2023
Advocates blast Barrie city council for greenlighting ban on donations to people experiencing homelessness. Article. May 2023. Maggie Hulbert quoted.
Rally for ODSP. April 2023. Speaker Talveer Mandur.
Homelessness Crisis: Press Conference and Rally. April 2023. Speaker Talveer Mandur.
Status for All, Migrant Rights Network. Rally. March 2023.
Reverse the cuts to healthcare for uninsured people. Rally. March 2023.
Stop the Privatization of Health Care. Rally. February 2023. Speaker Maggie Hulbert.
Housing advocates urge council to re-distribute funds to Toronto shelter system. February 2023. Talveer Mandur quoted.
Toronto’s homeless need full-time warming centres, advocates say. Interview. January 2023. Adriana Di Stefano.
Open warming centres 24-7, Toronto board of health urges. Article. January 2023. Talveer Mandur quoted.
Press Conference regarding Homelessness Crisis. January 2023. Talveer Mandur.
2022
Poverty Reduction is a Mental Health Intervention. Podcast Interview. October 2022. Adriana Di Stefano and Sara Pishdadian.
‘Nobody should have to live on this’: ODSP recipients on calls to double payments. Article. July 2022. Talveer Mandur quoted.
Ward Weese cheated freezing to death this winter in Toronto, several others weren’t so lucky. Article. March 2022. Maggie Hulbert quoted.
Fund vital mental health interventions, not more policing. Op-Ed. February 2022. Maggie Hulbert, Adriana Di Stefano, and Gina Nicoll.
2021
“Where can Toronto’s homeless go when affordable housing isn’t available to them?” Radio Interview, The Morning Show, AM 640. 2021. Adriana Di Stefano.
No job, no home, no bed in shelters facing COVID-19 outbreaks. Instead of protection, the City of Toronto is evicting encampment residents from parks. Op-Ed. April 2021. Adriana Di Stefano and Drew Silverthorn.
Global News (Sept 24, 2016). Angry Rural Ontario Hydro Customers Stage Protest Over Rising Costs. Sean O’Shea.
CBC News Toronto (Nov 6, 2015). Sick Days: Interview with Dr. Andrew Pinto. Podcast at 20:40. Host Nil Koksal.
Newstalk 1010 (Nov 5, 2015). Group Wants Every Worker In Ontario to Have Access to Paid Sick Leave. Russ Courtney.
The Toronto Star (May 23, 2015). St. Michael’s Hospital Health Team Offers Prescription For Poverty. Catherine Porter.
The Toronto Star (Jan 8, 2015). Poverty Linked To Mental Health. Gilda Berger
Financial Post (Jan 27, 2014). Higher Minimum Wage Will Lower Prospects For The Poor. Charles Lammam.
CBC News (Jan 14, 2014). Minimum Wage A Health Issue, Says Group.
The Toronto Star (Jan 14, 2014). Ontario Health Workers Prescribe $14 Minimum Wage. Laurie Monsebraaten.
KevinMD.com (Apr 4, 2012). Why Doctors Should Screen For Poverty Naheed Dosani and Jeremy Petch.
Torontoist (Feb 20, 2013). City Council Rejects Call For Emergency Debate on Homeless Shelters. Desmond Cole.
rabble.ca (Aug 25, 2012). School House Shelter Slated To Close By Year’s End. John Bonnar.
Sarnia Observer (Mar 29, 2012). Funding Freeze Could Mean Tough Times For Hospitals. Tyler Kula.
The Toronto Star (Mar 27, 2012). Toronto Doctor Worries Budget Cuts Will Affect Poor Patients The Most. Niamh Scallan.
Healthy Debate (Mar 19, 2012). Screening For Poverty: Identifying An Important Social Determinant of Health Naheed Dosani.
Canadian Medical Association Journal (May 18, 2010). Ontario Minister Says Doctors Among Those To Blame For Cut in Special Diet Allowance.
rabble.ca (Mar 28, 2010). Timeline: Ontario Eliminates Special Diet Allowance For Social Assistance Recipients. John Bonnar.
University of Toronto Medical Journal (Mar 2009). Increasing Equity Through Medicine: An Interview with Dr. Gary Bloch. Nicholas Neufeld.
The Medical Post (Apr 4, 2006). MDs Slam 2% Welfare Increase. Matthew Sylvain.
