Free public forum hosted by The St. Lawrence Centre Forum at the St.
Lawrence Centre - 27 Front St. E. in Toronto.

Is Immigrating a Health Hazard? The Health Experience of Newcomers

Wednesday October 5, 2005
7:30-9:30 pm

Immigrants generally arrive with better health than the Canadian-born
population. However, as time passes this 'healthy immigrant effect'
disappears. The reasons are numerous. Increasingly, newcomers lack suitable
employment and income, face racism and become disillusioned by their
experience.

Nationally one quarter of immigrants reported difficulty accessing health
care. Challenges included waiting lists, high costs, language barriers and
an inability to find a doctor.

Is Canada squandering the health capital of new immigrants? How would a
more privatized health system serve newcomers? What impact will the
diminishing health experience of newcomers have on Canada?
With
Eunadie Johnson: Executive Director, Women's Health in Women's Hands
Dennis Raphael: Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director,
School of Health Policy and Management, York University
Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Assistant Professor at Ryerson University in the
Department of Politics and Public Administration and author of Canada's
Economic Apartheid: The Social Exclusion of Racialized Groups in the New
Century.
A representative of the Ministry of Health Promotion has been invited.
Moderator:  Adrian Harwood:  journalist
Presented by the StLC Forum and Ontario Coalition of Agencies Serving
Immigrants (OCASI)

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