CASSA’s 8th Annual Health Equity Summit (2019)
The Health Equity Summit is a recognizable event that addresses health issues and inequities, specifically ones affecting South Asians and other racialized communities. This summit is in partnership with Ryerson University’s School of Nursing and the William Osler Health System in Brampton.
Focus of Summit
The 2019 Summit focused on gathering input on a health equity strategy from South Asian community members residing within the GTA and finding ways to engage the current government through research and advocacy. The summit explored different aspects of health in the South Asian context through panel discussions and breakout sessions on related topics in mental, sexual, maternal, and chronic health, social determinants of health, best practices, policy, and advocacy. Attendees were given the opportunity to voice their questions/concerns to a panel of stakeholders during a community feedback and input session which helped advance our South Asian Health Strategy.
The summit had 35 speakers from various backgrounds speaking upon diversity, resiliency, chronic health, mental wellness, social determinants of health and contributed greatly to practices in creating health strategies.
Event Details
The Summit was held over 2 days.
Day 1 – Wednesday, August 7, 2019 from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm at Peel Memorial Centre Auditorium
Day 2 – Thursday, August 8, 2019from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm at Ryerson University, Ted Rogers School of Management TRSM Commons
Health Equity Report 2019 Final (1)
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Mary Jane McNally – Chief Patient Experience Officer at William Osler Health System
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CASSA Staff
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CASSA Executive Director – Samya Hassan
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CASSA Staff
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Social Determinants of Health Panel with: Dr. Ripudaman Minhas, Evon Smith, and Garima Talwar Kapoor
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Dr. Russel de Souza of McMaster University
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Avantika Mathur-Balendra from the Diabetes and Kidney Health Panel
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Baldev Mutta – Executive Officer of the Punjabi Community Health Services (PCHS)
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Marilyn Verghis – Health & Inclusion Specialist at William Osler Health System
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Nakia Lee-Foon – Black Health Allliance Dalon P. Taylor – Black Health Alliance Tiyondah Fante-Coleman – Black Health Alliance
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Dr. Kofi Hope – Wellesley Institute and Samiya Abdi – Public Health Ontario
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Sam Mukwa Kloetstra – Toronto Indigenous Health Advisory Circle Youth Council Tasunke Sugar – Toronto Indigenous Health Advisory Circle Youth Council Dr. Raglan Maddox – Well Living House
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Neshanth Shanmugalingam – South Asian Autism Awareness Centre Sané Dube – Alliance for Healthier Communities
The following social media flyer was disseminated for promoting the
8th Annual Health Equity Summit (2019) which took place over two days, from August 7-8.
This event was organized in partnership with Ryerson University and the William Osler Health System.
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