Welfare/ODSP Rates

Welfare/ODSP Rates Are Making us Sick!

Submitted by ocap on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 17:21.

Calling all health care providers, health and public sector workers,
poor people, anti-poverty activists and allies!

The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, Canadian Union of Public
Employees – Ontario, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, Ontario Nurses
Association and Health Providers Against Poverty invite you to join us
on September 8th and 9th for an important and timely public forum and
conference on poverty, health, austerity and how we can fight back
together.

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151698788243301
Poster and more information: http://povertyhealth.blogspot.com/

Public Evening Forum
Thursday, September 8th
6-9pm
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St, Toronto
*Free
*Refreshments and on-site childcare provided
*Space is wheelchair lift accessible

Featuring a panel discussion with:

• Angela Robertson (Women’s College Hospital, former Executive Director of Sistering)
• Sabrina Gopaul: Community Health Worker in the Jane-Finch community and organizer with Jane-Finch Action Against Poverty
• Special Video Launch of a joint project between OCHU and OCAP on ‘Raise the Rates and the Special Diet’

Moderated by Michael Hurley and Patti Encinas of the Ontario Council of
Hospital Unions

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One-day Conference
Friday, September 9th
9am – 4pm
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St, Toronto
*Free
*Lunch and on-site childcare provided
*Space is wheelchair lift accessible

Workshops, training and discussions on:
•Poverty and health: How does poverty in Ontario today determine illness?
•Understanding social assistance, cuts to the Special Diet and the Raise the Rates Campaign
•Austerity and health: How cuts to health care, social programs and the public sector are related, and why they are making us sick.
•Campaigns and strategies for fighting back!

*Pre-registration is requested to determine accessibility needs, childcare, space and meals. For more information and to register please
visit: http://povertyhealth.blogspot.com

Endorsed by: Aids Action Now!, Association of Ontario Health Centres,
Assaulted Women's and Children's Counsellor/Advocate Program (AWCCA)
George Brown College, Don Heights Unitarian Congregation, Health for All, Health Studies Students' Union, Jane-Finch Action Against Poverty, Medical Reform Group, No One Is Illegal – Toronto, Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH), PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs, Residents Without Borders, Social Justice Collective, Sistering, St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society, Students for Medicare, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, Toronto Drop-in Network

If your organization would like to endorse this event, please contact:
raisetheratescampaign@gmail.com OR 416-925-6939

Join the Raise the Rates Campaign Today! http://ocap.ca/rtr