CACHC & CACHC-Funded Reports/Tools
No One Left Behind
- Community Health Centres and COVID-19: Impact and Experiences from the Pandemic (July 2021)
- Improving Care and Support for Newcomers During Public Health Emergencies: Learnings from the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 2021)
- Protecting Workers from COVID-19 (series produced with MFL Occupational Health Centre)
- Community Health Centres on the Frontlines of COVID-19 (May 2020)
- Community Health Centres tackle surge in food insecurity across Canada during pandemic (July 2020)
- Community Health Centres provide critical lifeline for isolated seniors during the pandemic (May 2020)
- Community Health Centres address surge in domestic violence, call for attention to systemic impacts of COVID-19 (April 2020)
- Community Health Centres take swift action to protect Canada’s homeless during the pandemic (April 2020)
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IFCHC e-Newsletter 2021.01
Stories and news on the COVID-19 response from CHCs around the world.
IFCHC e-Newsletter 2020.02
Stories and news on the COVID-19 response from CHCs around the world.
Canada’s Community Health Centres in the News
April 14, 2021
Kitchener Downtown CHC, North Dumfries CHC (ON)
COVID-19 vaccination clinic opens in Ayr
April 12, 2021
Flemingdon Health Centre (ON)
How community advocates in COVID-19 hotspots are working to get the vaccine message out
April 12, 2021
TAIBU CHC (ON)
Toronto awards $5.5M to non-profit groups to help with its COVID-19 vaccine rollout
April 11, 2021
Sun Peaks CHC (BC)
COVID-19 testing at Sun Peaks Resort starting Monday after cases spread in the community
March 25, 2021
CHIGAMIK CHC (ON)
INDIGENOUS COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINIC BEING HELD IN MIDLAND FRIDAY
March 22, 2021
Flemingdon Health Centre (ON)
Toronto opening mass COVID-19 immunization clinic in Thorncliffe Park
March 16, 2021
North End CHC (NS)
Launch of COVID-19 Mobile Vaccination Clinics
February 24, 2021
South East Ottawa CHC (ON)
Community health centre aims to bust myths about COVID-19
February 4, 2021
Ottawa’s six CHCs (ON)
When an Ottawa family of five all contracted COVID-19, emergency service sprang into action
November 4, 2020
Centretown CHC, Sandy Hill CHC, Somerset West CHC (ON)
Community health centres begin COVID-19 testing for those unable to access other centres
October 16, 2020
The Alex CHC (AB)
Calgary food centre shifts to indoors as winter-like weather hits
August 20, 2020
The Alex CHC (AB)
React, Reframe, Respond: Our first three months responding to COVID-19
July 20, 2020
North End CHC (NS)
How one community organization shifted during the pandemic to care for Halifax’s most vulnerable citizens
July 18, 2020
Black Creek CHC (ON)
Mobile COVID-19 testing arrives in Toronto’s hardest hit region
July 16, 2020
Lake Country Health Centre (BC)
Younger volunteers needed at Lake Country health centre to drive seniors to Vernon appointments
July 14, 2020
Seaway Valley CHC (ON)
Making masks and supporting the community
June 29, 2020
Somerset West CHC (ON)
Systemic racism, barriers explain higher rates of COVID-19 among immigrant, non-white communities in Ottawa: Experts
June 29, 2020
South Riverdale CHC (ON)
As Toronto’s new COVID-19 cases keep dropping, the death toll from opioid overdoses keeps growing
June 23, 2020
Barrie CHC (ON)
Reporter finds out what it’s like to get COVID test
June 22, 2020
NorWest CHCs (ON)
An epidemic within a pandemic: How Thunder Bay Ont., health care professionals are managing the opioid crisis
June 4, 2020
Seaway Valley CHC (ON)
Kids donate hundreds to Seaway Valley Community Health Centre
May 17, 2020
Seaway Valley CHC (ON)
Open, busy, evolving: A look at Seaway Valley Community Health Centre
May 14, 2020
Centretown CHC, Sandy Hill CHC, Somerset West CHC (ON)
Pandemic prompts Ottawa mental health agencies to launch ‘one-stop’ website for counselling
May 7, 2020
The Alex CHC, CUPS Calgary (AB)
Staff at Calgary’s only assisted self-isolation site dedicated to making a hotel feel like home
May 5, 2020
North End CHC (NS)
Mobile clinic in Halifax’s north end helped test homeless for COVID-19
April 30, 2020
North End CHC (NS)
Halifax mobile outreach van providing COVID-19 tests
April 28, 2020
Quest CHC (ON)
Quest Community Health Centre challenges during the pandemic
April 24, 2020
Belleville & Quinte West CHC (ON)
Wellness boxes help bring a little brightness during pandemic
April 22, 2020
Scarborough CHC (ON)
SCHC Volunteers connect with clients in a special way
April 17, 2020
Somerset West CHC (ON)
Early signs suggest race matters when it comes to COVID-19. So why isn’t Canada collecting race-based data?
