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Resources on CORE include checklists, toolkits, reports, studies, videos, and other materials on topics relevant to those working or volunteering in support of healthy aging and older adults independent living.
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Caring for LGBTQ2S+ Elders
Centre for Studies in Aging and Health
This reading list includes links to and summaries of a variety of resources including considerations regarding LGBTQ2S+ Older Adults. Sub-topics include social strengths, health knowledge, cultural awareness, elder abuse and neglect, caregiving outcomes, long-term care needs, experiences of ethnic m
The 2020 Emotion Wheel
Abby VanMuijen
Artist Abby VanMuijen's goal for this wheel is that it helps you to:
Give yourself permission to feel any of the words on it
Build your emotional vocabulary and develop language to describe how you feel
Slow down and notice how your emotions show up in and around your body
READ MORE HERE
fACTivist Feature Article: Addressing Racialized Populations’ Barriers to Affordable Housing
Sydney Sheloff and Brett Lambert, Edmonton Social Planning Council
Among Canadians who experience homelessness or housing instability, there is a disproportionate number who come from racialized populations—this can include Indigenous peoples, refugees, and newcomers alike. According to data collected by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness’ Homeless Hub, t
Changes in the incidence of seasonal influenza in response to COVID-19 social distancing measures: an observational study based on Canada’s national influenza surveillance system
Andrew Pierce, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Diana Marin, Zulma V. Rueda & Yoav Keynan, Canadian Journal of Public Health
Seasonal influenza is an acute respiratory infection that presents a significant annual burden to Canadians and the Canadian healthcare system. Social distancing measures that were implemented to control the 2019–2020 novel coronavirus outbreak were investigated for their ability to lessen the inc
Survey of Professionals on a Public Health Approach to Substance Use
Canadian Public Health Association
This online survey of public health, public safety, and other health and social service professionals was designed by the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) to help to better understand knowledge, beliefs/attitudes, and capacity (e.g., individual and organizational learning and training needs
Help Promote the 2021 Census Today!
Statistics Canada
The collection for the 2021 Census is well underway!
The #2021census is an invaluable tool in helping shape communities and support important decisions that affect all Canadians. Please help Statistics Canada in ensuring they have a strong representation by reaching out to your networks (colleag
Combating Vaccine Hesitancy: Teaching the Next Generation to Navigate Through the Post Truth Era
Frontiers in Public Health
Despite scientific evidence supporting the fact that vaccines are fundamental tools for preventing infectious diseases, a percentage of the population still refuses some or all of them. Vaccine hesitancy has become a widespread issue, and its complexity lies in the great variety of factors that can
Intersections and Innovations: Change for Canada's Voluntary and Nonprofit Sector
The Muttart Foundation
For far too long, Canada has lacked a comprehensive resource examining Canada’s charitable sector. That has now ended.
The Muttart Foundation has spent many years focusing on building the capacity of charities in this country. The publication of this collection is another contribution to that eff
Examining Calgary's Emergency Food Assistance System
Enough for All
Food security remains a pressing need in Calgary. Recent data has identified that many Calgary households are experiencing moderate to severe food insecurity and are concerned about not having enough money for food. The onset of the pandemic in March 2020 resulted in heightened demand for emergency
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