In this video (recorded November 21, 2019), Abe Oudshoorn (Assistant Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University) discusses a research project on Learning how to tell a meaningful story of homelessness
Voices from the Margins of a Crisis
Today the Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion and the Pillar Nonprofit Network launch a series of essays, articles, and reflections titled Voices from the Margins of a Crisis. The series presents a critical account of how social inequities unfold around us during the COVID-19 pandemic, blending background research and first-hand perspectives.
To begin this journey with us, please read the introductory overview of the project and the first essay in the series, a reflection by Jeff Preston titled Considering Complex Lives, Value and COVID-19.
New articles will be added at crhesi.uwo.ca/margins and updates will be provided in this space.
If you are interested in contributing to Voices from the Margins of a Crisis, please email Tanya Benjamin at tbenjam4@uwo.ca and Eaman Fahmy efahmy@pillarnonprofit.ca
Community integration and patient discharge
$66 million per year. That is how much nursing professor Cheryl Forchuk estimates that psychiatric wards in Ontario would save by implementing a discharge model for patients that provides more wraparound supports.
Watch a brief video overview and read story in Western News.
Understanding the mental and physical toll of boredom
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Carrie Anne Marshall (Assistant Professor, School of Occupational Therapy) studies how individuals experiencing homelessness are especially susceptible to the negative mental and physical consequences of boredom. Read an update on her recent study in Western News.
Also see Carrie’s Lightning Talks presentation, Boredom and meaningful activity in adults experiencing homelessness (recorded November 21, 2019)
The Zirikana Campaign
Heath Promotion PhD candidate Aimee Utuza and her sister Clarisse Cechetto Mukashumbusho have launched a campaign to help more than 200 single Rwandan mothers access food during the COVID-19 pandemic.