The Health Equity Working Group is working 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 Nadine Wallace (nadine@contactniagara.org) and/or Frank Ruberto (frank.ruberto@niagaramedicalgroup.com).
Health Equity Working Group Members
Nadine Wallace
Contact Niagara
Frank Ruberto
Niagara Medical Group Family Health Team
Joan Hawks
Hospice Niagara
Annie Boucher
Entité2
Ariel Jackson
Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre
Ashley Chiarello
Bridges Community Health Centre
Che Latchford
Contact Niagara
Carol Nagy
Hospice Niagara
Celeste Turner
Niagara Falls Community Health Centre
David Ceglie
Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre
Jackie Barrett-Greene
Positive Living Niagara
Janice Rutgers
Community Addiction Services of Niagara
Jenny Stranges
Quest Community Health Centre
Lori Kleinsmith
Bridges Community Health Centre
Olga McNeill
Patient, Client, Family, and Caregiver Representative
Paul Niesink
Community Addiction Services of Niagara
Sabrina Piluso
NOHT-ÉSON