In case you even needed a reason to suppport the #aHand2Hold campaign, SamirS_H provides many to change the paternalistic QC policy separating indigenous kids from their caregivers during medical emergency flights. #HaveaHeartDay
Please join us for the 7th Annual Global Child Health Virtual Conference on January 11, 2023. Registration link in poster 🌏
#aHand2Hold #globalhealth #Pediatrics #ClimateCrisis #BeTheChange #childhealth
#MisinformationWarriors
Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain, pediatric emergency physician at the MCH, was the Canadiens Montréal Hero of the Game on December 1st for his successful #aHand2Hold campaign. Congratulations! bit.ly/2SlDzoo
Over 100 students have joined tonight's Canadian Medical Students Longitudinal Advocacy Training Series workshop featuring SamirS_H for a discussion about how to take action against systemic racism/colonialism in healthcare and the #aHand2Hold advocacy campaign #CFMSAdvocacyTraining
4pm, Wednesday, April 17
Because of the #COVID19 pandemic, this will be the first in-person 'Fighting for #aHand2Hold ' event open to the public in Ottawa since the book was published in 2020.
Organized by Canadian Medical Students and uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine's Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
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Because of the #COVID19 pandemic, this will be the first in-person 'Fighting for #aHand2Hold ' event open to the public in Ottawa since the book was published in 2020.
Organized by Canadian Medical Students and uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine's Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion.
4pm, Wednesday, April 17 👇🏾
ICYMI: Check out my interview with Samir Shaheen-Hussain about the #aHand2Hold campaign. They won a change to a Quebec practice of preventing caregivers from accompanying kids on medical evacuation flights from remote and northern communities. rabble.ca/podcasts/shows…
This was a part of the 2018 #aHand2Hold campaign created by #healthcare providers. It brings awareness 2 the disproportionate effects on remote + northern Indigenous communities caused by the practice of separating children from their families during medical evacuation airlifts.
#AHand2Hold campaign ensures children aren't left alone on medical flights montrealinformer.com/122259/ahand2h…
7th Annual Global Child Health Conference is tomorrow! Register at: albertahealthservices.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Dr. Katharine Smart SamirS_H Dr. Verna Yiu (she/her)
#aHand2Hold #MisinformationWarriors #globalhealth #Pediatrics #ClimateCrisis
Sick children from Quebec's remote regions now accompanied by parents 'in 98% of cases' #aHand2Hold
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