Ottawa Inner City Health
5 Myrand Ave Ottawa, ON, Canada

Wendy Muckle, CEO of Ottawa Inner City Health, talks about the current COVID-19 outbreaks in Ottawa's shelters. Dealing with an outbreak on top of the opioid epidemic and the housing crisis is not an easy task.

Tell your health minister to prioritize vaccinations for people experiencing homelessness!!

AMAZING!!! THANK YOU VANS - Bayshore location for the generous donation of clothing and shoes! Over $8,000 in value but truly priceless!! Our clients will certainly appreciate it :) <3

Hey there! Our supervised injection trailer is hiring peer workers! See posting below. Please do not apply over facebook, email Anne Marie [Email hidden] with your application or if you have any questions! Supervised Injection Trailer Peer Worker Ottawa Inner City Health Inc. Employment Opportunity...Continue reading

People with lived experience have been active in OICH for years, with our Peer team growing substantially in the last several. For those interested in learning about developing "Nothing About Us Without Us" in practice, check out the upcoming webinar organized by #StimulusConnect! About Walking the Walk: Across Canada there is growing interest in ensuring that the principle of "Nothing About Us Without Us" is not only honoured, but truly respected. Facilitating meaningful inc...lusion of people who use drugs by offering attendance alone is a fail. Rather, people who use drugs must be stakeholders with equal standing in all aspects of implementing conferences and events. But how do you do that effectively? In this #StimulusConnect we will look at the experience of the national conference Stimulus 2018: Drugs, Policy and Practice, you’ll hear how we ensured people who use drugs led the way in the organization and delivery of the event, including the implementation of an overdose prevention service. Walking the Walk is organized collaboratively and held by the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) Stimulus Program, the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPUD) and Association des intervenants en dépendance du Québec (AIDQ). Simultaneous French/English Interpretation will be provided. This is a free event with no limit on the number of participants. Please register below

Alcoholism is a disease, it’s not a fault and sometimes your family will abandon you for that.

Wow!! We are absolutely floored. The Public Relations students at Algonquin College fundraised a wopping $11,903.94 for Ottawa Inner City Health through their Courage to Care Campaign. This incredible group literally embodied courage, compassion and dedication to this fundraiser. Their school campaign started and was cancelled right at the beginning of covid. It was really disappointing- all of their in person events had to be canceled. They were told they didn't have to go... forward with the fundraiser. But their commitment and dedication pushed them forward and they made all kinds of online events. I have never worked with such a group of unique, talented, funny and dedicated students. Jeff, Owen, Scott, Morgan, Danielle, and everyone else from the Courage to Care campaign: from the bottom of our hearts thank you so much. You guys persevered during covid, all your other schoolwork and everything going on. You guys give us hope for the future. Can't wait to see what you all accomplish. For Tyler. In your memory

Our wonderful friends at Algonquin College and the Courage to Care campaign are holding a charity golf tournament fundraiser event for us tomorrow. There are only a few tickets left, get your ticket for some last minute golfing before the snow arrives!!

We are just beaming right now. We just had some volunteers drop off a TON of backpacks absolutely filled to the brim full of warm winter gear, blankets, sweaters, snacks, water, first aid kits and more. Thank you so much Sarah Ladouceur and team. The community care we see here fills our hearts. It makes such a difference to our community. These were a group of friends who decided to get together and put a call out to their networks for these items and we are so grateful!

A Message from our CEO... Over the course of the year, we have been supported in our efforts to protect our community from COVID 19 by the most amazing people. I have accumulated a very long list of people and organizations who I need to thank so bear with me. For those of you who know me, you know that I believe that when you thank someone you need to be present in the moment and in a grateful state. So here I am, remembering all the amazing people who helped us and being ...Continue reading

OICH's Virtual Drop-In Job Fair is TODAY from 1-5pm!! #ComeworkwithusOICH's Virtual Drop-In Job Fair is TODAY from 1-5pm!! #Comeworkwithus

Tomorrow from 1-5pm!! Time to connect and #comeworkwithus! We can't wait to meet you at our Virtual drop-in Job Fair! "I have spent the last 24 years working in the homelessness sector, 19 of those years have been with Inner City Health. OICHI has a team of staff who are always thinking outside of the box and providing innovative health care services and programs to our wonderful community. We love our people."

FB Followers, does anyone have any books that meet this criteria? LF: -a book of animals -lots of photos -not a lot of reading required. ... -not child-like Recipient does not read or write very well but LOVES animals and could use some positive distraction! DM us and we can coordinate (we don't have a ton of space for donations at this point, because of COVID PPE storage but the need is there for specific things from time to time. If you can help with this ask, we thank you very much!!)

The Canadian Network for the Health and Housing of People Experiencing Homelessness is asking all it's members, colleagues and supporters to join us in signing the following Open Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Ministers Hajdu and Hussen sharing our commitment to ending homelessness and support for CAEH's Recovery for All Campaign: https://northweather.wufoo.com//cnh3-open-letter-housing-/ Please take time to sign the Open Letter and share within your networks. The more members and supporters that sign on, the greater impact of our continued advocacy efforts.

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The staff at OICHI are always ready to lend a helping hand! Operation kitten rescue has been a success. We will be working hard to reunite this mama with her people.... p.s. sorry Dr. Turnbull we’ve commandeered your office.

So pumped our street outreach team is back in business for the summer! This much needed team does outreach in the Byward Market/Lowertown area providing essential supplies, making referrals and keeping our community safe! In a few short weeks we will have ramped up to 7 days a week providing this incredible service to our community. Special thanks to our canine shift supervisor Phoebe for being the best boss anyone could ask for!

CTV HERO OF THE WEEK! Our incredible nurse Shawna has been working so hard on the frontline- a true hero. She brings it at a 10 every single day for our clients. They (and we) are lucky to have her. Thank you Shawna for so many things but mostly for the ways you show up for our clients. ... https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/mobile/video?clipId=1975594

A little bit about the work we have been doing with our partners since January.

Black lives matter. We stand with our community and for our community. We check our white privilege. We understand the ways our clients who are poc experience more barriers to housing, substance use disorder treatment, higher rates of incarceration and other forms institutional racism. Black lives matter. #ottawa #icantbreathe

It's the small things that make us happy! (and safe) Thank you for amusing our inner geeky hearts! @ottawagowns4homeless #starwarsfan #covidwars

A Toronto Public Health analysis of COVID-19 cases in the city shows that neighbourhoods with the lowest incomes, highest rates of unemployment and highest concentrations of newcomers consistently have twice the number of cases of COVID-19 and more than twice the rate of hospital admissions.

A big heart-felt THANK-YOU to Jasmeet Mathau, Joginder Kaur Matharu, Pariminder Bilkhu, Surrinder Rayat, Balwinder Matharu, Mrs Virdee and Harjinder from the Sikh community and Knox United Church for the headbands and hand made masks for our staff and clients!