar. Looking for resources, case examples, and change ideas to increase operational capacity and advance primary care access and attachment? Join us to learn more. Online Interprofessional Primary Care Team (IPCT) Expansion Toolkit Webinar. Monday, October 6, 12 p.m. ET, FREE.

Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 18

Being in solidarity must always extend beyond words, statements and commitments. As we mark National #IndigenousHistoryMonth, we're focused on listening to the truth, and acting on oppression and injustices in support of #IndigenousHealth. Our full statement: www.allianceon.org/news/Allianc...

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 13

As we celebrate Pride Month, we join others in calling for push back against oppression of 2SLGBTQ+ people + communities and others marginalized by stigma, hate and threats of violence. Our Pride Month statement: www.allianceon.org/news/Celebra...

Alliance graphic with Pride flags and words that read: Celebrating Pride, Pushing Back Against Oppression

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 11

Don't miss a panel discussion happening TOMORROW, June 12 at 12 p.m. ET during the launch of the final report from Black-Focused Social Prescribing.
Find out more about how BFSP improves health care experiences + outcomes. REGISTER HERE ------> www.allianceon.org/event/Succes... #ONhealth

Successes from Black-Focused Social Prescribing | Alliance for Healthier Communities

This webinar is presented by the Alliance for Healthier Communities in partnership with participating organizations and evaluators in the Black-Focused Social Prescribing (BFSP) project.

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

“We must make sure we’re collecting fulsome race-based and socio-demographic data, robustly, consistently and putting it into action, to reach the people facing barriers.” — Dr. Notisha Massaquoi

Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

The courage to do things in ways that are different from what’s “always been done” is an essential ingredient for making health and social care more connected and integrated — and accessible to the people most in need of team-based care. #Alliance2025

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

“We must find ways to increase the joy in work, at all levels, from local to system levels. Caring for people must be intrinsically joyful. And we must value every person doing the work.” — Dr. Dominik Nowak #Alliance2025

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

“We have become numb to and comfortable with inequitable conditions and health disparities faced by Black and Indigenous people and communities. My radical idea is that we cannot and must not leave anyone behind. We must find the courage required for it.”— Dr. Notisha Massaquoi

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

“Let’s build movements, not organizations for community-driven integrated care.” — Jen Quinlan, Flemingdon Health Centre.

Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

We’re joined by Dr. Notisha Massaquoi, Dr. Dominik Nowak, and Jennifer Quinlan.

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

We’re about to kick off the final plenary at #Alliance2025, our annual primary health care conference focused on #healthequity. “This Is What Integrated and Connected Care Looks Like”.

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

How does being community-driven impact the shape of integrated care? Let’s count the ways: surfacing on the ground knowledge + experience; culturally relevant; meaningful accountability and governance. #Alliance2025

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Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thorncliffe Park Community Hub in Toronto is a new example of what’s possible when the focus is on trust and building relationships between organizations and staff who serve the same populations. #Alliance2025

Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

From our learning session w/ Flemingdon Health Centre: TRUST is an essential ingredient to integrating care, and real collaboration across health and social orgs. Empathy is a key ingredient that goes into that trust-building—and not always easy across sectors. #Alliance2025

Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

We’re in the final round of workshops and learning sessions at #Alliance2025! Question: what are the targeted actions we can do systemically to create the larger impacts for integrated health and social care?

Alliance for Healthier Communities @allianceon.bsky.social · Jun 5

.@policingblack (Robyn Maynard): How can we ensure that supportive care and services for marginalized people don’t coerce, practice surveillance or criminalize people through “soft policing”? How can we reimagine medicine as an anti-racist practice? #Alliance2025