Excited to announce that registration to our Refugee Health, Black Health and Social Services Symposium is now OPEN

🗓️ Friday May 10, 2024
⏰ 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
📍David Braley Health Science Building

REGISTER: Refugeesymposium2024.eventbrite.com

💭Did you know? The Employment Standards Act (ESA) in Canada protects workers from unfair treatment in the workplace. Join us on April 2 to learn about your rights under the Act ⚖. Iftar dinner to follow.

✍Register now (in person): bit.ly/EmployeeRights…

🌟 Empowering newcomers one session at a time! Join us in April for a series of FREE workshops designed to guide employees new to Canada. Let’s navigate the Canadian workplace together to ensure everyone feels confident and informed!

✍ Register now: bit.ly/EmployeeRights…

Over the last 16 months, our team has conducted the largest public engagement ever on the future of #primarycare in Canada

Today we release our final report✨

10,000 people
10,000 participant hours
1 vision for primary care

OurCare.ca🧵
youtube.com/watch?v=DKKL7R…

Ramadan Mubarak to all those observing! ✨

Did you know that Ramadan is a period of fasting and spiritual growth? Swipe below for some interesting data 📊

Kickstarting Black History Month! 🚀 February marks the beginning of a month-long celebration where we recognize and honour the contributions of the Black community in Hamilton and in Canada. Happy Black History Month! 🎉 #BHM2024

Today marks International Migrants Day! On this day we reflect on and celebrate the contributions of millions of migrants worldwide.

To learn more about #IMD2023 , visit bit.ly/3GM2kp8.

#InternationalMigrantsDay

Thanks to the many community stakeholders who shared their knowledge and resources
with participants at last night's Compassionate Communities event. Erin Gallagher Cancer Assistance Program Greater Hamilton Health Network REFUGE Newcomer Health Hamilton Paramedics

Hamilton PL YMCA Hamilton | Burlington | Brantford YWCA Hamilton Wesley Immigrants Working Centre (IWC) New to Canada - FREE Programs at Mohawk College HWDSB Service Canada Hamilton Street Railway Hamilton Community Legal Clinic Collège Boréal REFUGE Newcomer Health Hamilton Francophonie Accueillante

Last week we held the Newcomer Information Fair at Central Library. A huge thank you to Hamilton PL for hosting, as well as a warm thank you to the 22 organizations & service providers that participated.

#WelcomingWeek2023

Happening next week!

BIG SHOUT to REFUGE Newcomer Health for organizing the Welcome & Information Day for Asylum Seekers and Refugee Claimants at Empowerment Squared.

Props to all the community services/agencies/ groups that showed up.

Community supporting community ✊🏿
#HamOnt OCASI

This issue exists in #HamOnt too. Yesterday, with Refuge Newcomer Health, I met with 50+ asylum seekers from Keyna who settled in #HamOnt with no support. Some arrived in the last week. # is growing. They're moving from shelter to shelter, or surviving off mutual aid 1/

Immigration makes Hamilton stronger. Tell us your story and what matters to you! Open until June 30, #HamiltonImmigrantSurvey – a survey for all immigrants, refugees, international students, refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers and their families. research.net/r/ImmigrantSur…

Please share! We're hosting focus groups with Black Health Alliance @Refuge_HCNHto talk to Black & racialized disabled people + caregivers about their experiences with medical racism & ableism in healthcare. The 1st focus group is October 21 over zoom @ 6 PM EST
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We are so looking forward to participating in Newcomer Day on Friday. Come check us out and learn about what we do. Meet a few of the wonderful newcomer families we serve!

I am looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow of African descent to work with me on a study that focuses on experiences of mental illness and help-seeking among Black youth in Hamilton, Ontario. Must live in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area or Ontario, more broadly.