Health Equity Working Group

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The Health Equity Working Group aims to support the NOHT-ÉSON in ensuring a system of health and social services where every person has the opportunity to meaningfully access services, realize their full health potential, and where the diverse populations that make up the Niagara region, including Indigenous, Francophones and many others, are ​supported and not disadvantaged due to language, issues related to colonization and/or other factors related to the social determinants of health.

This working group is in the process of developing a health equity toolkit to be utilized not only by the NOHT-ÉSON, but also each of the organizations that partner and collaborate within it.

To contribute to this working group contact Co-Leads Celeste Turner (cturner@nfchc.ca) or Meredith Maxwell (pm@noht-eson.ca).

Health Equity Working Group Members

Celeste Turner

Co-Lead

Niagara Falls Community Health Centre

Meredith Maxwell

Co-Lead

NOHT-ÉSON

Annie Boucher
Entité2 – French Language Health Planning

Ashley Chiarello
Bridges Community Health Centre

Dr. Azim Kasmani
Niagara Region Public Health

Carol Nagy
Hospice Niagara

Carolyn Dyer
REACH Niagara

Che Latchford
Florida Network of Youth and Family Services

David Ceglie
Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre

Frank Ruberto
Niagara Medical Group Family Health Team

Hayley Hebert
Niagara Region

Jackie Barrett-Greene
Positive Living Niagara

Janice Rutgers
Community Addiction Services of Niagara

Jenny Stranges
Quest Community Health Centre

Joan Hawks
Hospice Niagara

Kate Harold
Niagara Region

Lori Kleinsmith
Bridges Community Health Centre

Nadine Wallace
Contact Niagara for Children’s and Developmental Services

Olga McNeill
Patient/Client/Family/Caregiver Representative

Patricia MacLaren
Patient/Client/Family/Caregiver Representative

Paul Niesink
Community Addiction Services of Niagara

Sabrina Piluso
NOHT-ÉSON

Tyler English
Patient/Client/Family/Caregiver Representative

Land Acknowledgment

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties, is within the lands protected by the “Dish with One Spoon” wampum agreement and is directly adjacent to the Haldimand Treaty territory.

Today, this land continues to be the home of many Indigenous Peoples. Acknowledging ensures we reflect on our past and what changes can be made going forward to further the reconciliation process, and it reminds us that the great standard of living that we enjoy in Niagara is directly related to the resources and friendships of the Indigenous Peoples who make up this community.

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