Melissa Perri

@uoft_dlsph PhD, @uoft_dlsph MPH Graduate, she/her

[CAEH @CAEHomelessness]

Imagine being jailed for simply not having a home.

That’s what’s on the table if Premier Ford uses the notwithstanding clause to clear encampments.

Homelessness is a crisis, not a crime.

Send a message to your local officials: housing not jail.

https://t.co/qRKJgpmyHK

[Melissa Perri @MelissaPerri6]

Absolutely honoured to have received the Paula Goering Memorial Scholarship- thank you @CAEHomelessness #CAEH24

[CAEH @CAEHomelessness]

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Paula Goering Memorial Scholarship at #CAEH24!

Melissa Perri, Research Coordinator, MAP Centre for Health Solutions
Dani Marroquin, Programs Manager, McMan South.

[National Safer Supply Community of Practice @NSS_CoP]

📢Our final webinar of 2023 highlighting findings from the Kitchener-Waterloo Program Evaluation was a HIT💥

🌟Special thanks to Dr. @GillianKolla, @KingKourteney @SanguenOutreach, @MelissaPerri6 @UofT_dlsph + Dr. Adrian Guta @UWinSocialWork💫

🔗Watch⬇️
https://t.co/70B6zDDHL5

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

One of the coolest stories you will see this week:

Prescriptive housing from the University Health Network.

The Hospital network is building 51 modular housing units that can be prescribed to homeless individuals who are highly dependent on emergency rooms.

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#ONpoli

[CP24 @CP24]

Torontonians need to save for about 25 years to buy a house in the city: report https://t.co/S6t87At20i

[France Gélinas @NickelBelt]

Sad day in Ontario. Thanks to the Ford government Minden has lost it’s Emergency Department and hospital #MindenMatters #onpoli #ondp

[National Safer Supply Community of Practice @NSS_CoP]

💡ONE WEEK TO GO💡

🔎"Safer Supply Implementation Successes, Challenges, and Outcomes: Findings From Four Ontario Programs"🔍

📅Monday, March 6🕒3pm EST

🌟Dr. Carol Strike, Professor Dalla Lana School of Public Health @UofT_dlsph @UofT

📌Register NOW⬇️ https://t.co/kRmfONZQlL

[Kaitlin Schwan @KaitlinJSchwan]

"100% of women surveyed were subject to violence, including sexual assaults"

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

Don't look away. These are the circumstances people are staying in this very moment while the windchill outdoors is -28°C. It should not be a political debate that people should not be abandoned like this with nowhere to go. Warming centres are at capacity; we need more now.

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

1/ I cannot emphasise enough just how concerned I am about H5N1.

Unprecedented number of infections in birds
Spillover events into multiple types of mammals

BBC News - Bird flu 'spills over' to otters and foxes in UK
https://t.co/yqGmVWd3qW

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has denied a request from the Region of Waterloo to remove a homeless encampment.

Why? Because there aren't enough spaces in their shelter system.

Good. It's about time we start protecting the human rights of unhoused people across Canada.

[Melissa Perri @MelissaPerri6]

🚨 Check out our latest paper on spotting and the differences between organization-based and informal services 🚨

[Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs @CAPUDofficial]

"Spotting as a risk mitigation method: A qualitative study comparing organization-based and informal methods" by @MelissaPerri6 et al (2023) via @ijdrugpolicy.

https://t.co/bm6uVIEXyL

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

Since 2014, the PEACH (Palliative Education And Care for the Homeless) Program has cared for unhoused people dying in Toronto.

Recently, we added a Health Navigator to our team.

The result? Better access & care.

Check out our new paper @PalliativeMedJ.
https://t.co/JQwekFbvOE

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

Can we please take a minute to appreciate @cathyacrowe as she closes the book on her legendary career? Not only has she served as a street nurse for >35 years but she's been an incredible advocate for people experiencing homelessness. Let's tell her how much we appreciate her! 🙏🏾

[Tessa McFadzean @Tessalee3]

Today is a day of deep reflection as we honor the lives lost 33 years ago at Ècole Polytechnique de Montrèal, and the countless lives lost since by #femicide
Today I am grateful and I am ashamed.