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Unhoused in Toronto: The delivery and experience of hospital healthcare services for homeless people
The objective of this paper is to review what is known about the impact of homelessness on a person’s health and in turn how healthcare delivered via an acute care hospital is experienced and utilized by a person that is homeless. This paper is focused on the homeless population in the city of Toronto.
Steve Lurie has been appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions as a leading advocate […]
In this podcast, Dr. David Brennan talks about his work in the development and evaluation of online outreach to address issues of gay and bisexual men’s health. To highlight this work, Dr. Brennan describes CRUISElab, a research lab focused on gay and bisexual men’s health. He also talks about the “Cruising Counts” study, which has been essential in developing new guidelines for online health outreach to gay men in Ontario.
Sophia Fantus, PhD candidate, is recipient of the Mervis-Simon Family Award in Bioethics from the UofT Joint Centre […]
New study gives shocking picture of of elder abuse in Canada. Professor Lynn McDonald and instructor Laura Tamblyn Watts interviewed by CityNews in Toronto.
Izumi Sakamoto says we should be embracing, not excluding, new Canadians
Alberta Health Services has suggested an outbreak in sexually transmitted diseases should be blamed on so-called hookup apps. But some experts say not enough research has been done to prove such a link.
Professor Faye Mishna, Dean of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, has received the CSWE Distinguished Recent Contributions to Social Work Education Award for 2016.
Professor Micheal Shier is the recipient of the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Doctoral Dissertation Award. Each […]
Professors David Brennan and Carmen Logie awarded CIHR CBR operating grants Prof. Brennan’s grant focuses on, Exploring […]