Community Matters

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss CACHC's Community Vaccination Promotion (CVP-National Project) with Iwo Effiong, Project Manager and Ayesha Khan, Knowledge Translation Specialist. The CVP-National Project has been made largely possible by funding from the Government of Canada through the Public Health Agency of Canada.

On this episode of the podcast, we speak with Carlene Donnelly, Executive Director at CUPS Calgary, a Community Health Centre in Calgary, Alberta as well as Dr. Nicole Letourneau, Research Chair of Parent and Child Mental Health and Professor at University of Calgary who created the ATTACH Parenting Program being implemented at CUPS Calgary. To learn more visit: www.attach.teachable.com and www.cupscalgary.com

On this episode of the podcast, we speak with Janice Abbott, CEO at Atira Women’s Resource Society, a women’s antiviolence organization and Community Health Centre. We explore the important work they are doing as we honour December 6th, National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

On this episode of the podcast, we speak with Chance Dupuis from Nine Circles Community Health Centre, in Winnipeg, Manitoba as well as Ken Bristow who is part of the CINetwork and has received care from Nine Circles Community Health Centre. We explore the important work they are doing as we honour December 1st, World AIDS Day, and work to improve access to care and support, and ultimately putting an end to HIV.

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Social Prescribing and Community Health Centres ahead of the Alliance for Healthier Communities’ virtual Social Prescribing Conference on October 20. We speak with Natasha Beaudin from The Alliance for Healthier Communities; Abby Richter, Registered Dietitian and SEED Program Lead at Guelph CHC; and Albesa Aliu, Health Promoter & Project Coordinator at Rexdale Community Health Centre.

We speak with Renee Bradley,  Nurse Practitioner, and Joelleann Forbes, Mental Health Therapist at Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre, located in Toronto, ON about a pregnancy loss virtual group they created and the outcome of this type of community care.

We speak with Shobha Sharma, Executive Director of Central Interior Native Health Society, a Community Health Centre located in Prince George, British Columbia about the range of culturally-relevant and trauma-informed care and support services they provide. Central Interior Native Health Society employs traditional Indigenous health and wellbeing approaches, including an Indigenous Elder as a member of their interdisciplinary care and support team.

On this episode of Community Matters, we speak with Hayden McGuire, Executive Director of SWITCH, a community health centre in Saskatoon, SK. Through CACHC's CVP-National Project, funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada, SWITCH increased vaccine confidence and uptake among vulnerable members of the community through a number of innovative initiatives, including a pet care clinic where people could get information about vaccines and services while accessing care for their pets.

In this episode of Community Matters we speak with Amma Gyamfowa, Networking Coordinator and Kashaia Henderson-Doyle Student and Family Advocate Program Coordinator at Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre located in Downtown Toronto, ON. Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre provide a wide range of health and social services geared to the diverse needs of racialized women, trans and non-binary clients from the African, Black, Caribbean, Latin American and South Asian communities in Toronto.

In this episode of Community Matters we speak with Naini Cloutier, Executive Director at Somerset West Community Health Centre and Michelle Hurtubise, Executive Director at Centretown Community Health Centre, both located in downtown Ottawa, ON. Together with several other Community Health Centres and Community Resource Centres they have worked on a report entitled Rethinking Community Safety. This document has contributed to re-allocating funds for police investment back into social services for the Ottawa region.