Category: Health Care

Pressure mounts on Ottawa to fund free mental health care

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More than 2,900 Canadians have signed a public letter demanding the Trudeau government follow through on a 2021 campaign promise.

"When I see people with mental illness who are homeless or living in poverty, I know that could have been my reality," says Verdun resident Leora Simon, who is speaking out to draw attention to the Canadian Mental Health Association's campaign to get the federal government to follow through on a promise to transfer more money to the provinces for mental health care.
“When I see people with mental illness who are homeless or living in poverty, I know that could have been my reality,” says Verdun resident Leora Simon, who is speaking out to draw attention to the Canadian Mental Health Association’s campaign to get the federal government to follow through on a promise to transfer more money to the provinces for mental health care. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette

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Health care focus of NDP byelection rally – Winnipeg Free Press

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With Grace Hospital as their backdrop, Manitoba’s official Opposition held a weekend rally in Kirkfield Park to harp on the health-care staffing crisis under the current government — the NDP’s strategy to win over voters in the upcoming byelection.

Front-line workers, labor organizers and NDP MLAs were among more than 60 people who gathered outside the health-care facility on Sunday.

They chanted “Save the Grace!” in unison, before canvassing area residents for the party’s candidate in the constituency that encompasses Sturgeon Creek and nearby neighborhoods, including Westwood and Silver Heights.

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Ontario’s Bill 60 makes access to medical procedures ‘faster and easier’

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The Minister of Health’s spokesperson noted ‘more work needs to be done’ to improve the current system and Bill 60 moves toward that goal

A spokesperson for Ontario’s Minister of Health assured that if Bill passes 60, citizens will access medical services with their OHIP card, not out of pocket.

“Our government knows the wait times for surgeries and diagnostic tests have been increasing year after year. We are not okay with the status quo and know more work needs to be done,” said Hannah Jensen, a spokesperson for Sylvia Jones, the Deputy Premiere and Minister of Health.

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Just Talk to Me – PHE America

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People with physical disabilities hold limited positions as scholars, teachers, or leaders in physical education, recreation, and sports. Perhaps the reason is that the field is flooded with able-bodied people who think they know best. But do they? Michael Oliver, imminent writer, and scholar argued that people with physical disabilities should be the only ones in the field of disability studies because they have a bodily experience with disabilities. The following five-part article series shares the perspective of a scholar in the field of sports disability who has his own physical limitations. In each article, he

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If You Cannot Do It – Can You Teach It? – PHE America

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(Article 4 of 5)

People with physical disabilities hold limited positions as scholars, teachers, or leaders in physical education, recreation, and sports. Perhaps the reason is that the field is flooded with able-bodied people who think they know best. But do they? Michael Oliver, imminent writer, and scholar argued that people with physical disabilities should be the only ones in the field of disability studies because they have a bodily experience with disabilities. The following five-part article series shares the perspective of a scholar in the field of sports disability who has his own physical limitations. In each article, he

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