A $200 rebate is not going to buy me a family doctor. It is not going to build a house for those who need one. It does nothing to relieve the real pressure on families. It is the shortest of short-term solutions. It is a bribe.

📢 Dr. @kaitlynn_mendes and her colleagues just published a compelling article in The Conversation Canada, emphasizing that tackling online gender violence demands both significant cultural shifts and robust policy changes. Check it out! theconversation.com/addressing-onl…

This summer, 100s of experts told MPPs about the impact & extent of intimate partner violence in ON. On our 1st day back at Queen’s Park, I asked to declare an IPV epidemic. The Conservatives' refusal to join almost 100 municipalities in a formal declaration is baffling. #OnPoli

New 📄 collaboration with Nadine Wathen, Jen MacGregor 🇨🇦 in Sage Criminology's Trauma, Violence, & Abuse: ‘A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence Research in Canada’ Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing Centre for Health Equity and Social Inclusion @VPRWesternU 🔒 doi.org/10.1177/152483…

The Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion, based at Western’s Faculty of Health Sciences, is changing the face of homelessness response research by centring the voices of underrepresented communities. #ldnont westerngazette.ca/news/western-r…

Long thread here about the weaponization of journalism against people in recovery🧵PLEASE READ. It seems I’m next on the hit list for @NationalPost opinion writer Adam Zivo. He regularly threatens people he doesn’t agree with by sending “media inquiries” suggesting a false &

Housing and supports will solve homelessness, why are we fighting over short-term non-solutions? lfpress.com/opinion/column…

This cannot be stated enough. Many provinces have been taking federal health care transfers and not spending all of it on health care (and spending much of it on provincial tax cuts), then blaming the federal government for underfunding. cbc.ca/news/canada/fe…

I saw this on Facebook. It’s not wrong.

Just saying.

The third 'All Our Sisters' conference on women's homelessness is taking place November 13th in London. Registration is now open, please come out!

Stephen Harper supporting Trump is all you need to know about the Conservative Party of Canada

New 📄 collaboration with AbeOudshoorn, Mental Health Nursing Research Alliance, @cannemarshall in @plosone: ‘Belonging through meaningful activity in the transition from unhoused to housed’ Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing Centre for Health Equity and Social Inclusion Western University CCAA 🔓 doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Some good news this morning! “Dear David Walugembe, Congratulations on being a published author of Health Research Policy and Systems with Springer Nature.” links.springernature.com/f/a/kn5s8GOOHG…

We are looking forward to seeing our delegates for the 25th NNVAWI conference in just a few days! In the meantime, check out our conference proceedings published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing doi.org/10.1111/jan.16… Nick Metheny Tipparat Udmuangpia Leesa Hooker Nadine Wathen Dr. Susan Jack Dr Renee Fiolet

Heading over to bluer pastures and skies. Please come follow me there. Same handle.

doi.org/10.1371/journa…   I am excited to share that we have yet another publication courtesy of PLOS Global Public Health .Related article link.springer.com/article/10.118…

75% off our "Implementing Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care: A Handbook" use code WINTERSALE75 at @UTpress Western Health Sciences Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing Western University - paperback comes to under $12CDN! utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.31…