The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has been fortunate to have received funding from Citizenship and Immigration Canada to develop cultural competence programming to address health disparities experienced by newcomers to Canada. To ensure that the resources...
The two sets of Guidelines are intended to provide direction to policy makers, decision makers, program leaders and the Canadian public about the practice of peer support. The two sets of Guidelines offer elements for the practice of peer support and an outline of the...
The past decade has seen a steady increase in the number of older Canadians participating in the workforce, especially since mandatory retirement was formally repealed as recently as 2011. In 2001, approximately 12% of individuals 65-69 were participating in the...
What is a lens tool? A lens tool provides a way of applying a special filter to our work. In this case, the lens tool encourages us to apply diversity and inclusion concepts to all we do for patients and their families. The Diversity and Inclusion Lens Tool is a set...
Cultural Competence aims to foster constructive interactions between members of different cultures. The following is a widely used definition: “Cultural competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among...
