Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
168 Bathurst Street M5V 2R4 Toronto, ON, Canada

Today is #GlobalHandwashingDay, and with the #CityofToronto back in Stage 2, good hand hygiene is more important than ever! Click here to learn more: https://www.foodsafety.ca//october-15-global-handwashing-d... #COVID19 #SODH #CommunityHealth #StoptheSpread

Make access to Mental Health Care a priority. With the rise in social isolation due to #COVID19, access to mental health care, has to be a priority! Learn more about Mental Illness Awareness Week here: http://ow.ly/4KPw50BLTlY... #MIAW20 #SDOH

Our Executive Director, Angela Robertson co-authored an article for the Toronto Star. "Long before the pandemic, social disparities in our country were linked to major differences in life expectancy. For example, poverty and structural racism have driven twofold differences in avoidable deaths between affluent neighbourhoods and Black, Brown and Indigenous communities. People living without stable housing, on average, do not make it past their 50th birthday. Our fragmented he...alth care system however well-intentioned and howsoever it is reformed has not and will never be able to bridge this divide. The solutions lie well upstream, in poverty reduction and affordable housing for all being our best medicine." To read the article, click here: http://ow.ly/zwiu50BzoX6

Trudeau and his cabinet are in a meeting right now to make plans to rebuild a stronger Canada that works for everyone. That is why today we are joining over 280 groups that include over 8 million people to say that a fair society means equal rights and that requires full and permanent immigration status for all. Migrants are not alone! Read the letter, and add your name to call on all political parties to work together to ensure that Canada’s just recovery plans include immigration rights for all migrant and undocumented people: www.StatusforAll.ca.

Join us tonight as WOW Seniors Theatre Project Presents: Full Canvas! The show starts at 7:00pm, and can be viewed by Zoom or by phone. To register, email [email protected] or call 416-910-4972. Zoom Link/Phone number will be provided upon registration.