I facilitated a small group session on the history of anti-Black racism in Canada for #BlackHistoryMonth today and shared some images with the group that demonstrate the internal incoherence of Canadian exceptionalism/American singularity.
I reproduce them here 🧵:
I don’t know who needs to hear this but housing is healthcare. Housing is dignity. Housing is mental health. Housing is good economic policy.
And on this #NationalHousingDay and every day…let’s never forget that access to safe affordable housing is a human right. 🙏🏽
"For people living in poverty, it is one sick child, one illness, one house emergency or one lost job that can make the difference between being housed and unhoused.” #Opinion https://t.co/YUqFnxQGli
@AmyGDalaMD There is a concept called advanced access that addresses this. Takes patience to set up and assumes some things like stable patient panel. I love talking about it if you want to DM me
@UbakaOgbogu I beeped the other day. They waved me out. I wasn’t searched or stopped. Hard not to think that there isn’t some bias there. Sorry that happened to you.
@DocMCohen @FamPhysCan This is infuriating. 15 months of COVID, inadequate virtual fees, months of actually paying to work because my billings were less than overhead, trying to juggle in-person and virtual care. But now I’m unethical for charging for optional services that allow me to pay by staff