Laura Connoy, PhD

Sociologist | Critical qualitative health research | Postdoctoral Associate @PeprPartnership @cope_study

[🎒Shailja #FreePalestine Patel @shailjapatel]

Read women.
Cite women.
Credit women.

Teach women.
Publish women.
Present women.

Acknowledge women.
Award women.
Amplify women.

Hire women.
Support women.
Promote women.

Hear women.
Believe women.
Follow women.

Pay women.
Pay women.
Pay women.

#IWD2023

[Nisha Kansal @Nisha_Kansal]

Every day in my family practice, I care for patients whose access to healthcare is restricted due to their immigration status.

Health is a universal human right. Follow @HealthForAllNow and speak up for #Healthcare4all. ✊🏽❤️‍🩹🏥

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

Dr Warner explains why all in Ontario deserve medical care and why the Ford government policy change announced on a Friday night is wrong. It was established long ago that access to healthcare is a human right. @drmwarner

[Ritika Goel @RitikaGoelTO]

Our op ed in the Star today on why we need to cancel Ford’s cruel cuts to healthcare for uninsured people. https://t.co/EVTIxLNa9C #onpoli #healthcare4all

[Michaela Beder @Michaela416]

The Ontario government is set to cut access to healthcare for uninsured people on March 31. Act now! Tell Premier @fordnation to stop the cuts and ensure #healthcare4all https://t.co/DpNW7Capcl

[Decent Work and Health Network @DecentWorkHlth]

Shameful move from @SylviaJonesMPP & @fordnation's govt to deny uninsured migrants access to healthcare.

We cannot allow this govt to continue leaving behind migrants - who do essential & underpaid work in our communities.

https://t.co/4MY1TYUrp5

#StatusForAll #Healthcare4All

[Laura Connoy, PhD @LauraConnoy]

@jennichkandjii @UWaterloo @BalsillieSIA Congrats Dr. Kandjii! 👏🥳

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

Can we please stop calling folks who have trouble accessing healthcare “hard to reach?" Remember that many people face real structural barriers to accessing healthcare (eg language, transportation, trauma). If anything, we in healthcare are the ones who are hard to reach!

[Decent Work and Health Network @DecentWorkHlth]

Paediatrician @shazeen_s & Family physician @vanessaredditt write:

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it achingly clear how our collective health depends on protecting the health of all. A fair society means equal rights for all.

#StatusForAll
https://t.co/PJuGl1Srw6

[Decent Work and Health Network @DecentWorkHlth]

Migrants face systemic health barriers due to:
👉 precarious immigration status
👉 public health insurance ineligibility
👉 inability to afford care

Which results in:
👉 delayed care & inability to follow treatment plans
👉 poorer outcomes

#StatusForAll https://t.co/FIXukdUCsh

[Decent Work and Health Network @DecentWorkHlth]

Immigration status is a social determinant of health. Ensuring equal rights and access for all migrants is critical for closing systemic gaps in health inequities.  A comprehensive regularization plan that includes ALL migrants is imperative to health.
#StatusForAll

[Decent Work and Health Network @DecentWorkHlth]

.@JustinTrudeau @SeanFraserMP The data is clear: lack of status leads to worse health outcomes, barriers to healthcare & poor working conditions. Health workers urge you to grant full and permanent immigration status to all migrants w/o exception

[Ritika Goel @RitikaGoelTO]

Powerful words and painful stories being shared. The Canadian immigration system wreaks havocs on people’s lives and access to health. We need #StatusForAll NOW!!

[Alexandria @PainSociologist]

My pain research colleagues are sending me texts, photos, and updates from #CanadianPain22... and the FOMO is so real over having to miss @FionaWebster1 and @LauraConnoy's critical sociology (my jam) focused chronic pain presentation this AM.

Wishing attendees another great day!

[Dr. Perri Tutelman @DrPerriTutelman]

Standing room only in today’s symposium on Critical Social Science Approaches to Chronic Pain and Marginalization. Incredible to see the interest in this much needed work! #CanadianPain22 @LiseDassieu @FionaWebster1 @LauraConnoy @Therese_Lane01

[Laura Connoy, PhD @LauraConnoy]

@ProfLalonde Congrats to you and Brittany 😊 Such wonderful news!

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

This is important. And also, to state the obvious, the world is a deathscape for many, and there are deadly wars and invasions in many more places. An end to displacement, misery, militarism, impoverishment, and detention for all. Safe passage for all. Open the borders for all.

[Rebecca Cheff @RebeccaCheff]

“all people, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, are deserving of care […] in order to ensure truly universal health coverage, the right to health should always be the value guiding decisions around entitlement.” #SDoH