Action Now! Building Equitable Futures Together
The COVID-19 pandemic and its effects continue to expose the social and health inequities faced by communities across Ontario and Canada. We know that disparities in resources and access to care disproportionately affect marginalized people and communities, especially Black and racialized populations; Indigenous people, including those who live in urban areas; Francophone communities; people who identify as 2SLGBTQ+; people living on low incomes; and isolated seniors in rural areas, among others. In laying bare these inequities, the pandemic highlights the imperative for urgent action like never before. Recovering to the status quo is no recovery at all.
We are ready to take the next steps to move us towards real, sustainable systemic change. This is why we’re excited to invite you to join us at Action Now! Building Equitable Futures Together, our comprehensive primary health care conference, June 8-9, 2022. Together, we will imagine, design and build the equitable futures we know are possible and necessary today. Our annual health equity-focused conference will bring together clinicians and other health and social service providers, researchers, policy-makers and others to learn and discuss all the local change happening in the broader contexts we are working in right now.
With the continued uncertainty and risk that the ongoing pandemic creates, we want all attendees to know we will be taking all steps available to us to ensure a safe and healthy conference environment. The hotel and conference centre has assured that they will be following all provincial and local public health unit directives and guidelines in place at the time of the conference. In addition, the Alliance will be strongly encouraging all participants to take additional steps alongside Alliance staff and volunteers, including wearing high quality masks in indoor areas, COVID-19 vaccination, physical distancing and regularly sanitizing their hands. While no environment is able to completely eliminate risk, we will do the utmost to update you as information evolves and shifts, so that we can all take the necessary steps to keep each other safe.