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February 1, 2021September 10, 2021

Older caregivers struggling with extra burdens of home care during COVID-19

Ninety-three per cent of older Canadians (age 65+) live in the community, and one in four provides care for family or friends with long-term health conditions or disabilities. Challenging circumstances are not a new phenomenon for these caregivers, but COVID-19 has complicated and amplified their situations.

Read the full article by Anna Garnett, Melissa Northwood, and Ruheena Sangrar in The Conversation.

Anna Garnett spoke with Brian Bourke on AM570 News on February 2, 2021 about the toll of the pandemic on older adults who care for other family or friends. Listen to the interview (begins at the 88:25/132:41 mark).

January 8, 2021September 10, 2021

Last call for Londoners to apply to join new Anti-Black Racism Steering Committee with the Community Diversity & Inclusion Strategy

Do you know a community-oriented leader passionate about diversity and inclusion who may be interested in establishing actions to confront anti-Black racism with dedicated resources and funding?

Applications to join the new Anti-Black Racism Steering Committee with the Community Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (CDIS) will close on Monday, January 11, 2021. The City of London encourages interested Londoners to submit an application before the deadline.

These members will provide guidance and leadership by developing a work plan with strategies that will be put into action to address systemic anti-Black racism in London. Members will make key decisions around the community engagement plan and process, oversee community outreach, approve agendas and materials for meetings, review feedback from community engagement activities and make recommendations to the CDIS.

Learn more at https://getinvolved.london.ca/cdis

December 10, 2020September 10, 2021

Social Inequalities among People with Psychosocial Disability due to COVID-19 Pandemic in Rwanda

In this addition to the Voices from the Margins of a Crisis series, Joseph Kalisa (Executive Director, OPROMAMER and Umulisa Rurangwa Nelly, Student University of Rwanda) examines the consequences of COVID-19 for individuals in Rwanda already facing stigma and discrimination for psychosocial disorders.

December 8, 2020September 10, 2021

Now what? Beyond statements of solidarity

Virtual Forum Session

Monday, January 18, 2021 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET

In this session, participants will learn about how white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and state violence have come to shape both gender-based violence and the gender-based violence sector in Canada. Join us as panelists discuss why violence against Black women and children must be understood within this broader context, and how this awareness is essential for informing accountability within the gender-based violence sector.

November 26, 2020September 10, 2021

COVID-19 and Survival

“While some may see these two realities as being separate, they are not – activism and self-care are intersectional,” writes Dobijoki Emanuela, in the latest addition to the Voices from the Margins of a Crisis series.

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