Wrapping up our series on “Immigrants on the Frontlines of Fighting COVID-19,” we look into the relationship between health care and immigrants in Canada.
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Category: Health
Better Job Protection Needed for Personal Support Workers
Personal support workers have been overlooked and overworked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Immigrant PSWs share their experiences fighting on the frontlines.
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One Quebec Health Worker Honours the Pandemic’s Victims With an ‘Altar for the Dead’
A Quebec-based immigrant health worker created an altar in memory of those who have passed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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How Race-Based Research Will Help Ethnic Communities Fight COVID-19
Immigrant doctors discuss the race-based data showing how ethnic communities are impacted by COVID-19.
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Faith and Concern for Patients Sustain Immigrant Nurses on the Frontlines of COVID-19
Latest census data shows that more than 300,000 registered nurses are immigrants. Ontario-based immigrant nurses share their experiences working on the frontlines of COVID-19.
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Mental Health Issues Compound Impact on Immigrants
Data suggests that immigrants have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, a phenomenon that also manifests itself through higher incidence of mental health issues.
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COVID-19 Hitting Canadian Farms: “There had to be one dead for the authorities to react”
After three farmworkers die in Ontario and hundreds are infected of COVID-19, authorities are finally reacting. Migrant workers’ advocates, health specialists and academics are calling on the federal government to protect them and to clear the path for them to become permanent residents.
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Stranded Abroad, Unable to Return Home
Thousands of Canadian citizens and permanent residents were travelling abroad before the pandemic was announced. Now, three months into lockdown, many are stranded abroad and concerned about when they will be able to return home.
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Analysis: Ethnic Media Highlight Canada’s Record Death Rate in Care Homes
In our latest roundup, we found that ethnic media coverage focused on concerns with Canada’s longterm care facilities, and Health Canada’s warnings of unauthorized tests and imported medication.
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Newcomers Among Hardest Hit During Pandemic, Research Shows
While Canadians from across the country have felt the economic impact of COVID-19, a new study from the Association of Canadian Studies (ACS) explains how…
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