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HPAP Ontario

Toronto People’s Assembly on Climate Justice

Health Providers Against Poverty endorsed the recent Toronto People’s Assembly on Climate Justice, held on November 28, 2015. HPAP members Mike Benusic, Jim Deutsch, and Zuzana Betkova presented on the intersection between climate, health, and poverty! HPAP Presentation Slides – Nov 28 2015

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HPAP Ontario

Health Providers Take to the Street for Paid Sick Days

On Thursday, November 19th, members of Health Providers Against Poverty joined a public rally outside Queen’s Park subway station, in an effort to draw attention to a campaign calling for paid sick days for all workers. Currently, employers in Ontario are not required to provide sick days by law. Consequently, too many workers are forced to […]

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Clinical Tools HPAP Ontario

New Clinical for Addressing Poverty in Ontario

A new version of Poverty: A Clinical Tool for Primary Care has been released by the Centre for Effective Practice. This was developed under the clinical leadership of Dr. Gary Bloch, founding member of Health Providers Against Poverty.