Chinese Community Health Forum
June 10th, 2023
Location: UWindsor School of Social Work Building 167 Ferry St., Room 110-116
Power Circle: Building Our Collective Future Against Anti-Asian Racism
May 5th, 2023, 11:30am- 1pm via Zoom
HESI/Art Gallery Co-Presentation
HESI-IRG sponsored the following community art events:
Entwining Social Justice with Social Policy: Empathy in our Pandemic Environment
Keynote Lecture by Sunaura Taylor: Disabled Ecologies: Living with Impaired Landscapes
Crip Ecologies: Vulnerable Bodies in a Toxic Landscape
RESILIENCE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NEWCOMER YOUTH
On September 23rd, 2022, the Health Equity and Social Inclusion - Interdisciplinary Research Group (HESI-IRG) hosted a forum discussion on the findings from phase 1 of the "community resilience among newcomer immigrants and refugee youth" study.
BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS DIFFERENCE: Collaborative Research and Community Building in Addressing Racism
On March 31, 2021, the Health Equity and Social Inclusion - Interdisciplinary Research Group (HESI-IRG) co-hosted a "Building Bridges Across Difference" community research event featuring an animated video highlighting the narratives of African-Canadian community members in Windsor-Essex, followed by a panel discussion with the people behind the project.
Health Equity and Social Inclusion: Newcomers to Canada
On April 24, 2019, the Health Equity and Social Inclusion - Interdisciplinary Research Group (HESI-IRG) hosted a "Health Equity and Social Inclusion: Newcomers to Canada" community research dialogue event at the University of Windsor School of Social Work, featuring exciting local research recently conducted about newcomer experiences in the Windsor Essex region.
Speakers and topics:
- Dr. Kathryn Edmunds(Nursing) - "You have to adjust yourself": Women Temporary Agricultural Workers in Canada
- Sarah May Garcia(ESC LHIN) and Michelle Suchiu(WE-LIP) - Cross Sectoral Partnerships: Charting a Way Forward
- Dr. Ben Kuo(Psychology) - Research and Intervention in Support of Recent Syrian Refugees in Canada: Lessons Learned
The Impact of Child Welfare Policies on Indigenous Children's Access to Services
About the speaker: Vandna Sinha is a William Dawson Scholar and an associate professor in the School of Social Work at McGill University. She leads the Children’s Services Policy Research Group. Her research focuses on the impact of social policies on children’s access to services and on the abilities of marginalized families and communities to care for children. Many of her projects focus on understanding service disparities and the barriers to provision of appropriate services for First Nations children in Canada. Vandna is currently working with a national research team and advisory committee to plan the First Nations Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2019. The study will describe the two-year service trajectories of First Nations children who come into contact with the child welfare system.