This video captures some of the key themes and questions emerging from the June 29, 2016, forum, Responding to Family Violence in the Context of Migration. The forum was co-presented by the Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration, the Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion, and the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children.

We are pleased to share this video in hopes of generating a wider discussion and deeper understanding of this issue in our community. Watch now.

The London Diversity and Race Relations Advisory Committee, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office, is hosting a Community Forum on Racism on Saturday, September 17, 2016. CRHESI is honoured to be supporting this initiative, along with the Canadian Labour Congress.

The event is a half-day forum and community conversation exploring the effects of racism in our city. This event will include a panel discussion as well as an opportunity for facilitated conversations on how we can all identify racism, interrupt it, and create actions for a more inclusive city.

Panelists:

Chief Leslee White-Eye, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation
Leroy Hibbert, LUSO Community Services
Saleha Khan, Community Leader and Activist
Lorraine McNeil, Fanshawe College

Saturday, 17 September 2016 from 7:00 AM to 12:30 PM
South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre – 1119 Jalna Boulevard, London, ON N6E 3B3

Registration:
https://racismforum.eventbrite.ca

 

In this video, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, a member of the CRHESI Steering Committee, shares her work and research at the School of Occupational Therapy at Western Health Sciences.

The Patient-Centred Innovations for Persons with Multimorbidity (PACE in MM) is a Community Based Primary Health Care Team grant funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). PACE in MM is sponsoring this Multimorbidity Symposium on Wednesday August 10th, 1:30-4:00 pm EST, at the Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Room 1120, Western University, London, ON; there is no cost to attend this event.

Speakers:

Dr. Natasha Lane – Multimorbidity and Disability in Long-Term Care Residents: Where do Geriatric Syndromes Fit in this Clinical Story?
Dr. Carri Hand – Measuring Holistic, Patient Reported Outcomes in Interprofessional Primary Care
Kathryn Nicholson – Examining the Prevalence, Patterns and Progression of Multimorbidity among Adult Primary Health Care Patients in Canada
Dr. Pauline Boeckxstaens – Goal Oriented Care for Multimorbidity: From Measuring Multimorbidity as a Clinician-Researcher towards the Development of an Interdisciplinary Clinical Approach that can be Measured

Please RSVP to rvanhoo@uwo.ca

Can’t attend in person? Watch or participate virtually at: https://ca.bbcollab.com/guest/94F2B069717D13389B11AF098AF243BC