April 15, 2020
Barrie CHC (ON)
Barrie’s COVID-19 assessment centre seeing ‘consistent, steady’ numbers
April 15, 2020
The Alex CHC (AB)
COVID-19 isolation hotel for Calgary homeless has first guests, no known cases
April 14, 2020
South Riverdale CHC (ON)
“Since Covid began, we’ve seen the highest number of overdoses since 2017”: What happens when the opioid epidemic meets a global pandemic?
April 13, 2020
London InterCHC (ON)
COVID-19: East London clinic expands testing of city’s vulnerable homeless
April 12, 2020
Victoria Cool Aid Society (BC)
Mental Health: Stigma leads to a life on the streets. People with severe mental illness disproportionately impacted by homelessness
April 8, 2020
The Alex CHC & CUPS Calgary (AB)
Self-isolation rooms for Calgary’s homeless open in hotel
April 8, 2020
Scarborough CHC (ON)
Not All Superheroes Wear Capes
April 8, 2020
Hamilton Urban Core CHC (ON)
Hamilton advocates worry about pandemic’s effect on drug users
April 7, 2020
The Alex CHC & CUPS Calgary (AB)
Calgary opens hotel rooms for homeless people with COVID-19 to self-isolate
April 6, 2020
Mount Carmel Clinic (MB)
‘A little bit of brightness’ during tough times; Volunteers greet patients at COVID-19 test site
April 6, 2020
The Alex CHC & CUPS Calgary (AB)
Hotel units set up in Calgary for homeless people with COVID-19
April 3, 2020
Klinic Community Health (MB)
Crisis line workers ready to listen
April 5, 2020
Main Street Project (MB)
Province provides funding to Winnipeg homeless shelters for COVID-19 prevention
April 2, 2020
Brock CHC (ON)
Keeping the Brock Community safe during coronavirus measures
March 24, 2020
Boyle McCauley Health Centre (AB)
Expo Centre offers medical and social supports for homeless Edmontonians
March 25, 2020
Centretown CHC, South-East Ottawa CHC, Sandy Hill CHC (ON)
Mr. Smith? The doctor is ready to Skype you now
March 25, 2020
Klinic Community Health (MB)
Winnipeg’s Klinic health centre sees increase in calls related to coronavirus anxiety
March 21, 2020
Grand Bend Area CHC (ON)
‘We’re all in this together’: Ontario health centre encourages positive signs amid COVID-19
March 18, 2020
CACHC (Canada-wide)
TD Bank: “The most vulnerable in our communities require immediate support”. he TD Ready Commitment to work with the Canadian Association of Community Health Centres and the U.S. National Association of Community Health Centers to support COVID-19 response in Canada and U.S.
March 14, 2020
Main Street Project (MB)
Coordinated COVID-19 response effort launched for city’s homeless