This winter, healthcare leaders and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion change makers from across Ontario will gather at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Centre in St. Catharines for Niagara Health’s Transforming Care: DEI and Health Equity Knowledge Exchange.
Debby Schaubel took every opportunity presented to her to learn about Indigenous Peoples and experienced a powerful personal transformation in the process.
Isaiah Beardy helps to create a safe space by willingly answering questions from those curious about Indigenous Peoples and by creating a welcoming environment at the hospital for all.
After the success of the first cohort at the Marotta Family Hospital in St. Catharines last year, the job skills training program has expanded to more departments while continuing to blaze a trail as the first and only French-language version of Project SEARCH in the world.
The symbols of Pride that Shauna Speck and her team display year-round in the Welland Emergency Department have become vital signs to members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community that it is a safe space.
Students from the French Catholic school board set out on their career paths after spending five months working with hospital staff to learn in-demand job skills.
Lydia Collins’ curiosity about sexual health growing up became the inspiration for her work as an activist and advocate championing equity in healthcare.
As an internationally trained nurse, Eugene Perez uses his unique perspective, as well as his education and training, to help patients.
Niagara Health’s first cohort in the hands-on work experience program offers as many valuable lessons as they are learning on the job at the Marotta Family Hospital.
Niagara Health has made great strides in creating psychologically and emotionally safe spaces for equity-deserving groups, says Robert Cosby. As Director of Patient Experience, Cosby intends to keep building on that.
